Notable People From Fukuoka
- Jirō Akagawa (novelist)
- Aska (singer) (Chage & Aska)
- Sonny Chiba (actor)
- Dan Takuma (businessman)
- Ayumi Hamasaki (J-pop singer)
- Kiyoshi Hikawa (enka singer)
- Kōki Hirota (politician: 32nd Prime minister of Japan)
- Erina Ikuta (J-pop singer and member of Morning Musume)
- Sōgo Ishii (film director)
- Kaibara Ekken (Neo-Confucianist philosopher)
- Ai Kawashima (singer-songwriter)
- Yoshinori Kobayashi (manga artist)
- Misia (J-pop singer)
- Kenzo Nakamura (Judo athlete)
- Ai Nonaka (voice actor)
- Yukari Oshima (actress)
- Noriko Sakai (singer and actress)
- Kensuke Sasaki (professional wrestler)
- Kōji Seto (actor)
- Ringo Shiina (J-pop singer born in Saitama prefecture and raised in Fukuoka)
- Keita Tachibana (J-pop singer and member of W-inds)
- Tamori (TV presenter)
- Reina Tanaka (J-pop singer and member of Morning Musume)
- Ryoko Tani (judo athlete)
- Yui (singer)
- Yumeno Kyūsaku (novelist)
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