List of Famous people born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

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

Shizuka Ōya is a Japanese idol who is a member of AKB48's Team B.

Shuntaro Torigoe is a Japanese journalist and political activist.

Kenichi Nakata is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Hiromi Hanamura , better known by her stage name Hiroko Moriguchi is a female Japanese singer and tarento. Moriguchi is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason Inc., where she also serves as Second Production Department Manager.

Kengo Takeda is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes in the Pacific League.

Fumiya Fujii is a Japanese musician, actor and former lead singer of The Checkers born in Kurume. His younger brother is Naoyuki Fujii, a musician and former sax player for The Checkers. His eldest son is Fuji TV announcer Kōki Fujii. He formerly belonged to Yamaha Music Foundation and Three Star Pro, and now he is part of a private agency, FFM Co.

Reiko Shiota is a Japanese badminton player, who affiliations with the Sanyo electric team. Shiota was the bronze medallist at the 2007 World Championships in the women's doubles event partnered with Kumiko Ogura. She also won the silver and bronze medals at the 2006 Asian Games in the women's team and doubles respectively. Shiota competed at the Olympic Games two times, in 2008 Beijing in the women's doubles event with Ogura, and in 2012 London in the mixed doubles event partnered with Shintaro Ikeda.

Masao Komatsu was a Japanese actor and comedian.

Tatsuya Oishi is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.