List of Famous people born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Kenta Hasegawa is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Hiromi Uehara , known professionally as Hiromi, is a Japanese jazz composer and pianist. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as stride, post-bop, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her compositions.

Koji Alexander Murofushi is a former Japanese-Romanian hammer thrower and sports scientist. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was the 2004 Olympic champion. In 2011, he was crowned world champion.

Makoto Hasebe is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eintracht Frankfurt. He played for the Japan national team, for which he served as captain.

Yoshihiko Hakamada is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Hamana High School.

Yōko Kamikawa is a Japanese politician and former think-tank researcher, currently serving as the Minister of Justice since September 2020. Kamikawa has previously served who served as Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs in the cabinets of Shinzō Abe and Yasuo Fukuda. Kamikawa was also elected as Minister of Justice in Prime Minister Abe's party. She is a member of the House of Representatives and the Liberal Democratic Party.

Shunpūtei Shōta is a Japanese rakugo comedian best known for performing on the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV. He is known as a master of the Japanese comic art of rakugo, in which a single performer or storyteller appears on stage and tells comedic stories to the audience.

Miu Hirano is a Japanese table tennis player. She won the women's singles at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships, sweeping away three top Chinese players - Olympic champion and world number one Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and in the finals, Chen Meng - to clinch the championship. She also won the 2016 Women's World Cup — the youngest ever winner.

Saya Takagi is a Japanese actress turned activist for the legalization of cannabis in Japan.

Kazuhisa Makita is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Saitama Seibu Lions of NPB and for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).