List of Famous people born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Masumi Harukawa
Masumi Harukawa is a Japanese actress.
Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Yoshifumi Okada
Yoshifumi Okada is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball from 2010 to 2018.
Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto is a Japanese racing driver. He is currently driving in the Super GT and Super Formula championships. He won the Super Formula championship in 2013, 2018, and 2020, along with the Super GT championship in 2018 and 2020. In 2018, he became the first driver to win both the Super Formula and Super GT titles in the same year for 14 years; he accomplished this feat for a second time in 2020. His successes in both series has allowed him to reach the 40-point threshold required for an F1 superlicence.
Tsutomu Satō
Tsutomu Sato is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Shimotsuga District, Tochigi and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after serving in the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture for three terms.
Rina Koike
Rina Koike is a Japanese actress and idol affiliated with Very Berry Production.
Aya Sameshima
Aya Sameshima is a Japanese football player. She plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa. She also played for Japan national team.
Masashi Ebinuma
Masashi Ebinuma is a Japanese judoka.
Kahimi Karie
Mari Hiki , better known by her stage name Kahimi Karie , is a Japanese singer, songwriter and photographer. Her music is closely associated with the Shibuya-kei aesthetic. Karie sings in English, French and Japanese, among other languages.
Hiroshi Ogawa
Hiroshi Ogawa is a former Japanese pitcher of the Chiba Lotte Marines and convicted murderer. He is the only baseball player who is serving life in prison for murder without parole.