List of Famous people born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Shingo Hyodo
Shingo Hyodo is a Japanese footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai.
Kazuya Maekawa
Kazuya Maekawa is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His son Daiya Maekawa is also footballer.
Daigo Watanabe
Daigo Watanabe is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder. His younger brothers Kazuma Watanabe and Mitsuki Watanabe are also footballers.
Daisuke Sakai
Daisuke Sakai is a Japanese football player for Samut Prakan City.
Hiroshi Matsuda
Hiroshi Matsuda is a former Japanese football player and manager.
Hōdō Nakamura
Hōdō Nakamura is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Nagasaki Prefecture located in the Kyushu region of Japan. He was re-elected for another four-year term as governor in both 2014 and 2018.
Hideo Sakaki
Hideo Sakaki is a Japanese actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Japanese cult films Versus, Battlefield Baseball, and Alive. He is a close friend of director Ryuhei Kitamura and appears in several of his films.
Suehiro Maruo
Suehiro Maruo is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and painter.
Kōichirō Koga
Koichiro Koga is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza.
Eriko Fukuda
Eriko Fukuda is a former Japanese politician who served as a Member of the House of Representatives in the Nagasaki 2nd district from 31 August 2009 to 16 December 2012. Born in Nagasaki, Fukuda originally attended Hiroshima Shudo University to study psychology, but left after a year to travel Europe. After returning to school in 2001, she discovered that she was infected with Hepatitis C, and dropped out of school to seek treatment.