List of Famous people born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Ali Project is a Japanese band with a strong Japanese Aristocrat-style image, consisting of Arika Takarano and Mikiya Katakura .

Sunao Tokunaga was a Japanese proletarian writer.

Masashi Eriguchi is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

Ryo Yoshimoto is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

Mayumi Aoki is a Japanese swimmer. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly and 4 × 100 m medley relay and won a gold medal in the 100 m butterfly. She won a bronze medal in this event at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships. In 1972 she twice broke the world record in the 100 m butterfly. After retiring from competition she worked as a swimming coach and a high school teacher. In 1989 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Yuki Sato is a Japanese professional wrestler. He currently wrestles in Kaientai Dojo with his real name, in Michinoku Pro Wrestling as Kenbai and in Pro Wrestling Noah as Haoh .