List of Famous people born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Daiki Kamikawa is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the openweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships by defeating Teddy Riner of France by a flags decision. Kamikawa is known for being a very technical judoka for a heavy weight and uses techniques such as harai goshi and uchi mata with frequency. He represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Kaiketsu Masateru was a Japanese sumo wrestler, who reached the second highest rank of ōzeki on two occasions. He also won two top division tournament championships. After his retirement in 1979 he became a coach under the name of Hanaregoma-oyakata and established Hanaregoma stable. He was also chairman of the Japan Sumo Association from 2010 to 2012.

Shigeo Kamiyama was a Japanese communist. He was born in 1905 in Shimonoseki. In 1928, he joined the Japanese Communist Party.

Taneda Santōka was the pen-name of a Japanese author and haiku poet. He is known for his free verse haiku — a style which does not conform to the formal rules of traditional haiku.

Noriko Anno is a female Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the women's -78 kg judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has won gold in the World Championship at -78 kg four times, and was fifth in the -72 kg category at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Yoshisuke Aikawa was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first president of the Nissan zaibatsu (1931-1945), one of Japan's most powerful business conglomerates around the time of the Second World War.

Shinji Sato was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives and House of Councillors (1974-1979), as Minister of International Trade and Industry (1996-1997), and as Minister of Transport (1988-1989). He was the second son of Prime Minister Eisaku Sato.

Fumiko Hayashi was a Japanese novelist and poet.

Katsuya Kobayashi is a Japanese actor from Shimonoseki. Even though he and fellow Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love-exclusive Rider actor Mitsuki Koga/Kamen Rider Ketaros were only Kamen Riders within the movie, they did make a guest appearance during the final episode of the series as two people affected by the necklaces that transform people into Natives.

Viscount Shinagawa Yajirō was a Chōshū Domain samurai, who became Home Minister in early Meiji period Japan.