List of Famous people born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Sawa Yoshikawa , better known by her stage name Sawa Suzuki , is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Horipro.

Shōta Suzuki is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in NPB for the Chunichi Dragons. He last played for the Chunichi Dragons. Suzuki was the first draft pick for the Dragons in the 2013 NPB Draft.

Shinya Aoki is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and grappler currently competing in ONE Championship's and Rizin Fighting Federation's Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2003, he is noted for being the DREAM Lightweight Champion, former two time ONE Lightweight Champion, former WAMMA Lightweight Champion and former Shooto Welterweight Champion. Aoki is an A-class Shoot wrestler and BJJ black belt, both under his long-term mentor Yuki Nakai, as well as a black belt judoka. As of 2008, Aoki, along with DEEP champion Masakazu Imanari, and Sengoku champion Satoru Kitaoka have founded the "Nippon Top Team" as a group of elite Japanese grapplers competing in MMA. As well as his MMA credentials, Aoki has garnered several submission grappling accolades including two All Japan Jiu-Jitsu Championships, a Japan Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship, a Budo Open Championship, and an ADCC Japan Championship.

Keiko Masuda is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She is better known by her nickname Kei, and is one half of Pink Lady, the top idol group in Japan in the 1970s. In the United States, they are known for their self-titled TV program. Masuda is represented by her own management firm Kei-Office .

Takanori Suzuki is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Dame Mitsuko Uchida, DBE is a classical pianist and conductor, born in Japan and naturalised in Britain, particularly noted for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert.

Shinji Ono is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

Kenya Ōsumi is a Japanese dancer, and singer. He was married to singer Rumiko Koyanagi between 1989 and 2000.

Hirotoshi Masui is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Imagawa Ujizane was a Japanese daimyō who lived in the Sengoku through early Edo periods. He was the tenth head of the Imagawa clan, and was a son of Imagawa Yoshimoto and the father of Imagawa Norimochi and Shinagawa Takahisa.