List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Seiji Kobayashi is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Kenji Tomashino is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder/outfielder.

Hideto Asamura is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played for the Saitama Seibu Lions.

Daisuke Motoki is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player.

Kazuki Namioka is a Japanese actor. He made his acting debut in the television series Pride. He appeared in Hiroshi Shinagawa's 2009 debut film Drop. He also co-starred with Kōji Yakusho in Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins.

Sōta Yamamoto is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy champion, the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2015 World Junior bronze medalist, a two-time Junior Grand Prix Final medalist, and the 2015–16 Japan junior national champion.

Ami Nakashima , known as Ami or Dream Ami, is a Japanese singer, dancer, model and television personality. She is a former member of the Japanese girl groups Dream and E-girls.

Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess player, Twitch livestreamer, and content creator. A chess prodigy, he became the youngest American to earn the title of Grandmaster aged 15 years and 79 days. Nakamura is a five-time United States champion. He won the 2011 edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament Group A and represented the United States at five Chess Olympiads, winning a team gold medal and two team bronze medals.

Takayuki Ohnishi is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Terumoto Gotō is a Japanese comedian and television presenter. He performs tsukkomi in the comedy duo Football Hour with his partner Nozomu Iwao. Gotō is represented by Yoshimoto Kogyo and is mainly active in Tokyo and Osaka.