List of Famous people born in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Sara Takanashi
Sara Takanashi is a Japanese ski jumper. She is the most successful female ski jumper to date, as well as one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four World Cup overall titles, five World Championship medals, and a Winter Olympic medal. As of March 2020, Takanashi holds the record for the most individual World Cup wins, male or female, with 57.
Takahiro Nishijima
Takahiro Nishijima is a Japanese singer and actor who is the main vocal of the band AAA. He also works as a solo singer known as Nissy.
Takaya Mutō
Takaya Mutō is a Japanese politician and a former member of the National Diet where he sat in the House of Representatives. Previously a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he resigned his party membership in 2015.
Teru
Teruhiko Kobashi , better known by his stage name TERU, is a Japanese musician and singer best known as vocalist of the rock band Glay, for which he was initially the drummer.
Kōichi Morita
Kōichi Morita , is a Japanese composer and singer who launched his recording career in the late 1960s and had gained huge commercial success during the 1970s.
Masami Tanaka
Masami Tanaka is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.
Daigo Nishi
Daigo Nishi is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Vissel Kobe in the J1 League.
Eir Aoi
Eir Aoi is a Japanese singer from Sapporo, Hokkaido, signed to Sacra Music. After being discovered through the Japanese video sharing website Niconico, Aoi made her major debut in 2011 with the release of her first single "Memoria", whose title track was used as the first ending theme to the 2011 anime television series Fate/Zero.
Misako Yasuda
Misako Yasuda is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol who is represented by the talent agency, Artist-house Pyramid.
Maya Sakura
Maya Sakura is an enka singer and child actress. In 2008, she made her debut with the single "Tairyō Matsuri" (大漁まつり) at the age of 10. In 2009, she received a "New Artist" award at the 51st Annual Japan Record Awards, becoming the youngest person to do so.