Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Prefectura de Yamagata

Date Masamune fue un samurái y daimyō japonés del período Azuchi-Momoyama y comienzos del periodo Edo. Heredero de una poderosa línea de daimyō de la Región Tohoku, fundó la ciudad de Sendai.

Ayuko Kato is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who is the current member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata 3rd district.

Manami Hosokawa , mejor conocida bajo su nombre artístico de Manami Hashimoto , es una actriz y gravure idol japonesa. Está afiliada a Irving y Harmony Promotion, su representante comercial.

Yuya Hasegawa is a Japanese baseball player. He has been with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks since 2007, and plays as Outfielder, wearing number 24. In 2009, he batted .312.

Koichi Kato was a Japanese politician who held a seat in the House of Representatives in the National Diet for 13 terms between 1972 and 2012 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. After losing his seat at the December 2012 general election, his daughter Ayuko Kato regained the seat for the LDP at the following election. His father, Seizo Kato, also sat in the House of Representatives for five terms between 1952 and 1965.

Michihiko Kano was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was Minister of Agriculture.

Kazunobu Mineta is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He is the frontman of the punk rock band Ging Nang Boyz (銀杏BOYZ), formed in 2003 after the breakup his previous band GOING STEADY.

Chūichi Nagumo fue un vicealmirante japonés de la Armada Imperial Japonesa durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Fue un controvertido marino que participó como comandante de la flota que atacó con éxito Pearl Harbor, pero fue derrotado en la decisiva batalla de Midway, derrota que a la larga le costaría la guerra al Japón.

Takeshi Kobayashi es un músico y productor de origen japonés, Kobayashi es teclista y productor de My Little Lover, Mr. Children y Bank Band. También es productor de varias bandas de rock y pop japonés

Toshiaki Endo is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kaminoyama, Yamagata and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the assembly of Yamagata Prefecture in 1983, serving there for one term. In 1993 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time as an independent after an unsuccessful run in 1990. He headed an overhaul of Japan's English language education. In 2015 he was appointed to oversee the 2020 Summer Olympics preparations on behalf of the Japanese government.