List of Famous people born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Sayaka Akimoto is a Japanese actress and singer who was a member of Japanese idol girl group AKB48, where she was part of the 2nd generation and had served as the captain of Team K and the AKB48 sub-unit Diva.

Masato Kobayashi is a Japanese retired welterweight kickboxer. He was the ISKA World Welterweight Oriental Rules champion, as well as the winner of the K-1 WORLD MAX World tournament in 2003 and 2008. In addition, he was also the runner-up of the K-1 World MAX World tournament in 2004 and 2007.

Naoyuki Uwasawa is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League.

Naho Miyoshi is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Kuniaki Takizaki , more commonly known as Neko Hiroshi , is a Japanese-born owarai comedian who uses his short stature, at 1.45 meters and 45 kilograms (99 lb), and cat persona in his act. He is also an avid marathon runner. In 2011, he became a naturalized citizen of Cambodia, and intended to compete in the Olympics for Cambodia.

Momoko Tsugunaga is a former Japanese singer, actress, and radio personality. Tsugunaga joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids at the age of 10 and later became part of the girl groups Berryz Kobo and Buono! Following Berryz Kobo's hiatus, she became the playing manager of Country Girls. In 2017, she retired from the entertainment industry to work in education.

Ryuya Ogawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who plays for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, where he has played since 2018. He previously played with the Chunichi Dragons from 2011 to 2017

Sadao Abe is a Japanese actor, stage actor and musician from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. He started his acting career after joining a theater company/talent agency, Otona Keikaku, in around 1992 and gained his popularity after the drama series Team Medical Dragon and as being the lead singer of the Japanese comedy rock band Group Tamashii.

Hidetoshi Miyuki is a Japanese football player who plays for Shonan Bellmare.

Hideki Hashigami is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.