List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
Naomi Koshi
Naomi Koshi (越 直美, born July 5, 1975) is a lawyer and advocate for gender equality and former Japanese politician. In 2012 she became the youngest woman elected mayor of a Japanese city. Koshi served as the Mayor of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture for two four-year terms from January 2012 to January 2020.
Tomoki Kameda
Tomoki Kameda is a Japanese professional boxer who fights in the Super Bantamweight division. He is a former WBO Bantamweight Champion.
Katsuyuki Kiyomiya
Katsuyuki Kiyomiya is a notable Japanese rugby union coach, formerly of Waseda University RFC (2001–06) and now of Suntory Sungoliath. Many in Japan had hoped he would coach the national side in the future however after he criticized the then current coach Eddie Jones in August 2015 support has dramatically dropped. He is the father of Japanese baseball prodigy, Kotaro Kiyomiya.
Tsunku
Mitsuo Terada, known by his stage name Tsunku, is a Japanese record producer, songwriter, and vocalist. He is known for being very prolific. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 37.9 million copies, making him the fifth best-selling lyricist in Japan.
Eri Murakawa
Eri Murakawa is a Japanese actress associated with Amuse, Inc.. She attended Omiya Junior High School and Hinode High School.
Yuhei Nakaushiro
Yuhei Nakaushiro is a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines and Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Takeshi Miyamoto
Takeshi Miyamoto is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Shogo Kimura
Shogo Kimura is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions. He took up cricket with the Japan Cricket Association after going unsigned following his release by the Seibu Lions.
Ryō Tamura
Ryō Tamura is a Japanese comedian who performs tsukkomi and writes the gags for the comedy duo London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō. His partner in the duo is Atsushi Tamura.
Ayako Fujitani
Ayako Fujitani is a Japanese writer and actress. She is fluent in English and Japanese.