Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en prefectura de Kagoshima

Yoshiyuki Tsuruta fue un nadador japonés especializado en pruebas de estilo braza, donde consiguió ser campeón olímpico en 1932 en los 200 metros.

Miyuki Uehara is a Japanese female long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.

Keiko Nishi is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Kagoshima Prefectural Ibusuki High School, she attended Tsuru University from where she graduated with a degree in Japanese literature. While still attending Tsuru University, Nishi made her professional manga debut with her story "Matte Iru yo" in Shogakukan's manga magazine Petit Flower.

Shūhei Akasaki es un futbolista japonés. Juega de delantero y su equipo actual es el Vegalta Sendai de la J1 League de Japón.

Nozomi Osako es un futbolista japonés que se desempeña como centrocampista.

Rear Admiral Tadashi Maeda was a high-ranking Imperial Japanese Navy officer during the Pacific War. Maeda played an important role in Indonesian independence; he met Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta at his house in Jakarta on 16 August 1945 and his house was used for drafting the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence. After leaving military service, Maeda worked in the oil industry.

Kota Futaki is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Tsurugamine Akio, real name Akio Fukuzono, was a sumo wrestler from Aira, Kagoshima, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. He was twice runner-up in a tournament and won 14 special prizes, including a record ten for Technique, and earned ten gold stars for defeating yokozuna. After his retirement he was the head of Izutsu stable and coached two of his sons, Sakahoko and Terao, to the top division.

Seiji Togo was a Japanese painter and artist known for his depiction of the female form. Born in Kagoshima Prefecture Japan, he graduated from middle school at Aoyama Gakuin University and displayed his first one-man show at Hibiya Art Museum at the age of 18. He later participated in the Futurist movement while studying in France. In 1928, he returned to Japan and was awarded the 1st Showa Western Art Promotion Award.

Shimazu Yoshihisa fue un daimyō japonés de la Provincia de Satsuma, hijo mayor de Shimazu Takahisa.