List of Famous people born in Kōchi Prefecture

Kiyoshi Nishikawa is a Japanese comedian and actor and former politician.

Nobuo Uematsu is a Japanese musician and composer, best known for his contributions to the Final Fantasy video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton John as one of his biggest influences. Uematsu joined Square in 1986, where he first met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. The two later worked together on many titles at the company, most notably in the Final Fantasy series. After nearly two decades with Square, Uematsu left in 2004 to create his own production company, which included the Dog Ear Records music label. He has since composed music as a freelancer for other games, including ones developed by Square Enix and Sakaguchi's development studio, Mistwalker.

Hiroshi Miyama is a Japanese enka singer. His real name is Masaaki Tsuneishi .

Kentaro Yabuki is a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series Black Cat (2000–2004) and for illustrating To Love Ru (2006–2009) and To Love Ru Darkness (2010–2017) alongside author Saki Hasemi. His mentor was Takeshi Obata, the illustrator of Hikaru no Go, Death Note and Bakuman.

Yoshiko Kira is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Councillors since 2013, representing the Tokyo at-large district. She is a member of the Japanese Communist Party.

Hiro Arikawa is a female Japanese light novelist from Kōchi, Japan.

Yoshitaka Katori is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Katsuhiko Kumon is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Hisako Shirata is a Japanese actress and fashion model.

Hajime Hirota is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party and a former member of the House of Councillors in the National Diet, having served two terms from 2004 until 2016. He previously served two terms in the Kōchi Prefectural Assembly from 1995 until 2001.