List of Famous people born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Toshiaki Kubo is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Ōshō and Kiō title holder.　

Masanori Ota , better known by his pen name Masamune Shirow , is a Japanese manga artist. Shirow is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into three theatrical anime movies, two anime television series, an anime television movie, an anime OVA series, a theatrical live action movie, and several video games.

Ryoichi Maeda is a Japanese football player who plays for FC Gifu. He played for Japan national team.

Toshi Ichiyanagi is a Japanese composer and pianist.

Katsuki Yamazaki is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks / Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Orix Buffaloes

Toshiaki Nishioka is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2012. He held the WBC super bantamweight title from 2008 to 2012, and challenged for the lineal super bantamweight title in his final fight. Nishioka is known for his series of fights against Veeraphol Nakonluang-Promotion, with two of their four encounters ending in draws. Unlike many of Japan's other world champions, Nishioka willingly fought outside of his own country.

Rie Yasumi is a Japanese senryū poet, a graduate of Otemae University. Her real name is Rieko Yasumi .

Hisashi Yamamoto is a prominent organic chemist and currently a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago and professor of Chubu University.

Nagaru Tanigawa is a Japanese author. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is best known as the creator of the Haruhi Suzumiya series for which he won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards and has been adapted into an anime television series. While Tanigawa was on hiatus from writing his light novel series, he wrote the manga series Amnesia Labyrinth, which was serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine.

Roderick Genki Dean is a Japanese athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He was born to a Japanese mother and a British father from Chester-le-Street, England.