List of Famous people born in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Kei Sanbe
Kei Sanbe is a Japanese manga artist born in Tomakomai, Hokkaido and raised in Chiba Prefecture. He has formerly worked under the pseudonym Keisuke Kawara . He is married to illustrator Keishi Kanesada .
Sayuri Osuga
Sayuri Osuga is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter Games 2002 and 2006 and in the 2004 Summer Games. Until 2006, she was a member of the professional Sankyoseiki speedskating team. She placed first and third in the Speedskating World Cup. She holds the Japanese records in the 500 m speed skating and the 500 m time trial event. From 2006 to 2011, she was sponsored by the construction company Daiwa House Industries Co. Ltd. She retired in 2011.
Satoru Noda
Satoru Noda is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Golden Kamuy, for which he won the 2016 Manga Taishō and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Kaori Mizuhashi
Kaori Mizuhashi is a Japanese voice actress who is employed by Arts Vision. She debuted in 1996 with the game Legend of the Valkyrie.
Akira Onodera
Akira Onodera is a Japanese actor. He is well known for his role in Taiyō ni Hoero!.
Nana Fujimoto
Nana Fujimoto is a professional Japanese ice hockey player for Vortex Sapporo and the Japanese national team. Fujimoto was previously a starting goaltender for the New York Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).
Takeshi Hosoyamada
Takeshi Hosoyamada is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Akira Sasaki
Akira Sasaki is a Japanese alpine skier.
Hibiki Ōtsuki
Hibiki Ōtsuki is a Japanese AV actress and an idol singer. Active since 2008, Otsuki became one of the AV industry's most well-known and prolific performers with more than 1700 credited AV appearances. Currently represented by the AV agency T-Powers, she is also a member of the idol group T♡Project.
Dan Ito
Dan Ito is a Japanese football player.