List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Mineyuki Fukuda is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Yūichi Nakamura is a Japanese actor. He is best known for the roles of Kyōsuke Kiriya in the 2005 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Hibiki, Otoya Hanazono in the 2006 midnight drama Princess Princess D, and Yuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos in the 2007 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O.

Ikue Sakakibara is a Japanese actress and a J-pop singer.

Hideyuki Awano is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, Yomiuri Giants, and the Yokohama BayStars.

Yoshihiro Tajiri , is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri, he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Kikkoman and briefly worked as the masked character Tigre Blanco.

Mitsuyo Kakuta is a Japanese author born in Yokohama. She has been engaged in translating into modern Japanese the 11th-century proto-novel The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部).

Ten Miyagi is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for Kawasaki Frontale. He was born to a Burmese father and Japanese mother.

Shohei Tateyama is a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher and currently pitting coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the NPB.

Hiroya is a Japanese kickboxer competing in K-1.

Hitoshi Tamura is a retired Japanese professional baseball player who last played with the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.