List of Famous people born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Megumi Takayama is a Japanese entertainment personality and former professional wrestler. She wrestled under her maiden name for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, where she became the top star of the Women's Division. Kudo is primarily known for competing in brutal death matches, where the ring ropes were replaced with barbed wire.

Takaaki Kajita is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Canadian physicist Arthur B. McDonald. On 1 October 2020, he became the president of the Science Council of Japan.

Maki Mori is a Japanese free announcer who is represented with Ten Carat. She is a former announcer for Nippon TV.

Ramu Tokashiki is a Japanese female professional basketball player for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL).

Akira Nishino is a Japanese football manager and former player who currently works as the head coach of Thailand national football team.

Kenji Fujimitsu is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. He is a one-time Asian champion and two-time national champion in the event and has a personal best of 20.13 seconds. He is also a bronze medalist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships. He holds the Asian best in the rarely-contested 300 metres.

Jin Katagiri is a comedian, actor, sculptor, and potter from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Kasukabe High School and Tama Art University. Outside Japan, he is most well known for playing the PC in the "Get A Mac" advertising campaign in Japan. He is a member of the Rahmens owarai comedy duo.

Akira Ito is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Genki Haraguchi is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Hannover 96.

Chisato Okai is a former Japanese pop singer, actress, model, and television personality. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became one of the main vocalists of the Japanese idol girl group Cute which she joined in 2005 and engaged in until 2017.