List of Famous people born in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Sarah Emi Bridcutt
Sarah Emi Bridcutt is a Japanese voice actress from Iwaki, Fukushima. She is affiliated with Production Ace.
Jun Kamiwazumi
Jun Kamiwazumi is a former Japan Davis Cup team player and tour tennis player.
Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Katsuhiro Matsumoto is a Japanese swimmer who specializes in freestyle. He is a silver medalist at the World Championships.
Kazushi Miyamoto
Kazushi Miyamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler.
Katsumi Yusa
Katsumi Yusa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Yasuomi Umetsu
Yasuomi Umetsu is a Japanese animator known for creating the Kite film series.
Hidekaz Himaruya
Hidekaz Himaruya , romanized as Hidekazu Himaruya, is a Japanese manga artist from Kōriyama, Fukushima. He emigrated to the United States to study in the Parsons School of Design, but dropped out. He lives in Japan. He is most known for writing and illustrating the webmanga series Hetalia: Axis Powers, which has been adapted into manga and an anime with six released seasons and a new season that will be released in spring 2021.
Kazuma Watanabe
Kazuma Watanabe is a Japanese footballer who plays for Gamba Osaka in the J1 League. He plays as a centre-forward and has previously had spells with Yokohama F. Marinos, FC Tokyo and Vissel Kobe.
Akiko Kurabayashi
Akiko Kurabayashi is a member of the Japanese House of Councillors and member of the Japanese Communist Party. She was a former nurse. She has previously served on the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly, to which she was elected in 1994, and on the Kyoto City Assembly, to which she served five terms, starting with her election to the assembly in 1995. Kurabayashi was elected to her position in the National Diet in 2013.
Mikiko Hagiwara
Mikiko Hagiwara is a Japanese former professional basketball player. She won a silver medal with the Japan women's national basketball team at the 1994 Asian Games. Hagiwara also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where Japan's team came in seventh place.