List of Famous people born in Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Yoshinori Ueda is a former professional Japanese baseball player.

Yūta Kakita is a professional Japanese baseball pitcher, who is a free agent. He previously played for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Masao Uchibori is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. He previously served as the vice-governor of his predecessor Yūhei Satō and was elected in October 2014 after Satō chose not to contest the election.

Kanae Ito is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nagano Prefecture. She is affiliated with Aoni Production and music publisher Lantis.

Yusuke Morozumi is a Japanese curler from Karuizawa. He skipped the Japanese men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Jouji Shibue is a Japanese actor and model. His first major acting role was as Mamoru Chiba in the live action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. After finishing PGSM, Shibue has appeared in Kamen Rider Hibiki as Ibuki, later reprising his role for the world of Hibiki in Kamen Rider Decade. He had a role in Rina Aiuchi's music video "Full Jump" and also does commercials for "NTT Docomo Chūgoku" and "AU." Shibue has modeled for "Hotdog Press" and "Junon".

Michie Tomizawa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer born in Maruko, Nagano Prefecture and raised in Shinmachi, Gunma.

Yudai Kawai is a retired professional Japanese baseball player. He played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Daijiro Morohoshi is a Japanese manga artist. He grew up in Adachi-ku, Tokyo. He is well known for SF comics, allegorical comics and horror/mystery comics based on pseudohistory and folklore. The indirect influence by Cthulhu Mythos also appears here and there in his works.

Yōichi Sai is a Japanese film director. His mother is Japanese and his father is Zainichi Korean. He is the president of the Directors Guild of Japan.