List of Famous people born in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Naoki Yuasa
Naoki Yuasa is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Japan.
Shizue Ukaji
Shizue Ukaji is an Ainu activist, artist, and poet.
Miki Nagasawa
Miki Nagasawa is a Japanese voice actress. She was raised in Fukushima. Formerly affiliated for Haikyo, she is affiliated with Atomic Monkey. On anime roles, she played the eponymous character in Vampire Princess Miyu, Wedy in Death Note and Maya Ibuki in Neon Genesis Evangelion. In video games, she played Shelinda in Final Fantasy X and X-2, Kuyo in Genji: Dawn of the Samurai, Karin in Shadow Hearts 2, and Sleigh Presty in Super Robot Wars. Nagasawa attended Nan Desu Kan in 2009.
Yūji Wakiya
Yūji Wakiya is a Japanese chef famous for cooking Chinese cuisine.
Takashi Kawamura
Takashi Kawamura , ComIH is a director and the chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO), a semi-nationalized electric utility company responsible for causing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and the former chairman and president of Hitachi, Ltd., the Japanese multinational electronics and engineering conglomerate. He had worked at Hitachi for his entire business career and retired as senior adviser to the company in June 2016. On request of the Japanese government, Kawamura has served as chairman of the electric power company since June 2017.
Jun Horie
Jun Horie is a Japanese singer-songwriter.
Katsuhiro Akimoto
Katsuhiro Akimoto is a Japanese politician and the incumbent mayor of Sapporo, the largest and capital city of Hokkaido, Japan.
Iwao Ōmura
Iwao Ohmura , nicknamed "Fisherman", is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder and the current coach of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Takanobu Okabe
Takanobu Okabe is a Japanese former ski jumper.
Haguroyama Sojō
Haguroyama Sojō is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō, Japan.