List of Famous people born in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Takanori Nishikawa

First Name Takanori
Last Name Nishikawa
Born on September 19, 1970 (age 54)

Takanori Nishikawa is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, voice artist, radio personality, and businessman. He performs under the stage name T.M.Revolution (TMR), which stands for "Takanori Makes Revolution" , stemming from the famous '80s pop electronic band TM Network. Despite most of his songs being written by Akio Inoue and composed/arranged by Daisuke Asakura, T.M.Revolution is considered Nishikawa's solo project. Nishikawa is also known for contributions of ending and opening themes to many notable anime and game series.

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Kento Hayashi

First Name Kento
Last Name Hayashi
Born on December 6, 1990 (age 34)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Kento Hayashi is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films since 2007.

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Takashi Inui

First Name Takashi
Last Name Inui
Born on June 2, 1988 (age 36)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Takashi Inui is a Japanese footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Eibar and the Japan national football team as a winger or attacking midfielder.

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Kenji Ogiwara

First Name Kenji
Last Name Ogiwara
Born on December 20, 1969 (age 55)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Kenji Ogiwara is a Japanese former Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival.

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Yuichi Fukunaga

First Name Yuichi
Last Name Fukunaga
Born on December 9, 1976 (age 48)

Yuichi Fukunaga is a Japanese jockey who has won 29 Grade 1 races in Japan and abroad. He is affiliated with the Japan Racing Association (JRA) in Rittō. His father is former jockey Yoichi Fukunaga who was said to be a "genius" during his active career, and his uncle is Takashi Kitamura, also a former jockey. His wife is former Fuji TV announcer Midori Matsuo. Since July 2016, he has a management contract with Horipro, the entertainment production in which his wife is also affiliated.

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Kazuyo Matsui

First Name Kazuyo
Born on June 25, 1957 (age 67)
Height 161 cm | 5'3

Kazuyo Matsui is a Japanese actress, investor, businesswoman, essayist, university professor, and lifestyle adviser. Her married name was Kazuyo Funakoshi . She divorced her husband Eiichiro Funakoshi in December, 2017. She is represented by the Kazuyo Matsui Jimusho agency.

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Sōsuke Uno

First Name Sōsuke
Born on August 27, 1922
Died on May 19, 1998 (aged 75)

Sōsuke Uno was a Japanese politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Japan in 1989, the first Prime Minister who came from Shiga Prefecture.

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Yui Ohashi

First Name Yui
Last Name Ohashi
Born on October 18, 1995 (age 29)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Yui Ohashi is a Japanese swimmer, specializing in the medley events. She became the first Japanese woman to dip beneath the 2:08-barrier in the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing with a silver-medal time and a national record of 2:07.91. She qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Takahiro Norimoto

First Name Takahiro
Last Name Norimoto
Born on December 17, 1990 (age 34)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Takahiro Norimoto is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific League in Nippon Professional Baseball.

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Nobuhiro Matsuda

First Name Nobuhiro
Last Name Matsuda
Born on May 17, 1983 (age 41)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Nobuhiro Matsuda is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

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