List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Tōru Furuya
Tōru Furuya is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production.
Mayu Tsuruta
Mayu Tsuruta is an actress. In 1996 she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends. Following the chaos of Kenya's 2007 presidential election, on March 30, 2008, she visited thousands of internal refugees at Kenya's Nakuru ASK grounds, as a goodwill ambassador for Tokyo International Conference on African Development. While surveying the situation at the refugee camp, she spent time with several families and helped distribute food aid.
Yū Inaba
Yu Inaba is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with LesPros Entertainment. He is best known for his role as the character, Go Shijima/Kamen Rider Mach, from the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Drive.
Masahiko Morino
Masahiko Morino is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He also played for Team Japan at the 2008 Olympics.
Eiichirō Funakoshi
Eiichiro Funakoshi is a Japanese actor, tarento, and presenter. He is represented with Horipro.
Katsunori Takahashi
Katsunori Takahashi is a Japanese singer and actor who is represented by the talent agency, K-Dash.
Shingo Katori
Shingo Katori is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, radio personality. He was the youngest member of SMAP, the best-selling boy band in Asia. After the group's disbandment on 31 December 2016, Katori has been pursuing his solo career. He left Johnny & Associates on 9 September 2017, together with two other SMAP members, Goro Inagaki and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and entered CULEN, a Japanese talent agency. On 22 September 2017, they launched a new project, "atarashiichizu" as their common fan site, supported by various Japanese leading creators. Since then, Katori has been extending his activities also into artistic fields.
Keitaro Hoshino
Keitaro Hoshino is a retired Japanese boxer.
SHELLY
Shelly is a Japanese model, tarento, and television presenter. She has American citizenship. She is represented by Stardust Promotion.
Keiichiro Koyama
Keiichiro Koyama is a Japanese musician and leader of the Johnny's Entertainment group NEWS.