List of Famous people born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Kana Kurashina is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Sony Music Artists.

Munetaka Murakami is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Aimer is a Japanese pop singer and lyricist signed to SME Records and managed by FOURseam. Her name comes from the verb "Aimer" in French, which means "to love".

Takeshi Koba is now the manager of Tokyo International University's baseball team and was formerly a professional baseball player and manager in Japan.

Teruyoshi Uchimura , half of the Japanese comedy duo Utchan Nanchan, is one of the most famous and influential comedians in the owarai community. His nickname is Utchan ("Wutchan"), and his partner, Kiyotaka Nanbara, is known as Nanchan. He was born on July 22, 1964 in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto. Though he has worked for years as a comedian, he has also shown talent as an actor and dramatic performer. He is well known as the leader of the owarai band NO PLAN.

Yui Natsukawa is a Japanese actress. She co-starred with Hiroshi Abe in the 2006 Japanese drama Kekkon Dekinai Otoko and in Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2008 film Still Walking.

Hiroyuki Akimoto is a Japanese judoka. After moving up from the -66 kg division to the -73 kg division, he won the gold medal in the lightweight (73 kg) division at the 2010 World Judo Championships.

Kengo Kora is a Japanese actor.

Sae Yamamoto , (born 28 October 1986, in Ueki, Kamoto District, Kumamoto Prefecture better known as Suzanne is a Japanese variety tarento, actress, and singer. She was a member of musical groups Pabo and Aladdin. She is represented with K Dash Stage.

Shinya Ueda is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, caster and actor who is the tsukkomi of the comedy duo Cream Stew. His partner is Teppei Arita.