List of Famous people born in Kagoshima Prefecture

Takayuki Miyauchi , better known by the stage name Kōhei Miyauchi , was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Kagoshima Prefecture. On June 2, 1995, Miyauchi died on his hospital bed at the Nihon University Itabashi Hospital from abdominal varices. At the time of Miyauchi's death, he was represented by Aoni Production.

Okiharu Yasuoka was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kagoshima Prefecture and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1972 as an independent. He later joined the LDP and served as the Minister of Justice from 2000 to 2001. He was later returned to the post of Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on 1 August 2008.

Ekan Ikeguchi is a Shingon Buddhist priest, currently the High Priest of Saifukuji in Kagoshima. He holds a doctorate in medicine from Yamaguchi University and is an expert in the goma fire ritual. He has spoken at Harvard University and performed a ritual at the World Trade Center site in October 2001. Ikeguchi recently returned to the United States in November 2012 to preside over the goma fire ritual in Los Angeles to commemorate Koyasan Buddhist Temple's 100th anniversary.

Satoyama Kōsaku is a retired professional sumo wrestler from Ōshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, he entered professional sumo in 2004 and first reached the top makuuchi division in 2007. His highest rank was maegashira 12. He spent much of his career in the jūryō and makushita divisions, and won a yusho or tournament championship in each. He won promotion back to the top division in 2014 after a seven-year and 37-tournament absence, the longest ever. He was a member of Onoe stable. He retired in November 2018 and is an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Chiganoura.

Admiral Count Yamamoto Gonbee, also called Gonnohyōe , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and twice Prime Minister of Japan from 1913 to 1914 and again from 1923 to 1924.

Makoto Niwano is a Japanese manga artist known for several works, including The Momotaroh, Bomber Girl and Jinnairyū Jyūjyutsu Butouden Majimakun Suttobasu!!. Niwano has also written a manga adaptation of Deltora Quest which was adapted into an anime series, and was a mentor to Takeshi Obata of Hikaru no Go and Death Note fame.

Yodai Enoshita is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on July 21, 1988. He debuted in 2011. He had 9 strikeouts in 2013.

Kōbō Kenichi is a former sumo wrestler from Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 9.

Hidehisa Otsuji was a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the Cabinet of Junichirō Koizumi.

Hidehito Shirao is a former Japanese football player.