List of Famous people born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Ryota Arai
Ryota Arai is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and current coach for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Chunichi Dragons from 2006 to 2010 and with the Tigers from 2011 to 2017.
Kensuke Nagai
Kensuke Nagai is a Japanese football player who plays as a striker for J1 League club FC Tokyo.
Kensei Mizote
Kensei Mizote is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet.
Seiya Inoue
Seiya Inoue , nicknamed "Aja", is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Kenta Ishida
Kenta Ishida is a professional Japanese baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball.
Eishin Soyogi
Eishin Soyogi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Ayako Kimura
Ayako Kimura is a Japanese hurdler. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100 meter hurdles, and failed to reach the final. She won a gold, a bronze and a silver medal in this event at the Asian championships in 2013, 2015 and 2017, respectively.
Michiru Jo
Michiru Jo is an actor and J-Pop artist in Japan.
Keigo Moriyasu
Keigo Moriyasu is a Japanese footballer. He played professionally for JPV Marikina during the 2018 Philippines Football League season. Previously he played as a striker for Edgeworth FC in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW.
Kenji Fukui
Kenji Fukui is a Japanese television announcer. He began his broadcasting career in 1976 with Fuji Television, and is one of the three longest-serving television presenters on the Fuji network.