List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Yukari Fukui
Yukari Fukui is a Japanese actress, voice actress and gravure idol known by the nickname Yukarin (ゆかりん) in Japan.
Go Shiina
Masaru Shiina , known professionally as Go Shiina, is a Japanese music composer and arranger, primarily known for his work in video games. He joined Namco in 1997, and was best known during his time with the company for writing music for a number of games in the Tales, Mr. Driller, and God Eater franchises, He gained widespread recognition with his score for Tales of Legendia in 2005. Since then, he has also contributed music for several titles in the Tekken, Ace Combat, and The Idolmaster franchises. In addition to video games, Shiina has also composed soundtracks for various anime series and films, starting with the 2011 film Sakura no Ondo and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, as well as composing and arranging songs for bands and other artists.
Takashi Ishii
Takashi Ishii is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and coach. He pitched for 14 seasons for the Seibu Lions and made three All-Star teams. His brother Akio Ishii was drafted in 1986 but never made it into Nippon Pro Baseball.
Nobuhiko Takada
Nobuhiko Takada is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler, actor and writer. He competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFI) in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming one of the highest figures of the "shoot-style" movement.
Masaru Watanabe
Masaru Watanabe , Japan is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons.
Shinnosuke Hatanaka
Shinnosuke Hatanaka is a Japanese footballer who plays for Yokohama F. Marinos.
Yusuke Chiba
Yusuke Chiba is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the singer for the Japanese band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant. He formed the side-project Rosso in 2001, and when Thee Michelle Gun Elephant disbanded in 2003 he continued with Rosso, until he started the band The Birthday in 2006.
He has been playing music nearly all his life, having taken violin lessons as a young child. He created his first band, called Trunker, when he was in high school, which disbanded when he began attending Meiji Gakuin University where he would later meet the future members of Thee Michelle Gun Elephant.
Kota Mizunuma
Kota Mizunuma is a Japanese association football player currently playing for Yokohama F. Marinos. His father, Takashi, was also a professional footballer.
Toshiyuki Takagi
Toshiyuki Takagi is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Cerezo Osaka.
Eri Hozumi
Eri Hozumi is a Japanese tennis player.