List of Famous people born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Kasumi Ishikawa is a female Japanese table tennis player. A regular member of the Japanese national team, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Yoshiro Hayashi was a Japanese politician. In addition to being a National Diet member, he served as finance minister from 1992 to 1993.

Atsushi Tamura is a famous Japanese comedian from the Hikoshima area of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Takahiro Tasaki, better known by his stage name EXILE TAKAHIRO, is a Japanese singer and actor. He is the vocalist of Exile and Ace of Spades.

Kaori Housako is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. She is currently signed with the WWE, under the ring name Kairi Sane where she serves as a trainer and ambassador in Japan.

Tatsuya Tanaka is a Japanese football player who plys for Albirex Niigata. He played for Japan national team.

Shohei Ono is a Japanese judoka.

Shunsuke Kiyokiba is a Japanese pop singer who debuted in 2001 with the then six-member vocal and dance group, EXILE, as their vocalist under the name, SHUN. In 2004, he participated in the tribute album for Yutaka Ozaki (尾崎豊) under his full name Shunsuke Kiyokiba as a solo artist. On January 19, 2005, his solo debut single Itsuka... (いつか…) was released. After four-and-a-half years with EXILE, in March 2006, Kiyokiba announced his withdrawal from the group to focus on his solo career as a rock artist.

Toshihiro Nagoshi is a Japanese video game producer and designer. He is the chief creative officer for Sega, general director of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and a member of the board of directors for Atlus. He joined Sega in 1989.

Eisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. He is the third-longest serving Prime Minister, and has been the second longest uninterrupted service as Prime Minister in Japanese history.