List of Famous people born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Makiko Horai is a former Japanese volleyball player.

Nobuko Takagi is the professional name of Nobuko Tsuruta , a Japanese author. She has won the Akutagawa Prize and the Tanizaki Prize, she has been named a Person of Cultural Merit, and her work has been adapted for film.

Masayoshi Miwa is a former Japanese professional baseball player. He played for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB).

Hideo Hiraoka is a Japanese politician and lawyer who served in the House of Representatives from 2000 to 2012, and as Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. As a Representative, he represented the 2nd District of Yamaguchi prefecture.

Daiki Takamatsu is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Hideo Fujimoto was a Japanese baseball pitcher. He holds the Japanese records for lowest career ERA (1.90) and seasonal ERA (0.73), as well as best all-time winning percentage (.697). During his career, which spanned the one-league and two-league era, he played for the Tokyo Kyojin/Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons. He was the player-manager of the Giants in 1944 and part of 1946.

Kikujirō Fukushima was a Japanese photographer and journalist, author of the book Postwar Japan that was not photographed: From Hiroshima to Fukushima.

Michiyo Kogure was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1939 and 1984. She is known for her starring role as the headstrong housewife who begins to tire of her dull, earnest husband in The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952).

Shingo Hirata is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Milk Morizono is the pen name of Hiroko Mizoguchi , a Japanese manga artist and photographer. Noted for her works in the ladies' manga genre that feature ecchi themes and subject material, Morizono has been called the "Queen of Ladies' Manga" and noted by Rachel Matt Thorn as "the most popular and respected creator of erotic manga for women".