Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Prefectura de Kōchi

Daisuke Ono es un actor de voz y cantante japonés. Es conocido por su papeles de Itsuki Koizumi en Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu, Shizuo Heiwajima en Durarara!!, Sebastian Michaelis en Kuroshitsuji, Akira Nikaido en Monochrome Factor, Erwin Smith en Shingeki no Kyojin, Silver The Hedgehog en la franquicia Sonic The Hedgehog y Jotaro Kujo en JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Ha ganado dos veces el premio en la 4.ª edición de los Seiyū Awards en la categoría de Mejor actor principal por su rol de Sebastian Michaelis y Jotaro Kujo, así como también el premio a "Mejor personalidad" en la novena edición. Otros papeles notables incluyen el de Hotsuma Renjou en Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru, Shintarō Midorima en Kuroko no Basket, Jyushimatsu Matsuno en Osomatsu-san y Shima Kaidō en Super Lovers.

Ryōko Hirosue, nacida el 18 de julio de 1980, en Kōchi, Japón, es una actriz, cantante e ídolo japonesa de los años noventa.

Tomotaka Okamoto is a Japanese sopranist.

Sumi Shimamoto es una seiyū japonesa nacida el 8 de diciembre de 1954 en Kōchi, Prefectura de Kōchi. También es conocida como Sumi Koshikawa puesto que está casada con el comediante japonés Daisuke Koshikawa. Es la madre de la también seiyū Shiori Koshikawa.

Kyuji Fujikawa is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Gen Nakatani is a Japanese politician who was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency in the first cabinet of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2002 and was appointed as the Minister of Defense by current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2014.

Rieko Saibara is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1988 with Chikuro Yochien, serialized in Weekly Young Sunday. In 1989, she graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University. Saibara has received numerous awards throughout her career, including the 43rd Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1997 for Bokunchi; the Excellence Award at the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004 for Mainichi Kaasan; the Short Story Award at the 9th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes in 2005 for Mainichi Kaasan and Jōkyō Monogatari; the President of the House of Councilors Award at the 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards in 2011 for Mainichi Kaasan; and the 6th Best Mother Award for Literature in 2020.

Yuji Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kōchi Prefecture and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the assembly of Kōchi Prefecture in 1985 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. Yamamoto is currently Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Abe cabinet.

Toyonoshima Daiki is a former professional sumo wrestler from Sukumo, Kōchi, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 2002, reaching the top makuuchi division in September 2004. He was a runner-up in five tournaments, and earned ten special prizes. His highest rank was sekiwake, which he first reached in September 2008 and held for five tournaments in total. Following a suspension in July 2010 he was demoted to the jūryō division, but upon his return to makuuchi in November 2010 he took part in a playoff for the championship. He won four kinboshi or gold stars awarded for yokozuna upsets, three of them earned by defeating Harumafuji from 2013 to 2015. He wrestled for Tokitsukaze stable. He retired in 2020 and is now an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Izutsu Oyakata.

Takenori Emoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Toei Flyers in 1971, the Nankai Hawks from 1972 to 1975, and the Hanshin Tigers from 1976 to 1981.