List of Famous people born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Shinjiro Otani is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). Otani is also the acting President of the company.

Atsuji Yamamoto is a Japanese manga artist and character designer, best known for manga Ultimate Teacher, F-17 and Saber Cats, along with video game series Metal Max.

Yuka Takashima is a female long-distance runner from Japan. She is from Hōfu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. She competed in the Women's 10,000 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. She also competed in the Women's 10,000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Viscount Miura Gorō was a lieutenant general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.

Genki Abe was a lawyer, police bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan.

Kazuo Hara is a Japanese documentary film director. After dropping out of university to work at a special education school, he made his 1972 debut work Goodbye CP about a group of individuals with cerebral palsy. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Hochi Film Award and at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. That film also earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. In 2017 he released the documentary Sennan Asbestos Disaster which received the 2017 Audience Award at the Tokyo Filmex International Film Festival and the 2017 BIFF Mecenat Award at the Busan International Film Festival. His documentary works often depict people who push against the boundaries of propriety and obedience in Japanese society.

Chie Kōjiro is a Japanese voice actress from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. She was previously affiliated with Mausu Promotion and Production Baobab, and is now affiliated with 81 Produce.