List of Famous people born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Hiroyuki Ito , is a Japanese game producer, director and designer who works for Square Enix. He is known as the director of Final Fantasy VI (1994), Final Fantasy IX (2000) and Final Fantasy XII (2006) and as the creator of the Active Time Battle (ATB) system in the Final Fantasy series.

Takenoshin Nakai was a Japanese botanist. In 1919 and 1930 he published papers on the plants of Japan and Korea, including the genus Cephalotaxus.

Kenshin Kakikoshi is a Japanese] professional [baseball pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Tomoyuki Uchiyama is a former pitcher who played for the Seibu Lions and Fukuoka Daiei Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball from 1992 to 1997.

Miho Konishi is a Japanese actress.

Toru Suzuki is a Japanese professional golfer, currently playing on the Japan Golf Tour.

Ema Saikō was a Japanese painter, poet and calligrapher celebrated for her Chinese-style art in the late Edo period. Her specialisation as a bunjin, a painter of Chinese-style art using monochrome ink, was the bamboo plant which she perfected and which inspired her nom de plume. Her kanshi poetry is known for being self-reflective and having autobiographical quality. She was one of the most well-known and most praised Japanese artists of her age.

Toshiya Kakuchi is a Japanese businessman. He is the founder and president of Mirairo Incorporated. He is also the president of the Japan Universal Manners Association, which provides education and certification in universally applicable manners, with a particular focus on manners regarding persons with disabilities and the elderly.