List of Famous people born in Kagoshima Prefecture

Shinya Tsuruoka is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Kazuhito Sakae is a Japanese wrestling coach and retired wrestler who won several medals in the 62 kg category at the Asian and world level between 1983 and 1989. Remarkably, at the 1983 Asian Wrestling Championships, he won a gold medal in the freestyle wrestling and a silver in the Greco-Roman wrestling. After retiring from competitions he worked as a national coach, training Saori Yoshida, Kaori Icho, Hitomi Obara, Chiharu Icho and Eri Tosaka, among others.

Sayuri Kokushō born December 22, 1966 in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. She was an original member of Onyanko Club. She works for the talent management firm Sony Music Artists. Her debut single, Valentine Kiss, is the most popular Valentine's Day song in Japan.

Kousuke Atari is a Japanese pop singer. He is a self-trained musician, and performs in the shimauta (island-song) style of his hometown.

Keiko Utoku is a Japanese singer and songwriter under UK Sweet label.

Chitose Hajime is a Japanese singer from Amami Ōshima. She sings in the shima-uta style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects.

Minami Katsu is a Japanese professional golfer. She is the youngest winner in the history of the LPGA of Japan Tour when she won the KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open as an amateur on 20 April 2014 at age 15.

Prince Ōyama Iwao, OM, GCCT was a Japanese field marshal, and one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Yamato Maeda is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has been registered as "Yamato" since 2007.

Mutsumi Fujisaki , better known as Miyu Uehara , was a Japanese gravure idol and TV personality who gained popularity as a "poverty idol". She was represented by Platinum Production.