List of Famous people born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Kyoji Horiguchi is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in Rizin FF and Bellator MMA in the Bantamweight division. He is the current Rizin Bantamweight champion. He is the former bantamweight champion in both organizations.

Keita Machida is a Japanese actor. He is a member of the theater group Gekidan Exile.

Yuki Saito is a Japanese pitcher for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Yui Ogura is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with Just Production.

Tomoyasu Hotei , also known simply as Hotei is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and actor. With a career spanning more than 35 years, Hotei claims record sales of over 40 million copies and has collaborated with acclaimed artists from around the world. Hotei first rose to prominence in the 1980s as the guitarist for Boøwy, one of Japan's most popular rock bands, before starting a solo career.

Ryoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress.

Ichita Yamamoto is a neoconservative member of the House of Councillors in Japan. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he is also a singer, a songwriter and a composer, having formerly been in a rock band.

Nigo is a Japanese fashion designer, DJ, record producer and entrepreneur best known as the creator of the urban clothing line A Bathing Ape (Bape). He is the DJ of the Japanese hip hop group Teriyaki Boyz.

Ryoichi Adachi is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Saori Yuki is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born as Akiko Yasuda (Yasuda Akiko in Kiryū, Gunma, Japan and raised in Yokohama. She started her singing career with her older sister Sachiko as a child singer. In 1965 she debuted with the single "Hitchhike Musume " on King Records as Akiko Yasuda.