List of Famous people born in Mie Prefecture, Japan
Yoshiyuki Konishi
Masanori Konishi , better known as Yoshiyuki Konishi is a Japanese fashion designer who is represented by the talent agency Someday. He is nicknamed Don Konishi . He was divorced and is now single.
Yoshihito Nishioka
Yoshihito Nishioka is a Japanese tennis player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 on 24 February 2020.
Mu Kanazaki
Mu Kanazaki is a Japanese footballer who plays for J1 League club Nagoya Grampus. He scored the two goals that gave his team the title of the 2016 J1 League over Urawa Red Diamonds.
Kentaro Kuwahara
Kentaro Kuwahara is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for the Yokohama BayStars from 2008 to 2010 and the Orix Buffaloes from 2011 to 2014.
Haruka Miyashita
Haruka Miyashita is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Okayama Seagulls. She also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team.
Yōko Natsuki
Yōko Natsuki is an actress, born 24 October 1952 in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. She started her career in the 1977 movie Karate for Life. One of her television roles was as Osono, a ninja in the jidaigeki series Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun. She also regularly appeared in Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi.
Keiichi Yabu
Keiichi Yabu is a Japanese baseball pitching coach for the Hanshin Tigers and a former baseball pitcher. He played eleven seasons in Japan, and parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics in 2005 and the San Francisco Giants in 2008.
Sara Dosho
Sara Dosho is a female wrestler from Japan.
Yūki Okabayashi
Yūki Okabayashi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons.
Katsuki Azuma
Katsuki Azuma is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.