List of Famous people born in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Kota Matsuda
Kota Matsuda is a Japanese entrepreneur, enterprise manager, politician from Tokyo formerly belonging to Your Party until it was disbanded in December 2014. He founded The Assembly to Energize Japan in January 2015 and is the party leader.
Naoki Chiba
Naoki Chiba is a former Japanese football player.
Kensuke Hatakeyama
Kensuke Hatakeyama is a Japanese rugby union player. Hatakeyama has played 78 matches for the Japan national rugby union team.
Karen Iwata
Karen Iwata is an actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team A.
Hiroshi Ikushima
Hiroshi Ikushima is a Japanese announcer and financial planner who is the chief executive officer of Ikushima Planning Office. He is the visiting professor of Tohoku Fukushi University.
Toshihito Abe
Toshihito Abe is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Tsuyoshi Otsuki
Tsuyoshi Otsuki is a former Japanese football player and manager.
Kazuko Kōri
Kazuko Kori is a Japanese politician serving as the mayor of Sendai. She was formerly a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and served in the House of Representatives. A native of Sendai, Miyagi and graduate of Tohoku Gakuin University, she was elected for the first time in 2005 after working at a TV broadcaster.
Taikō Katōno
Taiko Katono is a Japanese actor and model who is affiliated with Evergreen Entertainment. He is best known for his role as the character, Chase/Mashin Chaser/Kamen Rider Chaser, from the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Drive.
Midori Kuzuoka
Midori Kuzuoka is a Japanese model who is represented by the talent agency, Illume.