List of Famous people born in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Kōbōyama Daizō
Kōbōyama Daizō is a former sumo wrestler from Tsukidate, Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1973 and reached the top makuuchi division in 1981. His highest rank was sekiwake. He earned two special prizes for Technique and was a runner-up in one tournament. He retired in 1990. He is now a sumo coach and ran the Takashima stable from 1993 until 2011. He was elected to the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors in 2018.
Nanami Abe
Nanami Abe is a Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer. She studied under Hiroshi Nagakubo, and coached Yuzuru Hanyu. She has choreographed routines for many skaters, including Daisuke Takahashi, Tatsuki Machida, and Akiko Suzuki.
Shintaro Ito
Shintaro Ito is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he received his master's degrees from Keio University and Harvard University and completed a program at the American Film Institute. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2001.
Kohei Kameyama
Kohei Kameyama is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He won a gold medal at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in pommel horse. One of Japan's oldest male gymnasts at 32 competing since 1964 as host, he participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as one of the two apparatus individuals allocated to the Japanese men's artistic gymnastics team on pommel horse.
Misaki Ohata
Misaki Ohata is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known for her work while signed to the Zabun production company and its two promotions; Pro Wrestling Wave and Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling. She is a former one-time Wave Single Champion and a three-time Wave Tag Team Champion. She also works behind the scenes as Zabun's human resources director. She also made regular appearances for Michinoku Pro Wrestling, where she performed under a mask and the ring name Yapper Man #3 . In the past, she has also made appearances for American promotion Shimmer Women Athletes, where she is a former Shimmer Tag Team Champion.
Yūsei Oda
Yūsei Oda , is a Japanese voice actor from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
Akitoshi Saito
Akitoshi Saito is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah).
Hidetoshi Takeda
Hidetoshi Takeda is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for the Urawa Reds.
Yu Hirayama
Yu Hirayama is a Japanese badminton player. She was born in Shiogama city, in Miyagi prefecture, and graduated from St. Ursula High School. She is now a sophomore at the School of Social Sciences. She won the first prize of the inter-high school athletic meet when she was a second grade high school student, and the next year, she won the all-Japan second prize. She joined the Unisys badminton team in 2008, and was part of the Japanese team which played in the World Ladies' Championship and other worldwide tournaments.
Saori Ono
Saori Ono is a Japanese model and actress.