List of Famous people born in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan

Rie Tanaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Notable among her numerous roles in anime are Lacus Clyne in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Chi in Chobits, Hikari Kujou/Shiny Luminous in Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart, Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke in Strike Witches and Suigintou in the anime adaptation of Rozen Maiden. In video games, she provides the voice of title character Neptune in the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise, Morrigan Aensland in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Project X Zone, Sesshoin Kiara in Fate/Extra and Fate/Grand Order, Mitsuru Kirijo in Persona 3, and Lisa in Genshin Impact.

Muneo Suzuki, commonly known simply as "Muneo" due to his common last name, is a Japanese politician from Ashoro, Hokkaidō, currently serving as a member of the House of Councillors since 2019, representing the National PR block.

Kitanofuji Katsuaki is a former Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. He made his professional debut in 1957, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1964. He was the sport's 52nd yokozuna, a rank he attained in 1970. He won ten tournament championships and was known for his rivalry with Tamanoumi. He retired in 1974 and was the head coach of Kokonoe stable from 1977 to 1992. He left the Japan Sumo Association in 1998 but is still prominent in the sumo world as a commentator as of 2020.

Noriaki Kasai is a Japanese ski jumper. His career achievements include a gold medal at the 1992 Ski Flying World Championships, winning the 1999 Nordic Tournament, individual silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two individual bronze medals at the 2003 Ski Jumping World Championships.

Torai Fushimi is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Shela (シェラ) is a Japanese pop singer and actress made a debut under Avex Trax label. Before her career started, Shela was the lead vocalist and saxophonist of the three-member band FBI from 1997 to 1998. In 1999 she signed with Avex Trax, and embarked on a solo career. In 2004 she joined the band, Sunny-side Up, and split with the original line-up in 2005. As of 2009 Shela has made her comeback currently signed to the indie label Rosso Records.

Chinami Yoshida is a Japanese curler. She currently plays third for Satsuki Fujisawa's rink.

Miwa Yoshida is a Japanese musician, and the lead singer for the band Dreams Come True.

Hiromu Arakawa is the pen name of Hiromi Arakawa , a Japanese manga artist and employer of Square Enix. She is best known for the manga Fullmetal Alchemist, which became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was adapted into two anime television series. The first loosely followed the source material and was released while the manga was still being written, and the second followed the events of the manga and was released after the manga was finished. She is also known for the manga adaptation of The Heroic Legend of Arslan novels.

Miho Yabe is a Japanese model and J-pop idol singer. She was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, and made her singing debut on January 10, 1996. She has a sister Mika who is also a model, under the stage name Mika Kawai.