List of Famous people born in Saga Prefecture

Haruhiro Hamaguchi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Hiroshi Gondoh is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher and manager. He played his entire career with the Chunichi Dragons. In his rookie season, he collected numerous accolades, including the Central League Rookie of the Year Award and the Eiji Sawamura Award.

Kazunari Sanematsu is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League. Before playing for the Fighters he was a member of the Yomiuri Giants.

Masayuki Tanaka is a Japanese singer. He was born in Imari, Saga Prefecture. He is one of the two original vocalists of the band Crystal King , known for their anime soundtracks such as Fist of the North Star where Tanaka provided the vocals in the chorus of its opening theme. After leaving Crystal King, he started his solo career and along the line lost his voice after being struck in the throat by a baseball and was never able to regain his original vocal range. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he worked on the soundtracks of the tokusatsu series Ultraman Gaia and Kamen Rider Kuuga . He is also featured on the Katamari Damacy soundtrack Katamari Fortissimo Damacy where he sings "Katamari on the Rock" , the main theme of the game.

Mitsuru Nakamura is a Japanese artist and poet who also goes by the name 326. He created new artwork for the PR campaign of a Japanese television network, and designed the art for the video game Gitaroo Man.

Kyohei Nagae is a Japanese professional baseball infielder who is currently a free agent. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions.

Kenzo Kitakata is a Japanese novelist, especially known for his hardboiled novels. He studied law at Chuo University in the early 1970s. He served as the 10th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 1997 to 2001.

Yūgo Umeno is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Rikako Sakata is a Japanese actress and model who is affiliated with Ever Green Entertainment.

Mayu Hamada is a female Japanese taekwondo practitioner. She participated in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.