Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Prefectura de Yamagata

Yuko Aoki is a Japanese bikini model and singer.

Masami Ishigaki is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Kazushige Abe es un escritor japonés contemporáneo. Al abandonar el instituto de Tateoka (Yamagata), se mudó a Tokio donde obtuvo un diplomado en la escuela de cinematografía, trabajó como asistente y director de escena y comenzó a escribir novelas.

Hirohito Gotō is a Japanese director, playwright, and actor. Born in Yamagata prefecture, he graduated from Yamagata Prefectural Yamagata East High School and dropped out of Hindi studies from Osaka University of Foreign Studies.

Kyoko Inoue is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Single Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan.

Ito Ogawa is a Japanese novelist, lyricist and translator. She was born in 1973 in Yamagata, Yamagata.

Ishirō Honda , también conocido como Inoshiro Honda, fue un cineasta japonés.

Mio Satō is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for the NEC Red Rockets. She also played for the Japan women's national volleyball team.

Yoshiharu Abe is a Japanese popular music artist and producer. His 1992 single "+ OR -" hit the Billboard charts in Japan at number 5 in October 1992. After Unicorn dissolved in 1994, he started his solo career.

Teruko "Terry" Ishizaka was a Japanese scientist and immunologist who along with her husband Kimishige Ishizaka discovered the antibody class Immunoglobulin E (IgE) in 1966. Their work was regarded as a major breakthrough in the understanding of allergy, and for this work she received the 1972 Passano Award and the 1973 Gairdner Foundation International Award. She was known in the science world for her generosity and collaborative spirit.