List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Kenji Moriwaki

First Name Kenji
Last Name Moriwaki
Born on February 5, 1967 (age 59)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Kenji Moriwaki is a Japanese comedian and radio personality.

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Masayoshi Nakatani

First Name Masayoshi
Last Name Nakatani
Born on March 8, 1989 (age 37)

Masayoshi Nakatani is a Japanese professional boxer, the longtime OPBF lightweight champion.

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Taishi Hirooka

First Name Taishi
Last Name Hirooka
Born on April 9, 1997 (age 29)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Taishi Hirooka is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

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Yutaka Ōe

First Name Yutaka
Last Name Ōe
Born on November 16, 1989 (age 36)

Yutaka Ooe is a Japanese enka singer.

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Yoshiko Mita

First Name Yoshiko
Last Name Mita
Born on October 8, 1941 (age 84)
Height 158 cm | 5'2

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.

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Ayaka

Born on December 18, 1987 (age 38)
Height 157 cm | 5'2

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.

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Shinji Imanaka

First Name Shinji
Last Name Imanaka
Born on March 6, 1971 (age 55)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Shinji Imanaka is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

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Koki Ando

First Name Koki
Last Name Ando
Born on October 7, 1947 (age 78)

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..

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Hirofumi Suga

First Name Hirofumi
Born on October 29, 1976 (age 49)

Hirofumi Suga may refer to:

  • Hirofumi Suga (comedian), Japanese comedian
  • Hirofumi Suga, Japanese garden designer and landscape architect
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Masami Hisamoto

First Name Masami
Last Name Hisamoto
Born on July 9, 1958 (age 67)
Height 154 cm | 5'1

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.

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