List of Famous people born in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Yuta Omine is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Pacific League.

Motoki Higa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Hotaka Yamakawa , nicknamed "Aguu", is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Yamakawa lead the Pacific League in home runs in 2018 and 2019.

Yukie Nakama is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol.

Takako Uehara is a Japanese pop singer, actress, and former radio host. She was a member of the group Speed. Uehara was born in Okinawa, Japan.

Yu Yamada is a Japanese model, actress and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine.

Kurara Chibana is a Japanese humanitarian, actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2006 and competed at Miss Universe 2006 where she finished as the first runner-up.

Ryōko Kuninaka is a Japanese actress and singer. She hails from Naha City in Okinawa, Japan and currently works for Vision Factory.

Kenji Haga is a mixed-race entertainment talent, actor and businessperson from Okinawa, Okinawa. Haga was born in Japan to an American father and a Japanese mother.

Hiroko Shimabukuro , best known mononymously as Hiro, is a Japanese singer. She debuted as a member of the popular girl group Speed in 1996. In 1998, Hiro released her first solo song, "Mitsumete Itai", as a B-side to Speed's single "All My True Love". She made her official solo debut in 1999 with the single "As Time Goes By", which sold 800,000 copies in Japan.