List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Junji Hirata
Junji Hirata is a retired Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a trainer for the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, known primarily by his ring name Super Strong Machine .
Yuyūta Suzuki
Yuta Suzuki , also known as Yuyu-uta (ゆゆうた), is a Japanese YouTuber, entertainer, and musician.
Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Nobuyuki Fukumoto is a Japanese manga artist well known for his unique and original gambling ideas, deep psychological analyses of characters, and distinct artstyle. Yakuza and gambling are recurring themes in his manga. In English-speaking countries, he is known best as the author of Akagi, a mahjong-related manga. In 1998, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji. An onomatopoeia "zawa", meaning an uneasy atmosphere, appears frequently in his comics and is considered Fukumoto's trademark.
Miyu Nagasaki
Miyu Nagasaki is a Japanese table tennis player.
Eri Yamada
Eri Yamada is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Akira Kushida
Akira Kushida , is a Japanese vocalist who is well known for his work in the soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions, most notably Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan, Kinnikuman, and Uchuu Keiji Gavan. His nickname from his fans is Kussy . His real given name is Akira .
Maike Naomi Schnittger
Naomi Maike Schnittger is a German Paralympic swimmer. She represented Germany at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she won the silver medal in the women's 50 metre freestyle S12 event in 2016.
Yōsuke Kishi
Yosuke Kishi is a Japanese singer and actor. He is represented with Yōdō. His business alliance is K-Dash.
Yasuko Tajima
Yasuko Tajima is a former medley swimmer from Japan. She won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Yūji Machi
Yūji Machi is a Japanese voice actor who is the voice of Ultraman Tiga as well as the voices of Appule and Daizu in Dragon Ball Z. His real name is Shūji Tanabe , and he works for Aoni Production.