List of Famous people born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Shigeru Umebayashi
Shigeru Umebayashi is a Japanese composer.
Seiji Kaneko
Seiji Kaneko is a former Japanese football player.
Takakichi Asō
Osamu Maeda
Osamu Maeda is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Yuka Inokuchi
Yuka Inokuchi is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with Ken Production. She is originally from Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture. She voices Uzume in Ai Yori Aoshi, Rin Kamishiro in Maburaho, Anju Maaka in Karin, Tabitha in The Familiar of Zero, Nao Yorihime in Yosuga no Sora, and Ai in Dragon Crisis!. She also goes by Ayaka Kimura and is known for her extensive work in visual novels and adult original animation videos. Other roles include Momiji in Maple Colors, Aoi Niiyama in Akiiro Renka, Chisa in Gift, Kana Suoin in Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru, Mikan in Wanko to Kuraso, Yui Kuroda in Hoshiuta.
Ryōji Moriyama
Ryoji Moriyama is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.
Erina Ikuta
Erina Ikuta is a Japanese singer. She is a ninth generation member of J-pop group Morning Musume and former model. She joined Morning Musume in 2011 along with Riho Sayashi, Kanon Suzuki and Mizuki Fukumura. On 26 November 2014, she became Sub-Leader of Morning Musume along with member Haruna Ikubo and later on with Ayumi Ishida.
Hideo Murata
Hideo Murata was a Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer. He took part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 27 times.
Toyo Asayama
Toyo Asayama is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Hideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Rider series as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and the Godzilla series. Amamoto also used the pseudonym of Eisei Amamoto for most of his career, Eisei being a misreading of the kanji in his real name, Hideyo. He died on March 23, 2003 of complication from pneumonia at the age of 77.