List of Famous people born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Kazumi Matsui
Kazumi Matsui is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Hiroshima, the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.
Shinsuke Sato
Shinsuke Sato is a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter and video game designer. He has directed several live-action film adaptations of manga and anime, including The Princess Blade (2001), Gantz (2011), I Am a Hero (2015), Bleach (2018), Inuyashiki (2018), and Kingdom (2019).
Kiki Sugino
Kiki Sugino is a Japanese actress, writer, producer and film director. She has produced over ten films and acted in such movies as Hospitalité, Chigasaki Story and Snow Woman. In 2014 she directed the film Yokudō which later went on to win awards at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.
Makoto Ninomiya
Makoto Ninomiya is a Japanese professional tennis player.
Hayao Kawabe
Hayao Kawabe is a Japanese footballer who plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Robert Baldwin
Robert Baldwin is a Canadian-Japanese actor. Baldwin, born in Eba, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, has appeared in many Japanese films, television series, advertisements, and music videos, and also works in Japan as a translator, narrator, and copywriter. In 2005, he appeared in Chousei Kantai Sazer-X in the recurring role of Gordo, assistant to one of the heroes; in an interview with Tokusatsu Newtype, Baldwin stated that he was likely to appear in the fourth entry of the Chouseishin Series, unaware that it would not be continued following Sazer-X. In 2013, Baldwin appeared in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger as Ramirez, a former member of the heroes from ancient times. He said he was interested in playing the same role in the Power Rangers counterpart. However, the New Zealand-shot series did not cast him.
Gakuto Notsuda
Gakuto Notsuda is a Japanese football player who plays as a midfielder for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He has also represented Japan at under-17, under-20, and under-22 level.
Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi
Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi , sometimes mistakenly referred to as Nebu Tatsuguchi, was a surgeon in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. He was killed during the Battle of Attu on Attu Island, Alaska, United States on May 30, 1943.
Yasuyuki Yamauchi
Yasuyuki Yamauchi is a professional Japanese baseball player.
Daiki Watari
Daiki Watari is a Japanese football player for Oita Trinita.