List of Famous people born in Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Saki Kawamata is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. Her older sister Kana is also a women's professional shogi player.

Sōta Aoyama is a Japanese male actor. He is best known for originating the role of Sadaharu Inui of the first generation Seigaku cast of the Prince of Tennis musical series, and also played the role of Kaito Toma, the human host of Ultraman Max in the 2005 Ultraman Max series.

Rintaro Norizuki is a Japanese mystery/crime writer. He is the President of Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing. His works are deeply influenced by Ellery Queen and Ross Macdonald.

Yutaka Ohno , is a former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

Yasuhide Kurihara was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a conspirator in the February 26 Incident in 1936. He graduated in the 41st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1929. He was one of the “young officers”.

Kyoji Yamamoto is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who is the leader of the hard rock/heavy metal bands Bow Wow and Wild Flag. He is known for his skillful guitar playing, with former bandmate Neil Murray calling him one of the top Japanese guitarists, and was one of the first hard rock guitarist to use the tapping technique.

Seika Aoyama is a Japanese sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing and earlier won a silver medal in this event at the 2014 Asian Games.