Akita Prefecture
Akita is a mountainous northern prefecture on Honshu, Japan's main island. It's home to hot springs, notably those surrounding Lake Tazawa. Kakunodate town has a historic district of wooden samurai mansions, some of which are museums. Bordering the Sea of Japan is the capital city Akita, famous for Kanto Matsuri, a summer festival in which participants balance long bamboo poles topped with lanterns.
People born in Akita Prefecture (First 39 people) - Page 1
Ai Yuzuki
Aoi Ariake
Japanese basketball player
Shigeki Abe
Professional baseball player
Daiki Watari
Japanese football player
Naoki Nakajima
Ryōgoku Kajinosuke II
Japanese sumo wrestler
Hitoshi Okuda
Japanese manga artist
Naoki Arisaka
Kazuhiko Matsuo
Japanese singer-songwriter
Hideaki Yanagida
Olympic athlete
Mitsutaka Goto
Baseball infielder
Shiro Ichinoseki
Japanese weightlifter
Yoshihiro Takahashi
Japanese manga artist
Minoru Takada
Actor
Mikio Kudō
Japanese professional baseball player
Aki Matsuhashi
Ski jumper
Fuyuko Tachizaki
Japanese biathlete
fumio nakajima
Japanese manga artist
Jiro Oma Musician
Musical artist
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Japanese cartoonist
Hosei Norota
Japanese Politician
Shiro Osaka
Actor
ASAGI
Japanese musician
Masahiko Nagasawa
Japanese film director
Hiroshi Ishikawa
Japanese film director
Ikuo Takayama
Japanese baseball player
Hachikō
Dog
Giant Ochiai
Japanese professional wrestler
Kiyomi Sato
Basketball coach
Mitsuhiko Kato
Basketball coach
Ayumu Gunji
Japanese professional wrestler
Yoshimi Ozaki
Japanese runner
Yūki Yonai
Japanese seiyu
Shun Imamura
Japanese volleyball player
Tatsumi Murata
Baseball player
Toshiyuki Igarashi
Japanese boxer
Shinobu Shiikawa
Hiroe Kakizaki
Japanese basketball player
