List of Famous people born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Masanori "Mashi" Murakami is a retired Japanese baseball player.

Jun'ichi Kanemaru is a Japanese voice actor and singer employed by 81 Produce as of 2020. His roles included Hayato Kazami in Future GPX Cyber Formula, Ryo Akiyama in Digimon Tamers and Sonic the Hedgehog in the eponymous series. He came in eighth in the Seiyū Grand Prix in 1994, receiving 512 votes. His blood type is A.

Karin Ogino is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and gravure idol, known for her role as Yumeria Moegi/Akiba Yellow in the 2012 Super Sentai parody series Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger. She is affiliated with Tambourine Artists and also leader of idol girl group Yumemiru Adolescence.

Azuma Koshiishi is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet, and general secretary of the ruling Democratic Party. A native of Nirasaki, Yamanashi, and graduate of Tsuru University, he was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan in 1990, where he served for two terms until 1996 when he failed to be re-elected. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

Teruyoshi Kuji is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

Dakotsu Iida was a Japanese haiku poet from what is now part of the city of Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan. Commonly referred to as Dakotsu, his real name was Takeji Iida . He trained under Kyoshi Takahama, and was a frequent contributor to such haiku journals as Hototogisu (magazine) and Unmo. He was chief editor of Unmo until his death, upon which his son, the prominent haiku poet Ryuta Iida, took over as the editor of Unmo.

Masao Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah as a freelancer. He started his career in All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1991, before jumping to Pro Wrestling Noah during a mass exodus in 2000. Inoue spent the next 12 years with Noah before returning to AJPW in 2012. Since then, he has competed regularly for both promotions as a freelancer.

Yū Suzunoki is a Japanese manga artist and singer-songwriter. His real name is Yūki Suzunoki . He is married to singer Reina Hayashi—a member of Mimizuguzu—and lives in Nakano, Tokyo.

Yoshiyuki Shinoda is a former Japanese football player and manager.