List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Shinji Komiyama is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. he played for the Hanshin Tigers from 20087 to 2016.

Mitsuki Saito is a Japanese footballer who plays for Russian club Rubin Kazan, on loan from Shonan Bellmare.

Makoto Akaho is a Japanese former basketball player.

Jun Mayuzuki is a Japanese manga artist. Her most famous work is the series After the Rain, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Big Comic Spirits magazine in June 2014, before moving to the magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits in January 2016 and finished in March 2018. In 2018, she won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category with the manga.

Fumiko Kaneko or rarely Pak Fumiko, was a Japanese anarchist and nihilist. She was convicted of plotting to assassinate members of the Japanese Imperial family.

Hiroyuki Saito is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by the shortened name of Hiro Saito . He was the first AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Susumu Mochizuki , better known by his ring name Susumu Yokosuka , is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate. He is not related to fellow Dragon Gate wrestler and long term ally/rival Masaaki Mochizuki, who debuted much earlier for WAR.

Akito Fukumori is a Japanese football player for Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

Takako Shirai is a Japanese singer. First performing solo and later with her band Crazy Boys (クレイジーボーイズ), she was one of the best known acts of the early eighties, and received some international attention as one of the Japanese acts in the Hurricane Irene Aid Concert.

Shū Kunimitsu , also known as Yoo Soo-young and professionally as Shoo, is a Korean-Japanese actress and singer who debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group S.E.S. in 1997 and continued until 2002 when the group disbanded. She contributed songs as a solo artist after the group's disbandment before she went on hiatus from her music career to pursue an acting career in 2006. She returned to the music scene with releasing her single album Devote One's Love in 2010. Afterwards, she went back on hiatus for four years to take care of her family before transitioning back into acting in 2014 and from then on she is active as a celebrity and appeared in many variety shows like Oh! My Baby! with her family. In 2016 Shoo had a special 20th anniversary comeback with her group members and S.E.S released a special album with a special concert. In December 2018 Shoo had some issues and went on a hiatus and in October 2020 Shoo released her first Japanese digital album "I Found Love". Shoo made an official come back in 2022 with her life documentary. She is now an ambassador of Korean Gambling Prevention Treatment Agency.