List of Famous people born in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Hideki Okajima is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. Okajima pitched for the Yomiuri Giants, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, and Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball, and the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. Okajima was elected to the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game as a first time All-Star via the All-Star Final Vote. He became the first Japanese-born pitcher to play in the World Series in Game 2 of the 2007 World Series. On July 18, 2016, Okajima announced his retirement.

Toshiaki Imae is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Takashi Yoshida is a Japanese comedian who performs boke in the comedy duo Black Mayonnaise. His standing position is in the right. His partner is Ryuichi Kosugi. He is represented with Yoshimoto Kogyo.

Katsuyuki Murai is a Japanese actor known for playing the Rose Orphnoch in Kamen Rider 555.

Risa Wataya is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel Keritai senaka won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English.

Kaoru Yumi is a Japanese actress.

Masato Akamatsu is a Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Kaori Asada , known by her stage name Bonnie Pink, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. She writes and composes all her songs, and plays guitar and piano. Asada has said that the name Bonnie Pink is random and has no special meaning; she chose it because it was easy to remember and because she thought the words were cute together. Aside from her native Japanese, she is also fluent in speaking English, Korean and Chinese.

Miho Takeda is a Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming.

Keiji Ishizuka is a former Japanese football player.