List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
Kenji Moriwaki
Kenji Moriwaki is a Japanese comedian and radio personality.
Masayoshi Nakatani
Masayoshi Nakatani is a Japanese professional boxer, the longtime OPBF lightweight champion.
Taishi Hirooka
Taishi Hirooka is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Yutaka Ōe
Yutaka Ooe is a Japanese enka singer.
Yoshiko Mita
Yoshiko Mita is a Japanese actress. Born in the city of Osaka, she graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design in Suginami, Tokyo. In 1960, she was hired by Toei and made her acting debut. She remained with Toei until 1967, then became free to appear in films, on television, and on the stage. Her performance in the film W no higeki earned the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress in 1986. From 1991 to 1994, she topped Japan's official list of taxpayers in the Actors and Celebrities category.
Ayaka
Ayaka Iida , known simply as Ayaka, is a female Japanese singer, songwriter and record producer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February 22, 2009.
Shinji Imanaka
Shinji Imanaka is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.
Koki Ando
Koki Ando is the son of the Japanese inventor of Top Ramen, or Cup Noodles, Momofuku Ando. Following his father's death in 2007, Koki Ando is now the president and the CEO of Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd..
Hirofumi Suga
Hirofumi Suga may refer to:
- Hirofumi Suga (comedian), Japanese comedian
- Hirofumi Suga, Japanese garden designer and landscape architect
Masami Hisamoto
Masami Hisamoto , is a Japanese comedian, actress, singer and tarento from Higashisumiyoshi Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, belonging to the Wahaha talent agency. She is also, as of 2007, the head of the fine arts department of Soka Gakkai which she became an adherent on September 28, 1984. She often promotes the conservative Soka Gakkai-backed political party Komeito as a public speaker. She is unmarried.