List of Famous people born in Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Kei Nishikori is a Japanese professional tennis player. He is the only male Japanese tennis player in history to be ranked inside the top 5 in singles, and first reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015. He is currently ranked world No. 35 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

Mariya Takeuchi is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Regarded as an influential figure in the city pop genre, she is one of the best-selling music artists in Japan, having sold over 16 million records, and has received several accolades.

Wataru Takeshita is a Minister for Reconstruction and a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kakeya, Shimane and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 2000. His brother was former prime minister Noboru Takeshita. He is a member of the Heisei Kenkyukai faction, which supported Yoshihide Suga in the 2020 Liberal Democratic Party of Japan leadership election.

Hiroyuki Hosoda is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 1990, as Chief Cabinet Secretary in Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet from 2004 to 2005, as Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2008 to 2009, and as head of the party's most powerful parliamentary faction since 2012.

Tetsuo Saito is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. Saito is currently serving his fifth term in the Lower House by Chugoku proportional election and is the Minister of the Environment.

Misako Tanaka , née Misako Fukazawa , is a Japanese actress. Tanaka was born in Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

Makiko Esumi is a former Japanese model, actress, writer, essayist, and lyricist. Esumi is most well known for her role as Chinatsu Tsuboi in the Japanese television drama series Shomuni.

Manami Toyota is a retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion. She is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, regardless of gender.

Masataka Nashida is a former Nippon Professional Baseball catcher and manager. As a player, he played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1972 to 1988. After playing, he went on to manage three NPB teams. First, Nashida was the final manager of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes before they were dissolved and merged after the 2004 season. He then went on to manage the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2008 to 2011. Finally, he went on to manage the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the team created to fill the void left by the Buffaloes merger. He was able to lead the Eagles to their third-ever playoff berth in 2017, however he resigned in July the next year when the club dropped to 20 games below a .500 winning percentage. After his resignation, Eagles' coach Yosuke Hiraishi acted as team's interim manager for the remainder of the 2018 season.

Masaji Shimizu is a former Japanese professional baseball player.