List of Famous people born in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Daisuke Naito
Daisuke Naito is a former professional boxer from Japan. He is the former WBC and lineal flyweight champion, and former Japanese and OPBF flyweight champion.
Susumu Ōrui
Susumu Ohrui is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto is a male Japanese manga artist. In his early years, he also used pen names Tō Moriyama and Mori Tōyama for his earlier adult-oriented works. He was born in Matsumae District, Fukushima, Hokkaido and graduated from Waseda University's Department of Literature.
Ray
Reika Nakayama , better known by her stage name Ray, is a Japanese singer and radio personality from Hokkaido. She signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment.
Shūhō Satō
Shūhō Satō is a Japanese manga artist. He won the Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Award for his work Say Hello to Black Jack.
Yusuke Kaneko
Yusuke Kaneko is a Japanese ski jumper.
Natsuhiko Kyōgoku
Natsuhiko Kyogoku is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Takaharu Nakai
Takaharu Nakai is a Japanese snowboarder. He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Chikara Tanabe
Chikara Tanabe is a Japanese wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 55 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.
Keiichiro Nagashima
Keiichiro Nagashima is a Japanese long track speed skater specialising in the sprint distances 500 and 1000 metres. Nagashima has won two World Cup races and has three Japanese domestic titles. He is a member of the Nidec Sankyo speed skating team.