List of Famous people born in Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Makoto Kawamoto , is a Japanese pop singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Fukui, Japan. She currently sings under the pseudonym Tiger Fake Fur.

Kanji Tsuda is a Japanese actor.

Kunihiro Shimizu is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Panasonic Panthers. Shimizu was crowned the Most Valuable Player in Asian Championship 2015.

Sanai Hashimoto was a Japanese samurai and loyal supporter of the Emperor during the final days of the Tokugawa regime.

Shinya Owada is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is represented with Horipro Booking Agency. He rusticated from Waseda University First Literature Department.

Tokuzō Akiyama was a Japanese chef who served as Emperor Taishō's and later Emperor Shōwa's imperial chef. He is regarded as an influential figure in spreading French cuisine in Japan. His life was adapted into a novel and several television series. He is regarded as the "Japanese Escoffier".

Yuichi Nakagaichi is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played for the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. Playing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain he ended up in 16th place at the 1998 World Championship. On 26 October, 2016, Nakagaichi became the Head Coach of the Japan men's national volleyball team.

Ryoya Kurihara is a Japanese professional baseball catcher and outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Kazuyasu Minobe is a Japanese left-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic champion.

Masakazu Katsura is a Japanese manga artist, known for several works of manga, including Wing-Man, Shadow Lady, DNA², Video Girl Ai, I"s, and Zetman. He has also worked as character designer for Iria: Zeiram the Animation, Tiger & Bunny and Garo -Guren no Tsuki-, as well as the video game Astral Chain.