List of Famous people born in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Asami Konno
Asami Sugiura , known by her birth name Asami Konno is a Japanese television presenter and former singer and actress.
Kazuhiro Kokubo
Kazuhiro Kokubo is a Japanese snowboarder who has won multiple medals in international events, including consecutive golds in US Open Halfpipe in 2010 and 2011. He competed at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics and 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, representing Japan.
Kazuya Shiraishi
Kazuya Shiraishi is a Japanese filmmaker.
Chiharu Matsuyama
Chiharu Matsuyama is a Japanese folk singer and songwriter.
Shō Aoyagi
Sho Aoyagi is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency, LDH. He is a member of Gekidan Exile.
Yuki Nakai
Yuki Nakai is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist. He currently teaches shoot wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and is the president of the Japanese Confederation of Jiu-Jitsu. He competed in Shooto, an early MMA promotion where he won the Shooto World Welterweight Championship, as well as Vale Tudo Japan 1995, where he was outweighed by every opponent in the tournament. Despite this, and despite suffering a severe eye injury in the first bout, Nakai managed to make it to the finals where he lost to Rickson Gracie. Nakai is considered a legend of Shooto by many fighters and fans.
Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi
Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 61st yokozuna and won eight top division championships. He wrestled for Kokonoe stable, as did Chiyonofuji, and the two were the first yokozuna stablemates to take part in a play-off for the championship, in 1989. After a number of injury problems he retired in 1992, and is now the head coach of Hakkaku stable. In November 2015 he was appointed chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, following the death of Kitanoumi, initially to serve until the end of March 2016. He was then elected as head for a full term by his fellow board members in a vote held on March 28, 2016, and re-elected on March 26, 2018.Also he was re-elected unanimously at the board of directors on March 23, 2020.
Koki Niwa
Koki Niwa is a Japanese male table tennis player. He is the gold medalist at the 2010 Youth Olympics and he won the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in 2010 (doubles) and 2011 (singles).
Miki Fujimoto
Miki Shōji , professionally known by her birth name of Miki Fujimoto , and nicknamed Mikitty, is a Japanese pop singer and television actress. After failing the audition to join girl group Morning Musume with the fourth generation members, Fujimoto debuted as a solo artist within Hello! Project in 2002 with the single "Aenai Nagai Nichiyōbi". Fujimoto later joined Morning Musume in 2003 along with the sixth generation and eventually became the leader of the group in 2007.
Yumi Suzuki
Yumi Suzuki is a Japanese curler. She plays second for the Team Satsuki Fujisawa rink.