List of Famous people born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Kazuya Yamamura is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Kawasaki Frontale.

Tsukasa Umesaki is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare as an attacking midfielder.

Yaichi Tanigawa is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Nagasaki and high school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005 after serving in the assembly in Nagasaki Prefecture from 1999 to 2003.

Hiroaki Mitsuya is a Japanese virologist famous for his role in discovery of the anti-HIV drug zidovudine (AZT) as well as other anti-AIDS drugs including didanosine (ddI) and zalcitabine (ddC).

Takanowaka Yūki is a former sumo wrestler from Ikitsuki, Nagasaki, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake.

Takuya Takagi is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He is currently the manager at V-Varen Nagasaki in the J2 League. He was a physical forward and the Japanese media and fans dubbed him as the Cannon of Asia.

Nozomi Furuki is a Japanese voice actress from Gotō Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture. She is a member of the idol voice acting unit One Little Kiss. She is affiliated with Mausu Promotion.

Yoshinori Murata is a former Nippon Professional Baseball catcher.

Hokuto Nakamura is a retired Japanese football player and current U18 head coach of Avispa Fukuoka.

Kenji Maruyama is a Japanese judoka. He competed in the men's half-lightweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.