List of Famous people born in Mie Prefecture, Japan
Shizue Abe
Shizue Abe is a Japanese actress and singer.
Hiroshi Fujiwara
Hiroshi Fujiwara is a Japanese musician, producer, and designer.
Shimanoumi Kōyō
Shimanoumi Koyo is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Shima, Mie. He debuted in sumo wrestling in July 2012 and made his makuuchi debut in May 2019. His highest rank has been maegashira 3. He wrestles for Kise stable.
Atsushi Okamoto
Atsushi Okamoto is a Japanese former professional Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played his entire career for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.
Daisuke Kishio
Daisuke Kishio is a Japanese voice actor, singer and narrator from Matsusaka, Mie. He changed his given name from 大輔 to だいすけ on June 1, 2007 with the pronunciation and romanization remaining the same. He joined Aoni Production on April 1, 2014. He used to belong to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (Haikyou) and Horipro and worked as an independent voice actor in between switching agencies. As well as the voice of Jet the Hawk in the Japanese version of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Loke in Fairy Tail, Cabba in Dragon Ball Super and Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu in the Danganronpa series. He also the most voice actor in video games as Taigong Wang in Warriors Orochi series from 2 to 4 and Sima Zhao in Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi series.
Masaharu Nakagawa
Masaharu Nakagawa is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Matsusaka, Mie and graduate of Georgetown University in the United States he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in the local assembly of Mie Prefecture. In September 2011 he was appointed as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.
Tsukasa Morishima
Tsukasa Morishima is a Japanese footballer who plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Shinichiro Koyama
Shinichiro Koyama is a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League.
Mienoumi Tsuyoshi
Mienoumi Tsuyoshi is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Matsusaka, Mie. He was the 57th yokozuna of the sport. After retiring he founded the Musashigawa stable and was a chairman of the Japan Sumo Association.
Kiyoshi Toyoda
Kiyoshi Toyoda is a Japanese professional baseball player.