List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Taku Takahashi
Taku Takahashi is a Japanese hip hop recording artist, DJ and record producer who debuted in 1997 as a record producer of the hip hop group M-Flo. The group rose to prominence in the early 2000s, with hit singles such as "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again." Takahashi was also a member of Avex's 20th anniversary dance music project Ravex, and has produced songs for musicians such as Crystal Kay, Ami Suzuki and Rie Fu, and remixes for Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki. He formed the record labels Tachytelic Records and TCY Recording.
Hiroshi Shirokuma
Hiroshi Shirokuma is a Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with Production Baobab
Toshiki Kurobane
Toshiki Kurobane is a Japanese professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Shiho Fujimura
Shiho Fujimura is a Japanese actress. She was given a Special Prize for her career at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival.
Ryuzo Morioka
Ryuzo Morioka is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama is a Japanese female fashion model, tarento, and professional figure skater. Her academic degree is a bachelor's degree (Literature). She is currently represented as a tarento by the agency Platinum Production.
Shintaro Mochizuki
Shintaro Mochizuki is a Japanese tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 506 achieved on 26 April 2021.
Mitsuru Igarashi
Mitsuru Igarashi is the former keyboarder and songwriter of Japanese pop group Every Little Thing. He founded the band in early 1996 with his old friend Ichirō Itō and then 18-year-old singer Kaori Mochida. He left Every Little Thing in April 2000 after releasing the third album, Eternity. Since leaving the band, he started producing music for the band Day After Tomorrow which disbanded in 2005. Currently he plays keyboards and is a songmaker and producer in band Rushmore. He was also involved in composing and writing song lyrics for Every Little Thing's ninth album, Change.
Masataka Shimizu
Masataka Shimizu is a director of Fuji Oil Company, and was the president and chief executive officer of Japanese electric utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) from 2008 to 2011. He was also a vice-chairman of Keidanren, the employers' federation of the companies of Japan, until he stepped down after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. On July 25, 2012 he became an outside director of Fuji Oil.
Sayaka Ohara
Sayaka Ohara is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyō. Her major roles include Layla Hamilton in Kaleido Star, Yūko Ichihara in xxxHolic and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Alicia Florence in Aria, Beatrice in Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Milly Ashford in Code Geass, Erza Scarlet in Fairy Tail, Irisviel in the Fate/Zero and Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya series and the initial voice of Gammisers in episode 27-34 of Kamen Rider Ghost. She has also voiced in a variety of video games and live-action overseas dubs, and hosts a number of radio shows, many of which are related to her voice projects. In 2013, she received a Best Supporting Actress award at the 7th Seiyu Awards.