List of Famous people born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

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.

Taisei Makihara is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

Shōji Yonemura is a Japanese writer from Fukuoka Prefecture. He is known mainly for his work in anime and tokusatsu. After having graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, he worked as a freelance writer in Arakawa and would attend various film festivals. Then, he studied with Kanji Kashiwabara and proceeded to win the Otomo Shoji Award seven times and became a screenwriter.

Shintaro Ikeda is a male badminton player from Japan.

Sakura Fujiwara in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She is managed by the agency Amuse Inc. and signed to SPEEDSTAR RECORDS.

Saaya Irie is a Japanese actress, voice actress, gravure idol and singer. Her stage name is simply her given name, Saaya.

Kensuke Sasaki is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and founder of the now-defunct wrestling promotion Diamond Ring.

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.

Ena Fujita is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and gravure idol. She is managed by Platinum Production and signed to King Records. Due to her two careers she has dubbed herself a "singer-songradol" , a portmanteau of "singer-songwriter" and "gradol", an abbreviation of "gravure idol". As a musician she is known for wearing bikinis onstage and for provocative promotional material.

Wataru Asō is the former governor of Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 1995. From 2005-11 he was also President of the National Governors Association (Japan) . A native of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1963. He retired on 22 April 2011, and Hiroshi Ogawa replaced him as governor. Keiji Yamada took over as President of the Governor's Association.