List of Famous people born in Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Keishi Ōtomo is a Japanese film and television director and screenwriter, most known for the Rurouni Kenshin film series.

Hiroaki Sato is a Japanese retired figure skater. He was named in Japan's team to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Sato ranked 17th in the short program, 14th in the free skate, and 15th overall. He has won three senior international medals.

Norifusa Mita is a Japanese manga artist born in 1958 from Iwate Prefecture. He is best known for Dragon Zakura for which he received the 29th Kodansha Manga Award. Dragon Zakura has been adapted to live-action television series in Japan and South Korea, its spin-off series Angel Bank received live-action television adaptation as well. His manga Investor Z was adapt into live-action television series in 2018 and The Great War of Archimedes was adapted into a film in 2019.

Futaba Ito is a Japanese professional rock climber, sport climber and boulderer. She participates in both bouldering and lead climbing competitions. She won the IFSC Climbing Asian Youth Championships in lead and bouldering events in 2016, as well as Bouldering Japan Cup in 2017. She participated in combined and speed events at the 2018 Asian Games.

Shuto Yamamoto is a Japanese football player currently playing for Shonan Bellmare.

Ryuho Kikuchi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Vissel Kobe.

Mikoi Sasaki is a Japanese voice actress known for her role as Hercule Barton in Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, and her other major roles include Himeno Katsuragi in Da Capo III, Kuguru Uki in Future Card Buddyfight, and Neko in Recently, My Sister Is Unusual. Sasaki was chosen from thousands of people who auditioned for roles in Milky Holmes. She is a member of the singer group Milky Holmes, formed by the four main voice actresses in Tantei Opera Milky Holmes. In a recent YouTube video on her shared channel, she has stated that she would like for her display photo on Wikipedia to be changed to a more recent one.

Tamaki Saitō is a Japanese psychologist and critic. He specializes in the psychiatry of puberty and adolescence. Saitō is Director of Medical Service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Chiba.

Eiki Takahashi is a male Japanese racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. On December 13, 2015, he set the Asian record for the 10,000m race walk on a track. In 2016, he was the #1 ranked walker in the world for 20 km. As a result of his fast time in February, he was considered Japan's next great walking hope, replacing teammate world record holder Yusuke Suzuki. He walked in the 2016 Olympics where he walked with the lead (chase) pack until almost 14 km when eventual winner Cai Zelin broke the race open. Takahashi eventually finished 42nd.