List of Famous people born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Koshiro Shimada
Koshiro Shimada is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2019 Bavarian Open senior champion and the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. He has won three other medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. He placed 14th at the 2017 World Junior Championships and is a two-time Japan Junior national medalist.
Koichi Yamamoto
Koichi Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.
Kengo Kawamata
Kengo Kawamata is a Japanese footballer who plays for JEF United Chiba.
Rika Nomoto
Rika Nomoto is a Japanese female volleyball player. She is part of the Japan women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup, and the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix.
Kanako Murata
Kanako Murata is a Japanese female mixed martial artist who competes in the Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional mixed martial artist since 2016, Murata has also competed in Rizin Fighting Federation and Invicta FC where she is a former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion.
Masato Kumashiro
Masato Kumashiro is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Kotomi Yamane
Kotomi Yamane is a Japanese women's shogi player ranked 2-dan.
Yukifumi Murakami
Yukifumi Murakami is a Japanese javelin thrower. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a World Championship medal in the javelin, taking bronze at the 2009 edition with a throw of 82.97 metres.
Kazuyoshi Ishii
Kazuyoshi Ishii is a Japanese master of Seidokaikan karate and founder of the K-1 fighting circuit, a widely televised international martial arts competition combining Muay Thai, karate, sanshou, taekwondo, kenpo, boxing, and kickboxing. His karate training began with Kyokushin karate, but he formed his own karate organization in 1980, began promoting televised karate competitions, and started staging K-1 events in 1993.
Kenji Fukuda
Kenji Fukuda is a former Japanese football player. He is a left-footed forward.