List of personalities from Osaka

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This list includes people who were born in the Japanese city of Osaka or who worked there for a long time.

A.

Rina Aiuchi (* 1980), pop singer
Tadao Andō (* 1941), architect
Yoshikuni Araki (1921–1997), landscape architect
Kan'emon Asai (1901-1983), painter
Asuka (born 1981), wrestler
Chie Ayado (* 1957), jazz singer and pianist
Masao Azuma (* 1971), motorcycle racer

C.

Chino Masako (1880–1946), poet

F.

Kyōtarō Fujimoto (* 1988), boxer
Osamu Fujimura (* 1949), politician
Shin'ya Fukumori (* 1984), jazz musician
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835–1901), author, translator and political philosopher

G

Gen Getsu (* 1965), writer
Eiji Gō (1937–1992), actor
Kōsuke Gomi (1921–1980), writer

H

Yui Hamamoto (* 1998), table tennis player
Okada Hankō (1782–1846), painter
Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724), painter
Mizuki Hayashi (* 1996), soccer player
Keigo Higashino (born 1958), writer
Rei Higuchi (* 1996), wrestler
Kenichi Horie (* 1938), sailor and researcher

I.

Noriko Ibaragi (1926-2006), writer
Ihara Saikaku (1642-1693), writer
Melo Imai (* 1987), snowboarder and Tarento
Etsuko Inada (1924–2003), figure skater
Daisuke Inoue (* 1940), entrepreneur
Ryōsuke Irie (* 1990), swimmer
Yui Ishikawa (* 1989), voice actress

K

Kentarō Kai (* 1994), football player
Takeshi Kaikō (1930-1989), writer
Narumi Kakinouchi (* 1962), Mangaka
Yōichirō Kakitani (born 1990), football player
Daiki Kameda (* 1989), boxer
Kōki Kameda (* 1986), boxer
Tomoki Kameda (born 1991), boxer
Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972), writer and the Nobel Prize for Literature
Mieko Kawakami (* 1976), writer
Kimura Kenkadō (1736-1802), painter
Kim Byong-hwa (* 1936), conductor
Seiji Kimoto (* 1937), sculptor and calligrapher
Ki no Kaion (1663-1742), writer
Kōichi Kishi (1909–1937), violinist, composer and conductor
Toshiyuki Kita (* 1942), designer
Ryūhei Kitamura (* 1969), director, screenwriter and producer
Harumi Kōhara (* 1965), badminton player
Sakyō Komatsu (1931–2011), writer
Fumiko Kometani (* 1930), writer
Masakazu Kondō (* 1980), sculptor, object artist and graphic artist
Kondō Nobutake (1886–1953), admiral
Mihoko Koyama (1910-2003), entrepreneur
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953), painter
Machiko Kyō (1924–2019), actress

L.

Lee Myung-bak (* 1941), President of South Korea

M.

Hiroshi Maeue (1968–2009), mass murderer
Yūsuke Maruhashi (* 1990), football player
Riki Matsuda (* 1991), soccer player
Tsuneji Matsuda (1895-1970), entrepreneur
Shizuka Matsuo (* 1986), badminton player
Ichirō Matsui (* 1964), politician
Toshihide Matsui (* 1978), tennis player
Taku Mayumura (1934–2019), science fiction writer and Haiko poet
Kazuki Mine (born 1993), football player
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (born 1977), football player
Risa Miyashita (* 1984), athlete
Akiko Morigami (* 1980), tennis player
Morimoto Kaoru (1912-1946), playwright
Yasumasa Morimura (* 1951), artist of appropriation art
Eiji Morioka (1946-2004), boxer, bronze medal 1968
Takuya Muguruma (born 1961), boxer
Murakami Kagaku (1888–1939), painter
Takuya Murayama (* 1989), football player

N

Kazumasa Nagai (* 1929), graphic and poster designer
Yūji Naka (* 1965), programmer
Ganjirō Nakamura (1902–1983), actor
Shigenobu Nakamura (* 1950), composer and professor
Teii Nakamura (1900–1982), painter
Ryota Nakaoka (* 1989), soccer player
Namiki Gohei I. (1747–1808), Kabuki actor and author
Namiki Shōzō I. (1730–1773), Kabuki and Bunraku author
Namiki Sōsuke (1695–1751), Bunraku and Kabukia author
Katsumi Nomizu (1924-2008), mathematician
Hideo Nomo (* 1968), baseball player

O

Makoto Oda (1932-2007), writer
Oda Sakunosuke (1913-1947), writer
Hiroshi Ōguri (1918–1982), composer and horn player
Masashi Ōguro (* 1980), football player
Okada Beisanjin (1744-1820), painter
Takeshi Okada (* 1956), soccer player and coach
Misao Ōkawa (1898–2015), eldest living person from 2013
Jun Okuda (* 1957), chemist
Naomi Ōsaka (* 1997), tennis player
Ai Ōtsuka (* 1982), singer-songwriter
Ozawa Roan (1723-1801), poet

S.

Saeki Yūzō (1898–1928), painter
Daichi Sawano (* 1980), pole vaulter
Sanjūgo Naoki (1891-1934), writer
Kin Sekihan (born 1925), writer
Daisuke Sekimoto (born 1981), wrestler
Hiroshige Sekō (* 1962), politician
Ryōtarō Shiba (1923-1996), writer
Shikano Buzaemon (1649–1699), Rakugo master
Osamu Shimizu (1911–1986), composer
Orikuchi Shinobu (1887–1953), writer and literary scholar
Shōno Junzō (1921–2009), writer
Ken'yū Sugimoto (* 1992), football player
Shōjirō Sugimura (1905–1975), football player
Sōboku Suita (1890-1983), painter

T

Tomioka Taeko (* 1935), poet and writer
Kazumi Takahashi (1931–1971), writer and sinologist
Yasushi Takahashi (1924-2013), physicist
Katsunari Takayama (born 1983), boxer
Takeda Izumo I. (? –1747), theater director and author
Takeda Rintarō (1904-1946), writer
Kotaro Takeda (born 1997), soccer player
Takemoto Gidayū (1651–1714), singer and theater director
Seiko Tanabe (1928–2019), writer
Atsuko Tanaka (1932–2005), artist
Isao Taniguchi (* 1991), soccer player
Inagaki Taruho (1900–1977), writer
Yōsuke Tashiro (born 1995), football player
Yoshihiro Tatsumi (1935-2015), Mangaka
Takashi Tezuka (* 1960), game developer
Hiroyuki Tomita (* 1980), artistic gymnast
Torii Kiyonobu I (1664-1729), painter
Kikuko Tsumura (* 1978), writer
Yasutaka Tsutsui (* 1934), writer
Tujiko Noriko (* 1976), musician and filmmaker

U

Kazuhisa Uchihashi (* 1959), improvisation musician
Ueda Akinari (1734-1809), writer
Sueji Umehara (1893–1983), archaeologist

Y

Isuzu Yamada (1917–2012), actress
Yōji Yamada (* 1931), film director and screenwriter
Fujiko Yamamoto (born 1931), actress
Keiichi Yamanaka (* 1947), legal scholar
Yamasaki Toyoko (1924-2013), writer
Yamazaki Susumu (1833–1868), spy
Takeshi Yasutoko (* 1986), inline skater
Yosa Buson (1716–1784), poet and painter
Tamao Yoshida (1919-2006), bunraku puppeteer
Hiroki Yoshimoto (* 1980), racing car driver and singer
Jirō Yoshihara (1905–1972), painter
Eizō Yuguchi (1945-2003), football player