List of Famous people born in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Itsunori Onodera is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He served as the Minister of Defense from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2017 to 2018.

Eiko Kano is a Japanese comedian, singer, and kannushi. He is nicknamed Eiko-chan and Kati (カティ). As a lyricist and composer of 50TA, he is nicknamed Shinya Sakurada . He graduated from the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. He completed his kannushi training in Kokugakuin University. He was a former kyūdōka at the National Sports Festival of Japan.

Takashi Saito , born February 14, 1970, is a retired Japanese professional baseball pitcher who last played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Kankurō Kudō is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for Go, which explores problems faced by people of Korean-heritage living in Japan.

Mikio Date is a Japanese comedian who performs tsukkomi of the double act Sandwichman. He has origins from the Ōedashi's Shoryū Date clan.

Kazuhiro "Daimajin" Sasaki is a former Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He played his entire NPB career with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales / Yokohama BayStars. Sasaki played his entire MLB career with the Seattle Mariners (2000–2003).

Hikaru Yaotome is a Japanese singer, actor, tarento, and model. He is a member of Hey! Say! JUMP under Johnny & Associates. He was born in Miyagi Prefecture.

Akinori Nakagawa is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actor. In 2001, he debuted as a singer with "I Will Get Your Kiss". In 2002, he appeared in the musical Mozart!, in which he played the leading role and received a Rookie of the Year Award in the drama division at the 57th National Arts Festival held by the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. His performance in the same musical also earned him the Haruko Sugimura Award and an award nomination for best actor in the 10th Yomiuri Drama Awards. Since then, he has performed in a number of musicals while still actively pursuing his musical career.

Ryūta Konno is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Takayuki Kishi is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Saitama Seibu Lions.