List of Famous people born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Ai Nonaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She works for Aoni Production and was formerly a member of the voice actor unit Drops, which included fellow voice actor Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, Mariko Kōda, and Ryōko Shiraishi. In high school in Fukuoka, she was head of the drama club and her ambition was to play male roles in the famous all-female Takarazuka Revue.

Yasuto Honda is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Nana Iwasaka is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs.

Leiji Matsumoto, is a Japanese mangaka, creator of several anime and manga series. His wife Miyako Maki is also a manga artist.

Tomohiro Abe is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Ayaka Umeda is a former Japanese idol and singer from the girl group NMB48, in which she is the co-captain of Team BII. She was also a member of the AKB48 and its subunit DiVA.

Kazuki Tanaka is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Kan Kimura , known by his stage name Kan, is a Japanese singer-songwriter.

Shuto Takajo is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes.

Mio Takaki is a Japanese actress and singer.