List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
Kan Usuki
Kan Usuki is an idol, musician, pin artist belonging to Yoshimoto Creative Agency. He is part of the multi-active unit Infini and is the drummer of the pop rock band Spin Cross. Previously, he was in charge of tsukkomi for a ikemen stage unit L.A.F.U. and the comedy duo d Button.
Tatsuhiro Tamura
Tatsuhiro Tamura ,. is a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He is currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB.
Akinobu Okada
Akinobu Okada , Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is the former manager for the Orix Buffaloes baseball team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Takashi Yamamoto
Takashi Yamamoto is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was also part of Japan's bronze medal-winning 4 × 100 m medley relay team.
Sachiko Otani
Sachiko Otani is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Ken'ichi Marumo
Kenichi Marumo is a Japanese retired professional baseball player. He spent three seasons with the Yomiuri Giants organization before signing with the Orix Buffaloes, where he spent two seasons. He made his only Nippon Professional Baseball first-team appearance for Orix in March 2014, before retiring due to injury during the 2015 season.
Tomomi Nishimoto
Tomomi Nishimoto (西本智実) is a Japanese conductor.
Ryo Hatsuse
Ryo Hatsuse is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for Vissel Kobe in the J1 League having previously turned out for Gamba Osaka.
Kyotaro
Kyotaro Fujimoto is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2011 to 2019 and a kickboxer. He began competing again as a professional kickboxer in 2021.
Kasumi Nakane
Kasumi Nakane is a Japanese model, gravure idol, and actress born on 1982-04-03 in Higashiōsaka, Osaka and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Kasumi Nakasone , and she formerly worked under the name Kasumi Ue . She graduated from the private Horikoshi High School, the same school attended by talent such as Yoko Minamino, Yōko Oginome, Ai Katō, and Masumi Miyazaki.