List of Famous people born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.

Keisuke Tsumura is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP). A native of Tsuyama, Okayama, he attended the University of Tokyo and received an MBA from Oxford University. He was elected for the first time in 2003.

Sena Miyake is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2019 Coupe du Printemps champion, 2017–2018 Japanese national junior silver medalist and competed in the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Shirō Nonaka was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a central conspirator in the February 26 Incident in 1936. His final rank was Captain.

Seishi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for 666 Satan, which was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001 to 2007 and licensed by Viz Media in North America as O-Parts Hunter. He has since completed four more manga series, Blazer Drive (2008–2011), Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji (2011–2013), Sukedachi 09 (2014–2016), and Mad Chimera World (2017–2019).

Yuto Kishina is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2020 Bavarian Open bronze medalist.

Masumi Aoki is a Japanese athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won a bronze medal at the 2019 Asian Championships.

Akihiko Yamashita is a Studio Ghibli animator who is famous for Howl's Moving Castle and Giant Robo (OVA).

Hiroshi Yagi is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He was an All-Star in 1990 and a member of the Tigers' 2003 championship team. In the later years of his career, he was known as the team's "God of Pinch Hitting". After retiring at the end of the 2004 season, he spent some time in the media before becoming a hitting coach for Hanshin in 2009. He was named as the hitting coach for the club's second team for the 2015 season.

An Yong-Hak is a Japanese-born North Korean football midfielder. He is former a member of the North Korea national football team.