List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
Hidemasa Morita
Hidemasa Morita is a Japanese football player for CD Santa Clara.
Ainosuke Kataoka
Kataoka Ainosuke VI is a Japanese kabuki actor. His yagō is matsushimaya. His mon is the Oikake Go-mai Ichō. His current stage name is Ainosuke Kataoka.
Kami Hiraiwa
Kami Hiraiwa is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Kana Hiraiwa . She is represented with Otona Keikaku.
Etsushi Toyokawa
Etsushi Toyokawa is a Japanese actor.
Katsunori Nomura
Katsunori Nomura is currently a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Before coaching, he played in NPB from 1996 to 2006, primarily as a second or third-string catcher. Nomura was drafted in 1995 by the Yakult Swallows, the team managed by his father, catching-great and long-time manager Katsuya Nomura. Over the course of his playing career, his father managed him for five seasons with three different teams—two with the Swallows, two with the Hanshin Tigers and one with the Golden Eagles.
Tomoya Mori
Tomoya Mori is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Reon Yuzuki
Reon Yuzuki is a Japanese actress and former Top Star otokoyaku of the Japanese Takarazuka Revue's Star Troupe. She joined the revue in 1999 and became the top star in 2009. She resigned from the Takarazuka Revue in May 2015. After resigning from the Takarazuka Revue, she signed with Amuse, Inc. and continued her career on stage.
Shinya Miyamoto
Shinya Miyamoto is a former professional baseball player from Suita, Osaka, Japan. He played shortstop.
Muga Tsukaji
Muga Tsukaji is a Japanese comedian and actor. He performs boke in the comedy duo Drunk Dragon. His partner is Taku Suzuki. He is nicknamed Tsukacchan (塚っちゃん).
Jay Litherland
Jay Litherland is an American competition swimmer of both Japanese and New Zealand descent. He currently represents DC Trident which is part of the International Swimming League. He placed second at the 2016 US Olympic Swimming Trials in the 400m individual medley, qualifying him for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is a World University Games gold medalist at the 2015 Summer Universiade and a bronze medalist at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. Litherland competes for the University of Georgia in American collegiate swimming. Jay is a triplet whose brothers Kevin and Mick also swim for University of Georgia. Jay and his brothers grew up swimming at Dynamo Swim Club in Atlanta and were coached by Rich Murphy, Jason Turcotte, and Franz Ressigue.