List of Famous people born in Ōsaka, Japan

Kaori Kozai is a Japanese enka singer. She won best vocalist at the 42nd Japan Record Awards in 2000.

Keiji Ohbiki is a Japanese professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Takao Horiuchi is a Japanese pop and enka singer. He won a 1990 Japan Record Award for enka.

Kyotaro Fujimoto is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2011 to 2019 and a kickboxer. He began competing again as a professional kickboxer in 2021.

Yuzo Ishikawa , better known as Tajin , is a Japanese comedian, reporter, and radio personality who is represented by the talent agency, Wako Promotion.

Kawai Okada is a Japanese former actress and businesswoman.

Hidenori Tanoue is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 2002 to 2004 and for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks from 2006 to 2013.

Takuji Yanagimoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Osaka, Osaka, he attended Waseda University as a graduate student. He was elected to the first of his three terms in the city assembly of Osaka in 1975. After running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1986 as an independent, he ran again in 1990 as a member of the LDP and was elected for the first time.

Takehiro Kashima is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.

Koji Yamasaki is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.