List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Hiromi Wajima is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super welterweight division of K-1, where he is the current K-1 Super Welterweight champion. He is the finalist of the 2020 K-1 Super Welterweight Grand Prix.

Reiko Chiba is a Japanese actress, voice actress, gravure idol, and occasional J-Pop singer.

Akira Maeda is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter, writer and retired professional wrestler of Korean descent. Maeda was also known by the ring name Kwik-kik-Lee during his time on the British wrestling show World of Sport (WoS). Maeda helped develop the shoot-style of professional wrestling during the late 1980s.

Shingo Ishikawa , nicknamed "Dynamite Shingo", is a Japanese professional baseball player of the Yomiuri Giants for the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Tomohito Sakai is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Yuriko Yamaguchi is a Japanese voice actress and narrator. She is previously affiliated with Vi-Vo and is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. Her major roles include Ritsuko Akagi in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nico Robin in One Piece, Sonia in Eureka Seven and Nurse Joy in Pokémon.

Asami Kawasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. She debuted as a pro wrestler in 2003 while also attending an acting school run by Yoshimoto Kōgyō. Wrestling for a time for JDStar, she retired from the ring in 2006, but returned again in 2009. She currently wrestles freelance. In 2012, she was cast as the second daughter of the heroine in the popular Asadora Carnation on NHK. The character is based on the fashion designer Junko Koshino.

Mieko Kawakami is the author of the internationally best-selling novel, Breasts and Eggs, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and one of TIME’s Best 10 Books of 2020.

Takahiro Saeki is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

Takashi Kako is a Japanese pianist and composer, who works in both jazz and art-music idioms.