List of Famous people born in Fukuoka, Japan

Tsuyoshi Shinjo is a former Japanese professional baseball outfielder. Shinjo is the second Japanese-born position player to play a Major League Baseball game and was the first Japanese-born player to appear in the World Series.

Kazuyoshi Morita , known by his stage name Tamori (タモリ), is a Japanese television celebrity. Known for his trademark dark sunglasses, Tamori is one of the "big three" television comedians in Japan along with Takeshi Kitano and Sanma Akashiya. For more than 30 years he hosted Waratte Iitomo!, a nationally televised live show broadcast every weekday at noon from October 1982 until March 2014. His likeness is the basis for the Piranha Plant in All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.

Kiyoshi Yamada, whose stage name is Kiyoshi Hikawa , is a Japanese enka singer. Hikawa makes frequent appearances on NHK Kayō Concert (NHK歌謡コンサート), as well as NHK's annual Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

Riho Makise is a Japanese actress. She debuted at the Takeda Hi-C contest in 1989, which she won. She is represented by the Blooming Agency.

Mitsuo Yoshikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player. A pitcher, he plays for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Kyohei Nakamura is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Cunning Takeyama is a Japanese tarento, comedian and actor.

Hanamaru Hakata is a Japanese comedian who performs boke of the double act Hanamaru-Daikichi Hakata, in which his partner is Daikichi Hakata. After working with Fukuoka Yoshimoto, he joined Yoshimoto Creative Agency since 2005.

Yuya Kubo is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who is currently a pitching coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in NPB for the Yomiuri Giants, Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Eagles.

Yoshihiro Ito is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball from 2008 to 2015.