List of Famous people born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Miyabi Onitsuka is a Japanese snowboarder. She won a gold medal in slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015. She started snowboarding professionally in 2005.

Yoshiro Moriyama is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team and currently managing the Japan national under-17 football team.

Daisuke Fujimura is a former Japanese Infielder with the Yomiuri Giants.

Nobuhiro Ishida is a Japanese former professional boxer. He is a former WBA interim super welterweight champion who is best known for knocking out James Kirkland in a middleweight bout at the MGM Grand Las Vegas in April 2011. Ishida has so far been promoted by Canelo Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions among others and has been co-trained by Rudy Hernández and Daisuke Okabe, while residing back and forth between Los Angeles, California, United States and Osaka, Japan.

Hamanishiki Tatsurō is a former sumo wrestler from Kumamoto, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 1999. His highest rank was maegashira 11, which he reached in 2002. He was mostly ranked in the makushita and sandanme divisions from 2005 until his retirement in 2012. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association upon his retirement and was the head coach of Kasugayama stable from 2012 until 2016.

Shingo Kukita is a Japanese former footballer who last played for Thespakusatsu Gunma.

Aika Akutagawa (born 3 April 1991} is a Japanese volleyball player.

Shintaro Kurumaya is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kawasaki Frontale.

Tomonohana Shinya is a former sumo wrestler from Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He is now a sumo coach.

Higonoumi Naoya is a former sumo wrestler from Kumamoto, Japan. After his retirement he opened up Kise stable.