List of Famous people born in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Shinobu Terajima
Shinobu Terajima is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) and Vibrator (2003). For her role in Caterpillar (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performance in Oh Lucy! (2017) earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.
Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe , born Shūzō Kishibe , is a Japanese actor and musician.
Tomoko Kawase
Tomoko Kawase is a Japanese singer, songwriter, producer, actress, and model from Kyoto. She is the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Brilliant Green. She also has a solo career under the alter-ego pseudonyms Tommy february6 and Tommy heavenly6.
Kumi Koda
Kumiko Kōda , known professionally as Koda Kumi , is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs.
Yoshio Itoi
Yoshio Itoi is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. Itoi bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He played for team Japan in WBC 2013, and hit for Japan in games against Brazil and China.
Yoshihisa Hirano
Yoshihisa Hirano is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Rikiya Koyama
Rikiya Koyama is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is a member of Haiyuza Theatre Company. He has done popular voicing roles in Hajime no Ippo, Utawarerumono and Kamen no Maid Guy. He is also known by the nicknames "Rikki" and "Riki-chan". Koyama become well known for voicing Yamato in Naruto Shippuden, Kogoro Mouri in Case Closed. He is also known for voicing rather tall or massive inhuman villains like Coyote Starrk in Bleach, Fukuro in Fairy Tail and Deep Sea King in One Punch Man. He is also the official dub-over artist of George Clooney and Kiefer Sutherland, also for Ma Dong-seok.
Atsushi Kataoka
Atsushi Kataoka is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.
Yui Yokoyama
Yui Yokoyama is a singer, actress and member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was the second General Manager of the AKB48 Group. She has served as the captain of AKB48 Team A, and was a former member of AKB48 sister group NMB48. Since 2011, Yokoyama has also been also a member of the group Not Yet.
André Onana
André Onana is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Dutch club Ajax and the Cameroon national team, as a goalkeeper.