List of Famous people born in Saitama, Japan
Takeru Satō
Takeru Satoh is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his leading role as Ryotaro Nogami in the Kamen Rider Den-O franchise, and as Himura Kenshin in the live-action Rurouni Kenshin film and its sequels.
Eiji Kawashima
Eiji Kawashima is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Strasbourg and the Japan national team.
Mari Amachi
Mari Amachi is a Japanese female singer and actress, who was famous in 1970s' Japan. On October 1, 1971, she debuted with the single "Mizuiro no Koi." She was born as Mari Saito in Omiya, Saitama Prefecture. She got five Oricon No.1 songs, a record as a female singer which was later broken by Seiko Matsuda. She started the era of Japanese idols in the 1970s and 1980s. Mari Amachi was the top female vocalist of Sony Music Entertainment in Japan.
Ruriko Aoki
Ruriko Aoki is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Atomic Monkey. She voiced Riina Tada in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, for which she received a top-ten charting single. She also voiced Ranra in The World Is Still Beautiful, Yucho La in Idol Memories, Katrina in RoboMasters: The Animated Series, and Marin in Hyrule Warriors Legends.
Keiko Maruyama
Chikako Sawada
Minoru Suganuma
Minoru Suganuma is a former Japanese football player.