List of Famous people born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Tokugawa Yoshitomo
Yoshitomo Tokugawa was the 4th-generation head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke, the branch of the Tokugawa line started by the last Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Sōichirō Honda
Soichiro Honda was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and oversaw its expansion from a wooden shack manufacturing bicycle motors to a multinational automobile and motorcycle manufacturer.
Kwon Hyi-ro
Kim Hyi-ro was a second-generation Korean in Japan born in November, 1928 in Shimizu, Shizuoka, who became a national hero in South Korea after holding 18 Japanese citizens hostage in 1968.
Tomomi Takahashi
Tomomi Takahashi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Kotetsu Boku
Park Kwang-cheol, better known by his Japanese name Kotetsu Boku , is a retired Japanese-born South Korean mixed martial artist and kickboxer, competing in the Featherweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation. He has mostly fought in Shooto, where he was the Shooto Lightweight Champion, but has also fought in ONE Championship, DREAM, King of the Cage, S-Cup, Cage Force and K-1 HERO'S. Boku is also a former ONE Lightweight World Champion.
Minami Kuribayashi
Minami Kuribayashi is a Japanese singer, songwriter, lyricist and voice actress from Shizuoka Prefecture. From 2016 to 2019, she performed under the stage name Minami.
Harley Saito
Sayori Saito was a Japanese professional wrestler, who performed under the name of Harley Saito (ハーレー斉藤). She spent much of her career for Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling.
Shinichiro Sawai
Shinichiro Sawai was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Yusuke Mori
Yusuke Mori is a Japanese football player.