List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Hiroshi Nakada is the former mayor of Yokohama, Kanagawa in Japan. A graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he served at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management before working in the House of Councillors in the Diet.

Shinya Makabe , better known by his ring name Togi Makabe is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, two-time NEVER Openweight Champion and one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.

Toshiyuki Moriuchi is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a Lifetime Meijin who won the title eight times, and also a former Ryūō, Kiō and Ōshō title holder. He is also a former senior managing director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Misaki Doi is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are 30 in singles and 78 in doubles.

Haruyo Shimamura is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for NEC Red Rockets. She also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team.

Kazutomo Iguchi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Eiko Kimura is a Japanese politician, and one of the first severely disabled people to be elected to the House of Councillors. She has cerebral palsy and tetraplegia, and so she is not able to move anything below her neck other than her right hand. She uses a wheelchair.

Yuki Matsumoto is a Japanese Professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Tomio Tashiro is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player.

Kōji Kumeta is a Japanese manga artist. His most famous works are Go!! Southern Ice Hockey Club, Katteni Kaizō, Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, and Joshiraku. The bulk of Kumeta's work was published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday, until the abrupt cancellation of Katteni Kaizō, which resulted in him transferring from Shogakukan to Kodansha. As of 2014, he has gone freelance. His most recent serializations were Studio Pulp for Rakuen Le Paradis of Hakusensha and Kakushigoto in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, both of which concluded their run in 2020.