Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Prefectura de Iwate

Matazō Mimata is a Japanese comedian, tarento and actor. He is represented with Office Kitano. From 1992 to 2007, he acted as a Boke of the comedy duo Jordans with Masaya Yamazaki. His former stage name and real name is Tadahisa Mimata .

Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions.

Ayaka Komatsu es una actriz y modelo Japonesa. Nació el 23 de julio, de 1986 en Ichinoseki, Prefectura Iwate.

Reira Iwabuchi –en japonés, 岩渕麗楽, Iwabuchi Reira– es una deportista japonesa que compite en snowboard, especialista en la prueba de big air.

Toshiya Miura es un exfutbolista japonés y entrenador.

Akira Yaegashi is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2019. He was a three-weight world champion, having held the WBA mini-flyweight title from 2011 to 2012; the WBC, Ring, and lineal flyweight titles from 2013 to 2014; and the IBF light-flyweight title from 2015 to 2016. He is an alumnus of the Takushoku University.

Hōko Kuwashima es una actriz de voz y cantante japonesa, afiliada a Aoni Production. Debutó con el papel de Yurika en la serie Martian Successor Nadesico, papel que le reportó una gran popularidad. Es también una cantante con gran talento, si bien se ha dedicado más al mundo del doblaje.

Tatsuo Hirano is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kitakami, Iwate and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1977, attending the Iowa State University in the United States as a ministry official. In 2001, he left the ministry and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.

Kazuhiro Hatakeyama is a former Japanese professional baseball player and currently hitting coach for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Hatakeyama was the 2015 Central League leader in runs batted in, with 105. His retirement ceremony was conducted on September 21, 2019.

Shiro Asano is the former governor of Miyagi, Japan, and currently university professor & political commentator.