List of Famous people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Takeshi Inoue is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division of Shooto. A professional MMA competitor since 2003, he has also competed for DREAM, and Vale Tudo Japan.

Ryo Kawano is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

Yuki Kitai is a Japanese football player for SC Sagamihara.

Keisuke Moriya is a former Japanese football player.

Harumi Tsuyuzaki is a female Japanese pop, R&B, soul singer and songwriter. Shortly after her debut in 1995, she achieved a fame as an extraordinarily talented singer. With her astonishing vocal skills and unique songwriting talent, Harumi has captivated her fans for more than a decade.

Yasuhiro Nightow is a Japanese manga artist. His major work Trigun was adapted into an anime series and film. He also designed the characters for the video game and anime series Gungrave, and has been working on the manga Blood Blockade Battlefront.

Kanna Arihara , known professionally as Kanna (栞菜), is a Japanese talent, actress, and a former singer.

Tsuyoshi Kikuchihara is a former professional Japanese baseball player.

Wataru Yazawa is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the Bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Pune at the 110 m hurdles. His personal best is 13.47 seconds, set in Tottori on 5 June 2016.

Keiichiro Kawaguchi is a Japanese animator and director born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. He got his start at Ashi Productions and has worked as a key animator and animation director, as well as episode director for many projects. In recent years, he has worked as a sound director and screenwriter for some of the works. Initially, the OVA Pinky:St was supposed to be his first directorial work, but due to production delays, the TV series MÄR was aired before it, resulting in it being his first directorial work instead. He is a quick worker and often directs two or three projects at a time. He also does much of the storyboarding himself. He enjoys collecting figurines and character goods, and his work desk is crammed with toys. He got into the anime industry because he dreamed of working on plastic models and toyetic anime.