List of Famous people born in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan

Masashi Joho is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka of the B.League in Japan. He is the first and only Japanese bj leaguer that acquired the regular season MVP award.

Miki Sasaki is a former volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the #4 jersey. There she and the Japan women's national team took fifth place. She participated in the 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Masahiro Kobayashi is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Yakumo, Hokkaido. In 1995, he enrolled in the Seinenza Theater Company. Masahiro's notable roles include Barret Wallace, and Ryid Uruk from the Final Fantasy video game series.

Takatoshi Ito is a Japanese economist. He is a professor of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and a senior professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.