List of Famous people born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Toshiki Sakurai is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants.

Miho Komatsu is a former Japanese pop singer and songwriter with the Giza Studio label. Four of her songs were included in The Best of Detective Conan, a soundtrack album for the anime Case Closed . She has recorded 26 singles and 11 albums.

Noboru Yamaguchi was the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang in Japan.

Masayoshi Manabe is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a setter for the Men's National Team in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He took 10th place at the 1998 World Championship.

Masato Furuno is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Sonoko Inoue is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actress. She lived in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture until junior high school and moved to the Kantō region when she had a high school opportunity. She is nicknamed Son-chan (そんちゃん) and sonko.

Atom Shukugawa is a Japanese comedian from Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Hiroyuki Tanaka and the screen name's "Shukugawa" derives from the name of a river running through Nishinomiya. As of August 2009 he belongs to the management company ASH & D corporation.

Yū Yabūchi is a Japanese manga artist who specializes in shōjo manga. Yū Yabuchi's most famous works are Mizuiro Jidai, Shōjo-Shōnen, and Naisho no Tsubomi. The main focus of her manga are the emotional and psychological growth of preteen girls and boys and early romances between them. Her works are popular among preteen and teenage girls. She received the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga for Naisho no Tsubomi.

Ryo Matsuda , born September 13, 1991, in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency, Cast Corporation.

Tomu Ranju is a Japanese actress/singer most widely recognized as Takarazuka Revue Flower Troupe's otokoyaku top star from 2011 to 2014. Ranju is considered one of the best singers the revue has had in the recent years, and was selected to record songs for many of Takazuka's albums, both while she was with the revue and after she "graduated" from Takarazuka Revue.