List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Kiichi Kunimoto is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the welterweight division of Bellator. A professional competitor since 2006, he has also competed for the RIZIN, UFC and Pancrase.

Yōsuke Ishibitsu is a Japanese footballer.

Takuro Fujii is a Japanese competitive swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist. He won the bronze medal by swimming the butterfly leg in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He followed this with a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, again in the medley relay, but this time by swimming the freestyle (anchor) leg.

Nozomu Sahashi ; previously Saruhashi) is the founder of the now-defunct Nova Corporation, previously the major eikaiwa provider in Japan. After graduating from high school, Sahashi went to Paris to attend university and majored in physics although it took him five years to complete a two-year course. The award status of his degree is unknown.

Hayato Araki , is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.