List of Famous people born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Yōta Kyōda is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Endō Shōta is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Anamizu, Ishikawa. After a successful amateur career, he turned professional in March 2013, making the top makuuchi division that September. His highest rank has been komusubi. He has been awarded one special prize for Fighting Spirit, one for Outstanding Performance and three for Technique, as well as seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He was runner-up in the September 2016 tournament. He wrestles for Oitekaze stable. He is extremely popular with Japanese sumo fans and has been regarded as one of the most promising home-grown wrestlers in sumo.

Yasutaka Nakata is a Japanese DJ, record producer, songwriter, composer and arranger. He formed the band Capsule in 1997 with vocalist Toshiko Koshijima and himself as composer and record producer when both were 17. They formally debuted in 2001 with the song "Sakura".

Kenichi Oya (大矢健一) is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Hisakatsu Oya (大矢剛功). Although he started out for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, he is well known for his stint in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.

Shun Shioya is a Japanese actor. He played the role of Yousuke Shiina in the 2002 Super Sentai TV series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger.

Takeshi Kaga , real name Shigekatsu Katsuta , is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV.

Koyuki Higashi is a Japanese LGBT activist, stage actress and writer. From 2005 to 2006 she was an otokoyaku member of the Takarazuka Revue Hana-gumi under the name Aura Maki (あうら真輝). From the fall of 2010 she became involved in LGBT issues.

Toshio Motoya is a Japanese essayist, publisher and real estate entrepreneur who is the president of APA Group, which includes APA Hotels & Resorts, one of Japan's largest hotel chains.

Hideko Yoshida (吉田日出子) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 14th Hochi Film Award for Shaso.

Kentaro Nishikawa is a former professional Japanese baseball player. He is currently employed as a batting practice pitcher with the Chunichi Dragons.