Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en prefectura de Okinawa

Denny Tamaki es un político japonés. Se convirtió en el primer miembro amerasiático de la Cámara de Representantes de Japón en 2009, y el 30 de septiembre de 2018 fue elegido como gobernador de la prefectura de Okinawa. Hasta 2018 fue miembro del Partido Liberal, liderado por Ichirō Ozawa.

Kosaburo Nishime is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Chinen, Okinawa and graduate of Sophia University he was elected to the assembly of Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in 1988 and to the Diet for the first time in 2003. His father is Junji Nishime, former governor of Okinawa Prefecture, and his brother is Junshiro Nishime, a former member of the House of Councilors in the Diet.

Shota Omine is a retired professional Japanese baseball player. He played infielder for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Cocco (こっこ) is a female Japanese pop / folk rock singer.

Jon Kabira (ジョン・カビラ), born Joon Kabira , is a Japanese freelance presenter, tarento, radio personality, narrator who is affiliated with Sony Music Artists. He is very popular in Japan having participated in various TV commercials, TV shows, among other Audio-visual-related activities. Kabira is well known in the West due to his narration in the Winning Eleven video game series. In World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2011, he comments alongside former ex-Japanese footballers Tsuyoshi Kitazawa and Hiroshi Nanami.

Nagisa Arakaki is a former Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Despite having one of the best fastballs and sliders of anyone in the league, Arakaki has battled control problems and injuries throughout his career. In 2007, Arakaki set the NPB record for most wild pitches in a season with 21, breaking Kazuhisa Ishii's record.

Satsuki Shimabukuro , más conocida como Meisa Kuroki o Satsuki Akanishi , es una actriz, modelo y cantante japonesa nacida en Nago, Okinawa, Japón. Representada por la agencia Sweet Power, tiene un contrato con la discográfica Sony Music Japan. Hizo su debut en la actuación en el año 2004. Ha modelado para la popular revista de moda japonesa JJ, entre otras, y es la actual modelo para tierras japonesas de las marcas Epson y Giorgio Armani. Ha aparecido en numerosos programas de televisión, comerciales, películas y obras de teatro.

Ai Miyazato is a former Japanese professional golfer who competed on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA). She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings on three occasions in 2010.

Ben Shepherd es un músico estadounidense conocido por haber tocado el bajo en la banda de grunge Soundgarden desde 1990 hasta su ruptura definitiva en 2019.

Saori Minami was born in Okinawa on July 2, 1954 to Japanese parents. In the 1970s she was active as an idol.