List of Famous people born in Kitakyūshū, Japan

Ken Mitsuishi is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in films such as Chaos and Tokyo Playboy Club.

175R is a Japanese ska punk band from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Kozo Yamamoto is a former Ministry of Finance official, Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, and is currently State Minister in charge of: Regional Revitalization; Regulatory Reform; Administrative Reform; City, People, Job-Creation; and Civil Service Reform. Previous posts include Vice Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Chairman of the Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Special Commission on Consumer Issues, and Chairman of the Special Commission on Regional Revitalization.

Ryōtarō Okiayu is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. His major roles include Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hisashi Mitsui in Slam Dunk, Meisuke Nueno in Hell Teacher Nūbē, Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis, Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach, Yuu Matsuura in Marmalade Boy, Shigure Sohma in Fruits Basket, Dark in D.N. Angel and Toriko in Toriko. As a singer, he was one of the members for Entertainment Music Unit from 1995 to 2000. He is married to voice actress Ai Maeda.

Takeshi Tsuruno is a Japanese actor, tarento, and musician, originally from Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. He is known for his roles as Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna in Ultraman Dyna and as the leader of the musical units Shuchishin and Aladdin. As a member of Shuchishin and Aladdin, he appears regularly on the variety show Quiz! Hexagon II. Tsuruno married his former stylist Miki Endō in 2003. They have a son named Eito and three daughters named Uta , Oto , and Iro . He named his albums after his daughters, and after recording his first album and before the birth of his third daughter he mused naming an album after his son such that it was called Tsuruno Mugendai . 百

Chage is a Japanese musician and radio personality. His real name is Shuji Shibata . He dropped out from Japan University of Economics. He changes his name from Chage , CHAGE, and Chage. He is also a singer-songwriter, and he is the main vocalist and lyricist-composer of Chage and Aska.

Hiromi Matsunaga is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player.

Tomohiro Abe is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Takumi Miyoshi is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Takahiro Imanami is a Japanese professional baseball player. He debuted in 2008. He had 11 runs.