List of Famous people born in Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Taku Takeuchi is a Japanese ski jumper who has competed since 2006.

Toshifumi Suzuki is a former CEO and president of 7-Eleven. Taking over after the resignation of James W. Keyes, Suzuki had been the temporary successor to Keyes while the search for a replacement CEO and president continued. Suzuki has been a businessman since the early 1970s, during which he brought the 7-Eleven franchise to Japan, and was the acting chairperson before his promotion to CEO and president. Suzuki resigned in April 2016 following a failed management reshuffle. He had served in this role since November 5, 2005.

Wataru Hatano is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer affiliated with 81 Produce. At the 2nd Seiyu Awards in 2008, Hatano won the Best Male Rookie Award for his roles as Sam Houston in Toward the Terra and Tenshi Yuri in Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshitan. Other major roles voiced include Gajeel Redfox in Fairy Tail, Metal Bat in One Punch Man and Yūto Ayase in Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. In video games, he voices Josuke Higashikata in the CyberConnect2 developed JoJo's Bizarre Adventure games, and Rufus in the Street Fighter franchise. On April 2, 2018, he announced his marriage with fellow voice actress Mai Hashimoto.

Ryōji Uehara was a flight captain of the Imperial Japanese Army and was killed in action as a kamikaze pilot.

Hayuma Tanaka is a Japanese football player who plays for Matsumoto Yamaga FC. He played for Japan national team.

Manabu Miyazaki, born in Nagano Prefecture in 1949, is a Japanese wildlife photographer.

Shunsuke Mutai is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, having been elected in the 2012 general election. He is a former career bureaucrat in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and graduate of University of Tokyo. Having unsuccessfully contested his Nagano no. 2 constituency in the 2009 general election, he then served as a professor of local administration at Kanagawa University.

Christa Deguchi is a Canadian judoka.

Yuichiro Ueno is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 5000 metres events.

Naomi Akimoto is a Japanese actress and singer, who has been active since 1982. She is represented by Staff-up Group. Her real name is Yumi Hirasawa , but she is also known as Yumi Harada after her marriage with actor Atsushi Harada in 2003.