Shiga Prefecture: 215 people
Juri Kimura (木村 朱里, Kimura Juri; born July 11, 2008) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. She…
Juri Kimura (木村 朱里, Kimura Juri; born July 11, 2008) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. She is the first person from Shiga Prefecture to become a professional shogi player.
Ko Ochiai (born 17 August 2006) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. He was a bronze medalist over 800 metres at the…
Ko Ochiai (born 17 August 2006) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. He was a bronze medalist over 800 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships. That year, and in 2025, he won the senior Japanese Athletics Championships over 800 metres and is the national record holder.
Rin Maeda (前田凛, Maeda Rin; born 8 September 2005) is a Japanese judoka.
Haruto Yamada (山田 陽翔, Yamada Haruto; born May 9, 2004) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama…
Haruto Yamada (山田 陽翔, Yamada Haruto; born May 9, 2004) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Yosuke Furukawa (古川 陽介, Furukawa Yosuke; born 16 July 2003) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Yosuke Furukawa (古川 陽介, Furukawa Yosuke; born 16 July 2003) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Darmstadt 98.
Ryūku Tsuchida (土田 龍空, Tsuchida Ryūku; born December 30, 2002) also known just as Ryūku is a professional Japanese…
Ryūku Tsuchida (土田 龍空, Tsuchida Ryūku; born December 30, 2002) also known just as Ryūku is a professional Japanese baseball player. He is currently an infielder for the Chunichi Dragons.
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (本田 ルーカス剛史, Honda Lucas Tsuyoshi; born September 15, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater, who…
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (本田 ルーカス剛史, Honda Lucas Tsuyoshi; born September 15, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater, who currently competes in the pairs discipline with Ayumi Kagotani. With former partner, Sae Shimizu, they are the 2024–25 Japan national bronze medalists, two-time Japan Junior national champions (2023, 2024), and the 2024 JGP Turkey bronze medalists. As a singles skater, he is the 2021 CS Cup of Austria silver medalist, the 2020 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, and the 2020–21 Japan junior national champion.
Keita Nakano (中野 桂太, Nakano Keita; born 27 August 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder…
Keita Nakano (中野 桂太, Nakano Keita; born 27 August 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tegevajaro Miyazaki.
Ami Yamamoto (山本 亜美, Yamamoto Ami; born 19 April 2002) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.…
Ami Yamamoto (山本 亜美, Yamamoto Ami; born 19 April 2002) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented her country at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships and the 2023 World Championships. Her personal best in the event is 56.06 seconds set in Osaka in 2023. This is the current 5th place in Japan history.
Hikaru Takahashi (髙橋 ひかる, Takahashi Hikaru; born September 22, 2001) is a Japanese actress and model, currently…
Hikaru Takahashi (髙橋 ひかる, Takahashi Hikaru; born September 22, 2001) is a Japanese actress and model, currently affiliated to Oscar Promotion.
Manato Yamada (山田 真夏斗, Yamada Manato; born 31 May 2001) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for…
Manato Yamada (山田 真夏斗, Yamada Manato; born 31 May 2001) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Matsumoto Yamaga.
NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48…
NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NMB48 Theater, which is located in the basement of the Yes-Namba Building in Namba, Osaka. The group has sold over 9 million CDs in Japan.
Yuga Tarumi (垂水優芽, Tarumi Yūga, born 2 November 2000) is a Japanese professional volleyball player and member of the…
Yuga Tarumi (垂水優芽, Tarumi Yūga, born 2 November 2000) is a Japanese professional volleyball player and member of the Japan men's national volleyball team.
Genki Egawa (江川 慶城, Egawa Genki; born 2 April 2000) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a centre-back for…
Genki Egawa (江川 慶城, Egawa Genki; born 2 April 2000) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a centre-back for Kagoshima United.
Tomoya Wakahara (若原 智哉, Wakahara Tomoya; born 28 December 1999) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kashiwa Reysol.
Tokumasa Chano (茶野 篤政, Chano Tokumasa; born August 4, 1999) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays…
Tokumasa Chano (茶野 篤政, Chano Tokumasa; born August 4, 1999) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Masaya Kyōyama (京山 将弥, Kyōyama Masaya; born July 4, 1998 in) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the…
Masaya Kyōyama (京山 将弥, Kyōyama Masaya; born July 4, 1998 in) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Rakuten Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and in the KBO League for the Lotte Giants.
Yuto Iwasaki (岩崎 悠人, Iwasaki Yuto; born 11 June 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a…
Yuto Iwasaki (岩崎 悠人, Iwasaki Yuto; born 11 June 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for J1 League club V-Varen Nagasaki and the Japan national team.
Takato Nonomura (野々村 鷹人, Nonomura Takato; born 13 May 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender…
Takato Nonomura (野々村 鷹人, Nonomura Takato; born 13 May 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Blaublitz Akita.
Yuto Seko (born 16 March 1998) is a Japanese high jumper. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics…
Yuto Seko (born 16 March 1998) is a Japanese high jumper. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.
Yuki Yamamoto (山本 悠樹, Yamamoto Yūki; born 6 November 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defensive…
Yuki Yamamoto (山本 悠樹, Yamamoto Yūki; born 6 November 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defensive midfielder for Kawasaki Frontale.
Mariko Kihara (born September 4, 1997) is a Japanese figure skater. She has won three senior internationals – the 2014…
Mariko Kihara (born September 4, 1997) is a Japanese figure skater. She has won three senior internationals – the 2014 Coupe du Printemps, 2015 Bavarian Open, and 2016 Triglav Trophy.
Rikito Inoue (井上 黎生人, Inoue, Rikito; born 9 March 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender…
Rikito Inoue (井上 黎生人, Inoue, Rikito; born 9 March 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka.
Serena Sonoda (園田 世玲奈, Sonoda Serena; born 10 September 1996) is a Japanese racewalking athlete. Representing Japan at…
Serena Sonoda (園田 世玲奈, Sonoda Serena; born 10 September 1996) is a Japanese racewalking athlete. Representing Japan at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, she placed seventh in the women's 35 kilometres walk. She competed in the women's 35 kilometres walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Kai Ueda (植田 海, Ueda Kai; born April 19, 1996) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers of…
Kai Ueda (植田 海, Ueda Kai; born April 19, 1996) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Masaya Okugawa (奥川 雅也, Okugawa Masaya; born 14 April 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Masaya Okugawa (奥川 雅也, Okugawa Masaya; born 14 April 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kyoto Sanga.
Yoshihide Kiryū (桐生 祥秀, Kiryū Yoshihide; born 15 December 1995) is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100…
Yoshihide Kiryū (桐生 祥秀, Kiryū Yoshihide; born 15 December 1995) is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Kiryū played football while at elementary school and became interested in track and field at junior high school, as his brother took part in the sport. In 2011, he won the under-16 national title in the 100 metres at the National Sports Festival of Japan, with a time of 10.58 seconds. The following year, Kiryū ran in the under-18 category at the same competition and broke the world youth best for the 100 metres by bettering Tamunosiki Atorudibo's record of 10.23 seconds by two hundredths of a second on 5 October 2012. Less than a month later, on 3 November 2012, Kiryū lowered his own record to 10.19 seconds. On 29 April 2013, Kiryū (still a student at Rakunan High School in Tō-ji) ran at the Oda Memorial meet and tied the World junior record of 10.01 seconds co-held by Darrel Brown and Jeffery Demps. The IAAF subsequently rejected the inclusion of the time as an official record due to the use of unapproved wind-speed measurement equipment on the track. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kiryū won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay.
Yui Ohashi (Japanese: 大橋 悠依, Hepburn: Ōhashi Yui; born 18 October 1995) is a retired Japanese swimmer, specializing in…
Yui Ohashi (Japanese: 大橋 悠依, Hepburn: Ōhashi Yui; born 18 October 1995) is a retired Japanese swimmer, specializing in the medley events. She became the first Japanese woman to dip beneath the 2:08-barrier in the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing with a silver-medal time and a national record of 2:07.91. Ohashi qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won Japan's second gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the Women's 400m individual medley. She also won the gold medal in the Women's 200m individual medley.
Nobuyuki Okumura (奥村 展征, Okumura Nobuyuki; born May 26, 1995 in Konan, Shiga, Japan) is a Japanese former professional…
Nobuyuki Okumura (奥村 展征, Okumura Nobuyuki; born May 26, 1995 in Konan, Shiga, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball player and coach.
Satoko Yamada (Kanji:山田 聡子, born 26 February 1995) is a Japanese sports shooter. She competed in the women's 10 metre…
Satoko Yamada (Kanji:山田 聡子, born 26 February 1995) is a Japanese sports shooter. She competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Reo Mochizuki (望月 嶺臣, Mochizuki Reo; born 18 January 1995) is a Japanese footballer who plays as midfielder for…
Reo Mochizuki (望月 嶺臣, Mochizuki Reo; born 18 January 1995) is a Japanese footballer who plays as midfielder for Veertien Mie.
Ryōta Takinaka (瀧中瞭太, Takinaka Ryōta; born December 20, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is a…
Ryōta Takinaka (瀧中瞭太, Takinaka Ryōta; born December 20, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Sota Mino (Japanese: 三野 草太, Mino Sota; born 20 October 1994) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Sota Mino (Japanese: 三野 草太, Mino Sota; born 20 October 1994) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club UTA Arad.
Risa Sugimoto (杉本 梨沙, Sugimoto Risa; born 1 August 1994) is a Japanese female professional squash player who represents…
Risa Sugimoto (杉本 梨沙, Sugimoto Risa; born 1 August 1994) is a Japanese female professional squash player who represents Japan women's national squash team internationally. She achieved her career-highest PSA ranking of World No. 127 in January 2018 during the 2017-18 PSA World Tour.
Yūma Koishi (小石 祐馬, Koishi Yūma; born 15 September 1993) is a Japanese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental…
Yūma Koishi (小石 祐馬, Koishi Yūma; born 15 September 1993) is a Japanese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Kinan Racing Team.
Ippei Kokuryo (國領 一平, Kokuryō Ippei; born 31 July 1993 in Higashiōmi) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Nagano…
Ippei Kokuryo (國領 一平, Kokuryō Ippei; born 31 July 1993 in Higashiōmi) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Nagano Parceiro.
Minami Shimizu (清水 美並, Shimizu Minami; born 14 July 1993) is a Japanese field hockey player. She competed for the Japan…
Minami Shimizu (清水 美並, Shimizu Minami; born 14 July 1993) is a Japanese field hockey player. She competed for the Japan women's national field hockey team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Masateru Yugami (湯上 剛輝, Yugami Masateru; born 14 April 1993) is a Japanese discus thrower. He has won medals at the…
Masateru Yugami (湯上 剛輝, Yugami Masateru; born 14 April 1993) is a Japanese discus thrower. He has won medals at the Asian Athletics Championships and the Summer Deaflympics.
Hiromi Endō (born 22 February 1993) is a Japanese judoka. Endō is the gold medalist of the 2013 Judo World Masters in…
Hiromi Endō (born 22 February 1993) is a Japanese judoka. Endō is the gold medalist of the 2013 Judo World Masters in the –48 kg category.
Miku Tanabe (田名部 生来, Tanabe Miku; born 2 December 1992, in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture) is a Japanese idol who is a…
Miku Tanabe (田名部 生来, Tanabe Miku; born 2 December 1992, in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture) is a Japanese idol who is a former member of AKB48's Team B. In April 2017, she announced that she would be "graduating" (or leaving the group). She finally graduated on July 23, 2017. Tanabe is currently represented by AKS. She formerly belonged to Mousa.
Masaaki Murakami (村上 昌謙, Murakami Masaaki; born 7 August 1992 in Shiga) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a…
Masaaki Murakami (村上 昌謙, Murakami Masaaki; born 7 August 1992 in Shiga) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League club Kyoto Sanga.
Takumi Miyayoshi (宮吉 拓実, Miyayoshi Takumi; born 7 August 1992 in Shiga) is a Japanese football player currently playing…
Takumi Miyayoshi (宮吉 拓実, Miyayoshi Takumi; born 7 August 1992 in Shiga) is a Japanese football player currently playing for Renofa Yamaguchi.
Shogo Shimohata (下畠 翔吾, Shimohata Shōgo; born May 8, 1992) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Iwate Grulla…
Shogo Shimohata (下畠 翔吾, Shimohata Shōgo; born May 8, 1992) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Iwate Grulla Morioka.
Takuya Kakine (垣根拓也, Kakine, Takuya; born 3 October 1991 in Ōtsu) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Fujieda MYFC.
Yusuke Matsuda (松田 悠佑, Matsuda Yusuke; born April 23, 1991) is a Japanese football player. He plays for MIO Biwako…
Yusuke Matsuda (松田 悠佑, Matsuda Yusuke; born April 23, 1991) is a Japanese football player. He plays for MIO Biwako Shiga. Kosuke Matsuda is his brother.
Saori Anou (安納サオリ, Anō Saori; born February 1, 1991) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to World Wonder Ring…
Saori Anou (安納サオリ, Anō Saori; born February 1, 1991) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of Cosmic Angels and a former two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion. Anou is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotion Actwres girl'Z and her freelance appearances in promotions such as Oz Academy and Ice Ribbon. She is the former ICE Cross Infinity Champion in Ice Ribbon, the inaugural AWG Single Champion in Actwres girl'Z, and former two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion in World Wonder Ring Stardom.
Yu Takahashi (高橋 ユウ, Takahashi Yū; born January 19, 1991), is a Japanese actress and model.
Rana Okada (岡田 良菜, Okada Rana; born 5 January 1991) is a Japanese snowboarder. She has represented Japan at the 2010…
Rana Okada (岡田 良菜, Okada Rana; born 5 January 1991) is a Japanese snowboarder. She has represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Takahiro Norimoto (則本 昂大, Norimoto Takahiro; born December 17, 1990) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for…
Takahiro Norimoto (則本 昂大, Norimoto Takahiro; born December 17, 1990) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Yukiko Inui (乾 友紀子, Inui Yukiko; born 4 December 1990) is a Japanese competitor in synchronised swimming. She won…
Yukiko Inui (乾 友紀子, Inui Yukiko; born 4 December 1990) is a Japanese competitor in synchronised swimming. She won Japan's first gold medal in each the solo technical routine and the solo free routine at a FINA World Aquatics Championships at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the duet event with Megumu Yoshida, and in the team event.