List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
Haruka Kudō
Haruka Kudō is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is best known as the voice of Hagumi Hanamoto in Honey and Clover, and Sayu Yagami in the anime adaptation of Death Note. Kudō also portrays Sayo Hikawa in the BanG Dream! franchise, which includes playing guitar for the band Roselia.
Tajin
Yuzo Ishikawa , better known as Tajin , is a Japanese comedian, reporter, and radio personality who is represented by the talent agency, Wako Promotion.
Makate Asai
Makate Asai is a Japanese writer of historical fiction. She has won the Naoki Prize and the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and two of her novels have been adapted for television by NHK.
Daichi Sawano
Daichi Sawano is a Japanese pole vaulter.
Yuzo Saeki
Yūzō Saeki was a Japanese painter, noted for his work in developing modernism and Fauvist Expressionism within the yōga (Western-style) art movement in early twentieth-century Japanese painting.
Fumihiko Sori
Fumihiko Sori is a Japanese film director and film producer. He received a nomination for the 'Best Director' prize at the Japanese Academy Awards for his directing debut, Ping Pong.
Takeshi Kizu
Takeshi Kizu is a Japanese rugby union player. He was named in Japan's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Kawai Okada
Kawai Okada is a Japanese former actress and businesswoman.
Kurumi Nara
Kurumi Nara is a Japanese professional tennis player.
Hidenori Tanoue
Hidenori Tanoue is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 2002 to 2004 and for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks from 2006 to 2013.