List of Famous people born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist. His best known work, Naruto, was in serialization from 1999 to 2014 and has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019. The series has been adapted into two anime and multiple films, video games, and related media. Besides the Naruto manga, Kishimoto also personally supervised the two canonical anime films, The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, and has written several one-shot stories. In 2019, Kishimoto wrote Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru which ended in March 2020. From May 2016 through October 2020 he supervised the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga written by Ukyo Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. In November 2020 it was announced that he had taken over as writer on the series, replacing Kodachi.

Yōko Ogawa is a Japanese writer.

Joichiro Tatsuyoshi is a former World Boxing Council (WBC) world bantamweight champion from Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. His record is 20–7–1.

Masahiro Kawai was an infielder for 23 years in Nippon Professional Baseball, primarily with the Yomiuri Giants. Known for his defense and bunting, he won several Gold Gloves, made two All-Star teams and set several sacrifice hit records.

Hisako Kanemoto , also known professionally as Juri Aikawa , is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is represented by Production Baobab. She released her first album Fantastic Voyage in 2014.

Michiyoshi Yunoki is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kurashiki, Okayama and graduate of Okayama University, he worked at the publisher Yurindo from 1997 to 2002. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003.

Takashi Yamashita is a Japanese prosecutor and politician who has served in the House of Representatives since 2012. He was Minister of Justice from 2018 to 2019.

Yuki Kohara is a Japanese former singer, actor, and idol whose career lasted from 1991 to 2000. He was a member of Johnny's Junior until 15 October 2000.

Eisuke Yoshiyuki was a Japanese author.

Hakase Suidobashi is a Japanese comedian who is a member of the comedy duo Asakusa Kid. His real name is Masayoshi Ono .