List of Famous people born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Makoto Ozone
Makoto Ozone is a Japanese jazz pianist.
Yūya Iida
Yuya Iida is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes.
Mac Suzuki
Mac Suzuki is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. Over his career, Suzuki played 18 seasons in professional baseball, including six in Major League Baseball and two in the Japan Pacific League. In his major league career, he has played for the Seattle Mariners, the Kansas City Royals, the Colorado Rockies (2001), and the Milwaukee Brewers (2001). With those teams, he has had a combined record of 16–31 with a 5.72 earned run average (ERA), one complete game, one shutout, and 327 strikeouts in 117 games, 67 starts.
Takumi Kuriyama
Takumi Kuriyama is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.
Tōshū Fukami
Haruhisa Handa is a Japanese religious leader and a businessman. Handa is the Chairman and spiritual leader of the Shinto-based religion World Mate. He is also known by the name Toshu Fukami Toshu Fukami in his artistic career, as well as the pen name Toto Ami Toto Ami . He also uses the pseudonym Leonardo Toshu , which is used as his radio personality.
Masanori Tanimoto
Masanori Tanimoto is the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 1994. In 2006 he won his fourth election.
Airi Miyabe
Airi Miyabe is a Japanese female volleyball player who is part of the Japan women's national volleyball team.
Ai Ōkawa
Ai Okawa is a Japanese idol, fashion model, actress and a former member of female idol group Idoling!!!.
Yosuke Kashiwagi
Yōsuke Kashiwagi is a Japanese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Urawa Red Diamonds.
Naoko Sawamatsu
Naoko Sawamatsu is a former professional tennis player.