List of Famous people born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Marina Kawano
Marina Kawano is a Japanese singer from Kasuga, Fukuoka who is signed to SME Records. She started her singing career after winning the 4th Animax All-Japan Anisong Grand Prix in 2010.
Nanako Mori
Nanako Mori is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She is signed to the Mausu Promotion agency.
Rina Satō
Rina Satō is a Japanese voice actress and singer who works for Haikyō. She won the Best Lead Actress Award in the 8th Seiyu Awards. On the New Year's Day 2017, she announced that she had been married since December 31.
Mai Fuchigami
Mai Fuchigami is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture who has voiced characters in anime and video games. She is affiliated with the talent agency m&i. As a singer, she is signed under record label Lantis. After passing an audition held by the talent agency Sigma Seven, she played her first main role as Kaname Asagiri in the video game Ōkami Kakushi in 2009.
Yukinaga Maeda
Yukinaga Maeda is a professional Japanese baseball player.
Takahiro Kunimoto
Takahiro Kunimoto is a Japanese football player who plays for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of the K League 1.
Katsuto Momii
Katsuto Momii is a Japanese businessman who was elected as NHK's 21st Director-General on 20 December 2013. He worked for Mitsui & Co. from 1965 until 2005. From 2005 until 2011 he worked as President and representative director of Unisys Japan.
Denden
Denden is a Japanese actor and former comedian. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1981.
Yūki Takada
Yūki Takada is a Japanese voice actress from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture who is currently affiliated with Mausu Promotion. After graduating from the Yoyogi Animation School in Fukuoka, she joined Mausu Production in 2015. She is known for her roles as Rin Kurosawa in Aikatsu! and Aoba Suzukaze in the 2016 anime television series New Game!, where she performed the opening and ending themes with Megumi Yamaguchi, Ayumi Takeo, and Megumi Toda under the name Fourfolium.
Masaaki Yuasa
Masaaki Yuasa is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, anime television and film director known for his wild, freeform style. In June 2014, he announced that he, along with his close affiliate Eunyoung Choi, had founded an animation studio by the name of Science Saru. Yuasa retired as the president of Science Saru on March 25, 2020.