List of Famous people born in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Dean Fujioka
Tatsuo Fujioka , better known as Dean Fujioka , is a Japanese actor, singer-songwriter, musician, model and film director. He is a talent of Amuse, Inc.
Sei Ashina
Aya Igarashi , known professionally as Sei Ashina , was a Japanese actress.
Mazie Hirono
Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Hawaii since 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Hirono served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995 and as Hawaii's ninth lieutenant governor from 1994 to 2002, under Ben Cayetano. The Democratic nominee for governor of Hawaii in 2002, Hirono was defeated by Republican Linda Lingle. From 2007 to 2013, she served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district.
Rena Takeda
Rena Takeda nicknamed Renarena (れなれな), is a Japanese actress and model affiliated with Vithmic Co., Ltd.
Suguru Egawa
Suguru Egawa is a Japanese former pitcher and current baseball analyst.
Masako Mori
Masako Mori is a Japanese politician and lawyer who has served in the House of Councillors since 2007, and as Minister of Justice from October 2019 to September 2020. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Airi Matsui
Airi Matsui is a Japanese actress, model and former Japanese idol She is signed to the agency Amuse, Inc. and is a former member of Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin.
Cha Katō
Cha Katō , also known as Kato-chan, is a male Japanese comedian and actor. His real name is Hideyuki Katō (加藤英文). Cha is one of the members of The Drifters and plays drums. His work with Ken Shimura, another Drifter, is well known in Japan. Many in Japan were surprised when it was announced in 2011 that he had married a woman 45 years younger than him.
Nasubi
Tomoaki Hamatsu , better known as Nasubi , is a Japanese comedian.
Kōichirō Genba
Kōichirō Genba is a Japanese politician and the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, and was a member to the Democratic Party of Japan and its successor Democratic Party until its merger in 2018. He left the party briefly before the merger, and joined the Group of Independents House of Representatives caucus of other former Democrats a few days later. A native of Tamura, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University, he was later accepted into the prestigious Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, an institution founded by Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita which grooms future civic leaders of Japan. Genba was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after serving in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for one term. In September 2011 he was chosen as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.