List of Famous people born in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Ai Kago
Ai Kago is a Japanese singer, actress, author, and former Guinness World Record holder. In 2000, at the age of 12, Kago debuted as a member of the idol girl group Morning Musume and was a member of their sub-group, Mini-Moni. In 2004, Kago left both groups and formed W with Nozomi Tsuji, to which she remained a member until 2007. In 2008, she embarked on a career in film and returned to music, releasing a jazz album in 2010 and becoming part of the group Girls Beat!! in 2013.
Kiyomi Tsujimoto
Kiyomi Tsujimoto is a Japanese politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and formerly other incarnations of Japanese center-left and social democratic parties. She is a member of the House of Representatives from the 10th District of Osaka. Tsujimoto is also the current policy chief of the CDP.
Yoshiyuki Kamei
Yoshiyuki Kamei is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Kazue Fukiishi
Kazue Fukiishi is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for What the Snow Brings, Tegami, and Memories of Tomorrow.
Ryōta Murata
Ryōta Murata is a Japanese professional boxer. He has held the WBA (Super) middleweight title since January 2021 and previously held the WBA (Regular) title twice between 2017 and January 2021. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2011 World Championships, and gold the following year at the 2012 Olympics. As of January 2021, he is ranked as the world's fifth best active middleweight by The Ring and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and sixth by BoxRec.
Kazuma Okamoto
Kazuma Okamoto is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has been selected as an all-star twice, and was named the Central League Climax Series MVP in 2019. In 2020, he led the Central League in home runs and RBIs.
Tsuyoshi Domoto
Tsuyoshi Domoto is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality. Along with Koichi Domoto, he is a member of KinKi Kids, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Johnny & Associates and the record holder of Guinness World Records for having the record of the most number of consecutive number-one singles since their debut single.
Sumio Mabuchi
Sumio Mabuchi is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.
Machiko Ono
Machiko Ono is a Japanese actress.
Norihiro Komada
Norihiro Komada is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.