List of Famous people born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Ryohei Kawamoto is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Tsuyoshi Ogata is a Japanese long-distance athlete competing mainly in the marathon.

Nobutoshi Kaneda is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Naoya Emura is a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He was born on May 6, 1992. He is currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB. His elder brother Masaya is also a professional baseball player who last played for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows as a pitcher.

Daisuke Katagami is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. He is a former executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Tatsuji Nishimura is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Takayoshi Tanimoto , is a Japanese vocalist known for his theme song performances in Digimon, Zatch Bell! and Dragon Ball Kai, the last of which he sang "Dragon Soul" and "Yeah! Break! Care! Break!" as one-half of a special unit, Dragon Soul.

Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda is the first Japanese female gymnast to win a world title, which she accomplished on the balance beam in 1954. For 63 years, she remained the only Japanese female gymnast who won a world gold medal - until Mai Murakami won the floor exercise at the 2017 World Championships. Tanaka-Ikeda won seven more medals at the world championships in 1958–1966. She also competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a team bronze medal in 1964; her best individual achievement was a fourth place on the floor in 1956.

Masaya Emura is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Fukushima Hopes.