List of Famous people born in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture

Gen Nakatani is a Japanese politician who was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency in the first cabinet of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2002 and was appointed as the Minister of Defense by current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2014.

Yūko Daike is a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than fifteen films since 1996.

Ken Kensei is a Japanese actor who is known for various cameo appearances in numerous movies.

Viscount Fukuoka Takachika was a Japanese statesman of the Meiji period.

Akihiro Yamada is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. He was born in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and now resides in Kyoto. Yamada is known for delicate images reminiscent of suiboku and depiction of fantasy subjects. He is the 1996 Seiun Award winner in art category.

Viscount Tani Tateki was a statesman and lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in Meiji period Japan. He was also known as Tani Kanjō.

Count Gotō Shōjirō was a Japanese samurai and politician during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period of Japanese history. He was a leader of Freedom and People's Rights Movement which would evolve into a political party.

Endō Kinsuke was a Japanese statesman in the early Meiji period.

Masanao Ozaki is a Japanese politician. He became governor of Kōchi Prefecture in Japan on December 7, 2007. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo with the Bachelor of Economics degree in 1991 and a former bureaucrat of the Ministry of the Treasury. He worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2000. He worked as a secretary in the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia. He served as a secretary of the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2006.　He retired from the Ministry of Finance in October 2007.