Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Prefectura de Shimane
Nishikori Kei
Kei Nishikori es un tenista japonés. Actualmente se ubica en el puesto 35 del ranking ATP. Es el número 1 de Japón, y el mejor tenista asiático masculino de la historia, si no contamos a los Rusos como asiáticos.
Mariya Takeuchi
Mariya Takeuchi es una cantante y compositora japonesa. Considerada una de las referentes del pop japonés en los años 1980, ha llegado a vender más de 16 millones de discos y ha compuesto temas para artistas como Akina Nakamori, SMAP y Yukiko Okada. A nivel internacional es conocida por la canción «Plastic Love», convertida en un fenómeno viral.
Wataru Takeshita
Wataru Takeshita is a Minister for Reconstruction and a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kakeya, Shimane and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 2000. His brother was former prime minister Noboru Takeshita. He is a member of the Heisei Kenkyukai faction, which supported Yoshihide Suga in the 2020 Liberal Democratic Party of Japan leadership election.
Hiroyuki Hosoda
Hiroyuki Hosoda is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 1990, as Chief Cabinet Secretary in Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet from 2004 to 2005, as Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2008 to 2009, and as head of the party's most powerful parliamentary faction since 2012.
Tetsuo Saito
Tetsuo Saito is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. Saito is currently serving his fifth term in the Lower House by Chugoku proportional election and is the Minister of the Environment.
Misako Tanaka
Misako Tanaka , née Misako Fukazawa , is a Japanese actress. Tanaka was born in Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
Makiko Esumi
Makiko Esumi is a former Japanese model, actress, writer, essayist, and lyricist. Esumi is most well known for her role as Chinatsu Tsuboi in the Japanese television drama series Shomuni.
Manami Toyota
Manami Toyota (豊田真奈美) es una luchadora profesional japonesa, más conocida por su trabajo en All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW). Luego del cierre de AJW ella continuó su trabajo en otras promociones de joshis como GAEA y NEO. Toyota es miembro del Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.
Masataka Nashida
Masataka Nashida is a former Nippon Professional Baseball catcher and manager. As a player, he played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1972 to 1988. After playing, he went on to manage three NPB teams. First, Nashida was the final manager of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes before they were dissolved and merged after the 2004 season. He then went on to manage the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2008 to 2011. Finally, he went on to manage the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the team created to fill the void left by the Buffaloes merger. He was able to lead the Eagles to their third-ever playoff berth in 2017, however he resigned in July the next year when the club dropped to 20 games below a .500 winning percentage. After his resignation, Eagles' coach Yosuke Hiraishi acted as team's interim manager for the remainder of the 2018 season.
Masaji Shimizu
Masaji Shimizu is a former Japanese professional baseball player.