List of Famous people born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Tetsuya Shiokawa is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party. He is against the consumption tax, saying that it is unfair for small businesses.

Yōsuke "Yōsukezan" Nishijima is a Japanese professional boxer who has also competed in kickboxing and mixed martial arts.

Rikuto Hirose is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kashima Antlers in J1 League having previously turned out for J2 League sides Mito Hollyhock and Tokushima Vortis.

Yuji Ide is a Japanese racing driver. He is the 2005 Formula Nippon runner-up and the 2010 Suzuka 1000km winner. He competed in Formula One with the Super Aguri team in 2006, but was demoted to third driver after four races and subsequently lost his FIA Super Licence.

Mana Ogawa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. Her debut album 1 Teenage Blues was released on July 21, 2010. The album charted at No.100 on the Oricon album charts. She was previously a soloist under NICE GIRL Project! and was a member of Canary Club CAN'S division with Ayumi Takada from 2007 until its hiatus in 2012.

Akira Taue is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He is also a former AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, a former GHC Heavyweight Champion and has had fourteen 5 Star Matches as awarded by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Rikako Fukase is a Japanese ice dancer. With her skating partner, Oliver Zhang, she is the 2020 NHK Trophy silver medalist and a two-time Japanese national medalist. They competed in the final segment at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.

Morning Musume '21 , formerly simply Morning Musume and colloquially referred to as Momusu , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an amount of 64.

Yuki Fuji is a Japanese football player for Suzuka Unlimited FC.

Masahiro Ando is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.