List of Famous people born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Keisuke Miyazaki
Chiaki Kyan
Chiaki Kyan is a Japanese gravure idol. She is from Saitama. She was a member of Japanese pop music formations Nakano Fujoshi Sisters and Nakano Fujo Sisters#Fudanjuku.
Shōgo Saitō
Shogo Saitoh is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Faylan
Faylan is a female Japanese singer affiliated with management agency S, run by veteran singer Hiromi Satō. She is known for many of her songs being in video games and anime.
Junko Igarashi
Rio Akimoto
Hiroto Nakagawa
Hiroto Nakagawa is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Japanese club Shonan Bellmare on loan from Kashiwa Reysol.
Yasuko Komiyama
Yasuko Komiyama is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kawagoe, Saitama, she attended Keio University and received a master's degree from Nihon University. After having served in the assembly of Saitama Prefecture for two terms since 1995, she ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000 as an independent and in 2001 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party. She ran once again in 2003, this time as a member of the DPJ, and was elected for the first time.
Norihiro Yamagishi
Norihiro Yamagishi is a Japanese football player.
Kiyoshi Okuma
Kiyoshi Okuma is a former Japanese football player and manager. His younger brother Yuji Okuma is also a former footballer.