| Yonai Mitsumasa: | Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Politician and 37th Prime Minister of Japan. |
| Ishikawa Takuboku: | A respected poet- well known for his Tanka and Modern poetry. |
| Miyazawa Kenji: | A posthumously popular poet and author of children's literature. |
| Onodera Naosuke: | A medical scientist and person of cultural merit. |
| Kindaichi Kyosuke: | A Japanese linguist and recipient of the order of culture. |
| Funakoshi Yasutake: | A sculptor and painter, also recognized as a person of cultural merit. |
| Yaegashi Shigeo: | A respected football player. He was awarded a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. |
| Nomura Kodou: | A novelist and music critic- most famous for creating the fictional detective Zenigata Heiji. |
| Ono Seichiro: | A scholar of criminal law and the recipient of the order of culture. |
| Matsumoto Shunsuke: | A Japanese painter, who primarily painted in the western painting style. |