List of Famous people born in Okinawa, Japan

Robert Lee Griffin III, nicknamed RG3 or RGIII, is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Baylor, where he won the 2011 Heisman Trophy. He was drafted in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, who had traded up to select him.

Hunter Benedict Shepherd is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Soundgarden from 1990 to 2017.

David Torrence was a Peruvian-American middle-distance runner and indoor American record holder in the 1000 meters (active). Born in Okinawa, Japan, Torrence was raised in Tarzana, California. After graduating from Loyola High School in 2003, he went on to run for the University of California, Berkeley and Hoka One One. Torrence represented Peru at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Mākii (マーキー) is a Japanese musician who was formerly the vocalist and songwriter for the Okinawa-based band High and Mighty Color. She was the youngest member of the band. She has an older brother who introduced her to the world of music and anime. When she performed at a concert in Okinawa in 2003, a scout for a record label noticed her and Anti Nobunaga. Mākii refused the offer at first, wanting to pursue her career in Canada as a solo artist and to master the English language, but she ultimately joined the band. In 2007, she debuted in her first film, Anata wo Wasurenai.

Hikari Mitsushima is a Japanese actress and singer. She came to note as a pop singer but went on to star in films.

Kenta Miyake is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who is affiliated with 81 Produce.

Yuusuke Kuniyoshi , known simply as Yuusuke (ユウスケ), was a vocalist of the Japanese band High and Mighty Color. He was the last member and the first vocalist to join the band before they were known as High and Mighty Color. He was born on January 25, 1985. He is known mainly for the screaming vocals in most of the band's songs. Yuusuke credits Metallica as one of his major musical influences.

Christopher Lee Horner is an American professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Team Illuminate. He is the most recent American rider to win a Grand Tour.

Arakaki Seishō was a prominent Okinawan martial arts master who influenced the development of several major karate styles. He was known by many other names, including Aragaki Tsuji Pechin Seisho.

Jaebeom Takata, known professionally as Brian Tee, is a Japanese American actor best known for his starring role as Dr. Ethan Choi in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med and its spin-offs and has appeared in numerous films and television series including The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Wolverine, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Jurassic World and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.