List of Famous people born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Minori Chihara is a Japanese voice actress and singer who has had roles in several anime series. She is well known for her voice role as Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Leon in The iDOLM@STER, while in her musical career, she has been signed under King Records and is currently with Lantis. She was born in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi and was raised in Saitama. She is affiliated with the talent agency HoriPro International. is referred to as Minorin (みのりん) by her fans.

Hitomi Honda is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a member of the South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz*One after the competition television show Produce 48 and part of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 Team 8.

Mitsuru Manaka is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. On October 8, 2014, he was named manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, replacing Junji Ogawa. Manaka had previously been managing the Swallows' farm team.

Masako Mori is a Japanese idol, enka singer, and actress.

Yuu Tejima is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento, and actress. Tejima is represented with To-Win, and later Platinum Production.

Aya Hirayama is a Japanese actress who has appeared in various films including Waterboys (2001). Hirayama was born in Kuroiso, Tochigi, Japan which is now part of Nasushiobara.

Miki Sato is a Japanese tarento, actress and fashion model.

Hiroaki Takaya is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Sayaka Hirano is a Japanese five-time national table tennis champion.

Hideo Ishiguro , Japan is a Japanese actor who is noted for his roles as Kai in the 2007 Kamen Rider Den-O and as Gai Kurenai in the 2016 Ultraman Orb.