title: List of people from Tochigi Prefecture
text: # List of people from Tochigi Prefecture
  
  This is a list of notable people from the prefecture of Tochigi, Japan.
  
  ## Politicians and activists
  
  * Mayumi Moriyama, Japanese politician and former cabinet member
  * Yoshimi Watanabe, the president of Your Party
  * Toshimitsu Motegi, Japanese politician, several times a minister, including minister of foreign affairs in 2019 - 2021
  
  ## Athletes
  
  * Ayagawa Gorōji, the second yokozuna sumo wrestler
  * Hiromi Hara, former footballer
  * Yumiko Hara, marathon runner
  * Hokutōriki Hideki, sumo wrestler
  * Takuro Ishii, baseball player for the Yokohama BayStars
  * Guts Ishimatsu, boxer, actor and comedian
  * Toshiaki Kawada, professional wrestler
  * Tochigiyama Moriya, sumo wrestler
  * Yoko Shibui, marathon runner
  * Akashi Shiganosuke, first-ever yokozuna sumo wrestler
  * Hidetoshi Wakui, footballer
  * Shunsuke Watanabe, baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines
  
  ## Entertainers
  
  * Arisa Komiya, voice actress and actress
  * Minori Chihara, voice actress and a singer
  * Toshio Furukawa, voice actor
  * Rina Koike, actor and model
  * Hikaru Midorikawa, voice actor
  * Fumie Mizusawa, voice actress
  * Yūko Ōshima, singer (AKB48) and actress
  * Fumika Suzuki, gravure idol and model
  * Umi Tenjin, voice actor
  * Tomoko Yamaguchi, actress and singer
  * Hitomi Honda, singer (AKB48, Iz*One)
  
  ## Musicians, composers and artists
  
  * Yasushi Ishii, composer
  * Tanaka Isson, artist
  * Shima Kakoku, artist and photographer
  * Masao Urino, writer and director
  * Nobuko Yoshiya, novelist
  * Toyotarou, mangaka
  * Chisaki Morito, singer
  
  ## Notorious
  
  * Chiyo Aizawa, high-profile murderer
  * Yoshio Kodaira, rapist and serial killer
  * Hiroshi Ogawa, murderer (less well known as a baseball player)
  
  ## Miscellaneous
  
  * Masaru Ibuka, co-founder of Sony
  * Hiromichi Kataura, carbon nanotube research
  * Kuniaki Koiso, World War II general
  * Takeji Nara, World War II general
  * Yumio Nasu, World War II major general
  * Namihei Odaira, founder of Hitachi
  * Tsutomu Oohashi, scientist
  