List of Famous people born in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Katsumi Fujimoto is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played for the Osaka/Hanshin Tigers from 1956 to 1967.

Naoya Masuda is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Takao Obana is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher and coach. Takao was the Yakult Swallows's fourth pick in the 1978 draft and played the entirety of his 14-year career with the team. He was also the manager of the Yokohama BayStars, the pitching coach for the Swallows, the Chiba Lotte Marines, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and the Yomiuri Giants.

Yuji Yoshimi is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Yokohama BayStars from 2001 to 2010 and for the Chiba Lotte Marines from 2010 to 2013. He also played for Team Japan at the 2000 Olympics.

Masato Yoshii , nicknamed "Oiyan", is a retired Japanese professional baseball player and former pitching coach in the Japanese Pacific League. He pitched in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2002.

Nami Tamaki is a Japanese pop singer. As a teenager under the Sony Music Japan label, she had four top-ten albums, two of which reached number one. Her singles were used as theme songs for animated shows such as Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, and D. Gray-man, as well as being representative of the J-Pop music trend. She has various commercial tie-ins with the anime and games industry, and has also performed in stage musicals and a movie.

Toshiya Okada is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Kimurayama Mamoru is a former professional sumo wrestler from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 7. He is now a coach at Kasugano stable. He was the only wrestler in the elite ranks in his time from Wakayama Prefecture.

Jun Toba is a Japanese actor and musician who is represented by the talent agencies, Amuse, Inc., and later, Office Nigun Niiba.

Yūsuke Tanaka is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016.