List of Famous people born in Tokushima Prefecture

Jakucho Setouchi , formerly Harumi Setouchi , is a Buddhist nun, writer, and activist. Setouchi is noted for her biographical novels written as first-person narratives.

Kenshi Yonezu is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and illustrator who began releasing Vocaloid music under the stage name Hachi (ハチ) in 2009. In 2012 he debuted under his real name, releasing music with his own voice. He sold 3.6 million physical copies and more than 7 million digital copies in Japan.

Kazuya Fujita is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Chihiro Otsuka is a Japanese actress. Her birth name in kanji is 大塚 千弘, but she transformed her given name into hiragana characters.

Misaki Matsutomo is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in Mexico.

Kenshin Kawakami is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves.

Rio Yamashita is a Japanese actress and fashion model.

Tateo "Jet" Ozaki is a Japanese golfer.

Masashi Ozaki is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998. He is the most successful player of all time on the Japan Golf Tour, having led the money list a record 12 times and won 94 tournaments, over 40 more than the second highest player. Ozaki was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011.

Aki Toyosaki is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture. She had her first major voice acting roles in 2007, voicing Amuro Ninagawa in Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō and Su in Shugo Chara!. She was named "Best New Actress" at the 4th Seiyu Awards in 2010 for her role as Yui Hirasawa in K-On! and Kana Nakamachi in Kanamemo, and received the "Best Lead Actress" and "Best Personality" awards at the 5th Seiyu Awards in 2011.