List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Ken Horiuchi is a Japanese comedian who performs boke in the comedy trio Neptune. He is nicknamed Horiken (ホリケン). He also creates stories for the trio.

Tatsuki Machida is a Japanese retired figure skater. He is the 2014 World silver medalist, the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, and the 2013–14 Japanese national silver medalist. Machida is the winner of four Grand Prix events — the 2012 Cup of China, 2013 Skate America, 2013 Rostelecom Cup, and 2014 Skate America.

Kuriko Namino is an actress. Her brother Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII was an actor in kabuki, theatre, television and commercials.

Miki Sumiyoshi is a freelance Japanese announcer. She worked for the public broadcaster NHK. Miki was born in Kawasaki, and moved with her family to Seattle, Washington in the United States. She returned to Japan while in elementary school, and completed junior high school in Kobe. She then moved to Vancouver in Canada, graduating from high school, and again to Japan, where she attended and graduated from International Christian University.

Hachiro Okonogi is a Japanese politician who has served in the House of Representatives since 1993, representing the Kanagawa 3rd district. He also served in the Cabinet as Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission, Minister in charge of Building National Resilience, and Minister of State for Disaster Management from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Masayuki Okano is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Shingo Yanagisawa is a Japanese actor, tarento and comedian. He graduated from Matsuda High School. He is nicknamed Shingo-chan (慎吾ちゃん). He is represented with Hercules.

Salyu is a Japanese singer, produced by Takeshi Kobayashi. She debuted in 2000 as the fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou for the film All About Lily Chou-Chou, and later debuted as a solo artist in 2004. She is best known for her charity single collaboration with Bank Band in 2006, "To U." Salyu has also worked as a voice actress for the Japanese-language version of the game Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007), in which she voiced the character Mrs. Rose . In 2011, Salyu embarked on a new solo project going by the name salyu × salyu .

Yuji Ono is a Japanese football player. He plays as a striker for Gamba Osaka.

Atsushi Tsutsumishita is a Japanese comedian. He performs tsukkomi in the double act Impulse. His partner is Toshiyuki Itakura.