List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Shinobu Ono
Shinobu Ohno is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara. She formerly played for the Japan women's national football team.
Takahiro Mizushima
Takahiro Mizushima is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is currently affiliated with Axlone. When voicing adult games, he is known as Uta Kijima .
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Jun Onose , better known by his stage name J, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as bassist and co-founder of the rock band Luna Sea since 1986. After they disbanded in 2000 he focused on his solo career, for which he performs lead vocals and bass. He rejoined Luna Sea when they reunited in August 2010.
Yu Irie
Yu Irie is a Japanese film director / screenwriter who was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and grew up in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture.
Yoshiaki Takagi
Yoshiaki Takagi is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Albirex Niigata in J2 League.
Kazuyuki Akasaka
Kazuyuki Akasaka is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Chunichi Dragons.
Tomomi Miyamoto
Tomomi Miyamoto is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.
Shiho Yoshimura
Shiho Yoshimura is a Japanese volleyball player. She played for the Ageo Medics in the V Premier League.
Saemi Hanagata
Satomi Tanaka , better known as Saemi Hanagata, is a Japanese professional boxer. She has held the IBF female atomweight title since 2018 and challenged once for the WBC female atomweight title in 2012. As of May 2020, she is ranked as the world's second best active female atomweight by BoxRec.
Ryota Sekiya
Ryota Sekiya is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Pacific League from 2016 to 2018.