List of Famous people born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Kazushi Kimura
Kazushi Kimura is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Tetsurō Itodani
Tetsurō Itodani is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan and former Ryūō title holder.
Takahiro Iwamoto
Takahiro Iwamoto is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Yasuhisa Toyota
Yasuhisa Toyota is an acoustician who has been chief acoustician for over 50 projects worldwide, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Bard College Performing Arts Center in New York, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City. He is the company director and U.S. Representative of Nagata Acoustics of Tokyo.
Kōichi Kawanishi
Koichi Kawanishi is a Japanese drummer who is a member of the Japanese band Unicorn.
Haruka Kohara
Haruka Kohara is a former member of the Japanese idol groups AKB48 and SDN48.
Mana
Mana is a Japanese musician, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer, best known as guitarist of the visual kei rock band Malice Mizer from their formation in 1992 until their indefinite hiatus in 2001. A year later, Mana formed the gothic metal band Moi dix Mois as his solo project.
Tsutomu Ōyokota
Tsutomu Ōyokota was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. While a student at Meiji University, he set national records over 200 m (2:14.6) and 400 m (4:50.4). He was selected for the 1932 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 400 m event, despite suffering a severe bout of gastroenteritis before the Games.
Kazuaki Tasaka
Kazuaki Tasaka is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Masato Morishige
Masato Morishige is a Japanese football player who plays for Japanese club FC Tokyo.