List of Famous people born in Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Nakamura is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons, Yokohama Baystars and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Kazumi Saito is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. starting pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He was a two-time winner of the Eiji Sawamura Award, but did not pitch in a regular season game after October 2007 due to various shoulder injuries.

Ai Aoki is a Japanese synchronised swimmer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Following her retirement from competition, Aoki became a "tarento", making regular appearances on Japanese television, including during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Satoshi Ninoyu is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kyoto, Kyoto and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 2004 after serving in the assembly of Kyoto Prefecture for five terms since 1987.

Tomoko Tabata is a Japanese actress. She won the best supporting actress award from the Mainichi in 2004 for The Hidden Blade and Blood and Bones, and the best actress award at the Mainichi Film Awards for The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky in 2012.

Misono Kōda , publicly known mononymously as Misono, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and TV personality. She was born in Kyoto, Japan, and is the younger sister of singer Koda Kumi.

Bunmei Ibuki is a Japanese politician.

Yūdai Ōno is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Tomohito Ito is a Japanese former professional baseball player from Kyoto, Japan. He played for the Yakult Swallows from 1993–2003 before retiring. He currently works as a pitching coach for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Kim Sung-keun is a retired South Korean left-handed baseball pitcher and KBO League manager. Over the course of his managerial career, Kim managed seven different KBO League teams, and is only the second manager in the history of the league to record 1,000 victories. He is a four-time KBO Manager of the Year, and as manager of the SK Wyverns led the team to victory in the Korean Series three times. His nickname is the "Baseball God."