List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
Yukiko Mishima
Yukiko Mishima is a Japanese film director born April 22, 1969 in Kita-ku, Osaka.
Teiyū Ichiryūsai
Mieko Suzuki , better known by the stage names Teiyū Ichiryūsai and Mie Suzuki , is a Japanese voice actress and kōdan-shi known for voicing Masao Sato from Crayon Shin-chan, voicing of Sumire Sakura in Chibi Maruko-chan and voicing of Shinbee Fukutomi from Nintama Rantaro.
Takaki Yuya
Hey! Say! JUMP is a nine-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more than 10 million physical copies.
Ryotaro Meshino
Ryotaro Meshino is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Rio Ave F.C. on loan from Manchester City F.C.
Kei Yamamoto
Kei Yamamoto is a Japanese actor.
Yui Hamamoto
Yui Hamamoto is a Japanese table tennis player. Her father is Japanese, and her mother is a table tennis player from China.
Kanji Furutachi
Kanji Furutachi is a Japanese actor.
Kamon Iizumi
Kamon Iizumi is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Tokushima Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2007. A native of Ikeda, Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs since 1984 before elected as a Governor of Tokushima Prefecture in late 2003.
Mitsuru Miyamoto
Mitsuru Miyamoto is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. He is attached to Theatre Company Subaru. He is best known for Roger Smith from The Big O, Ougai Mori from Bungo Stray Dogs, Gaku Yashiro from Erased, Steven A. Starphase from Blood Blockade Battlefront and Maiza Avaro from Baccano!, as well as the Japanese voice of adult Simba from The Lion King. He is also known for dubbing over Ethan Hawke and Adrien Brody. He was also the first dubbing voice actor of Keanu Reeves and Brad Pitt in their early days.
Hiroto Kyoguchi
Hiroto Kyoguchi is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA (Super) and The Ring light-flyweight titles since 2018, and the IBF mini-flyweight title from 2017 to 2018.