List of Famous people born in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Ginjiro Sumitani is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Saitama Seibu Lions.

Hiroko Mita is a Japanese actress and former idol singer.

Takashi Usami is a Japanese footballer who plays for Gamba Osaka in the J1 League. He plays as an attacking midfielder, second striker or winger.

Maso Yamazaki , better known by his stage name Masonna, is a Japanese noise musician. He was born Takushi Yamazaki on November 16, 1966 in Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan.

Koji Matsui is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kyoto, Kyoto and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, receiving a master's degree from Northwestern University while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 2000, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001.

Kazu Hiro is a Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist. He won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the biographical films Darkest Hour (2017) and Bombshell (2019) after earning nominations for the comedies Click (2006) and Norbit (2007).

Keiji Sada is the stage name for a Japanese cinema actor active from the late-1940s to the early 1960s. His real name was Kanichi Nakai. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for Anata Kaimasu and Taifū Sōdōki. He was the father of the actor Kiichi Nakai and actress Kie Nakai.

Shigenobu Nagamori is a Japanese billionaire businessman, and the chairman and CEO of Nidec, the world's largest manufacturer of micromotors for hard disks and optical drives.

Momiji Yamamura is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Momiji Yoshikawa .

Kiki Sukezane is a Japanese actress from Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture.