List of Famous people born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Maki Nishiyama is a Japanese model, and actress. Her best-known modeling work has been with the Japanese fashion magazine, CanCam.

Obata no Onīsan is a Japanese comedian.

Keita Inagaki is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a prop. He was signed by the Sunwolves for the 2016 season of the international Super Rugby competition. He has also played for Australian team Melbourne Rebels and Top League side the Panasonic Wild Knights in his home country.

Takeshi Obata is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go (1998–2003) with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba. Obata has mentored several well-known manga artists, including Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin fame, Black Cat creator Kentaro Yabuki, and Eyeshield 21 artist Yusuke Murata.

Kei Igarashi is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Niigata Albirex BB of the B.League. He also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.

Second Tenko Hikita , best known under the stage name of Princess Tenko and formerly Mari Asakaze, is a Japanese pop singer turned magician specialising in grand illusions.

Mihiro Taniguchi , real name Hiromi Yamase , is a Japanese actress, singer, fiction writer, TV entertainer and former adult video (AV) actress.

Nobuhiro Nishiwaki , better known by his pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki , is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (1994–1999), which has over 70 million copies in circulation and a sequel he is currently creating titled Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc (2017–present). He has written three more series, the western Gun Blaze West (2001), the supernatural Buso Renkin (2003–2005), and the horror manga Embalming -The Another Tale of Frankenstein- (2007–2015). Watsuki has mentored several well-known manga artists, including One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, Hiroyuki Takei of Shaman King fame, and Mr. Fullswing author Shinya Suzuki.

Satoshi Iizuka is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Sachiko Kobayashi , born on December 5, 1953 in Niigata, Japan, is a female Japanese enka singer and occasional voice actress and voice provider of VOCALOID 4 Sachiko developed by YAMAHA co. She previously worked alongside the Pokémon Company, under the alias "Garura Kobayashi".