Himeji, Hyogo

Himeji is about 20 miles west of Osaka.

People born here

• Takeo Akuta, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shoji Fujii, Japanese national team coach
• Masaharu Fujimoto, NPB infielder
• Kazuaki Fujishiro, NPB pitcher
• Taro Hamuro, NPB catcher
• Yukihiro Iwata, NPB outfielder
• Soichi Kamimura, minor league pitcher
• Toshio Kawanishi, NPB outfielder and infielder
• Takeshi Kiritoshi, NPB outfielder
• Masahiro Kuroda, NPB catcher
• Takashi Manei, NPB infielder
• Eiji Maruo, NPB pitcher
• Tetsuya Matoyama, NPB catcher
• Takahiro Matsuba, NPB pitcher
• Masato Nishikawa, NPB pitcher
• Ken Okamoto, NPB pitcher
• Nariharu Sakazawa, NPB infielder
• Yasuhito Shimao, NPB pitcher
• Tomoki Takata, NPB infielder
• Souma Tokuyama, NPB pitcher
• Jiro Toyoda, NPB pitcher
• Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Japanese national team infielder
• Keijiro Yumioka, NPB infielder

People died here

• Mitsuyasu Hirano, NPB outfielder

Educational establishments located here

• Himeji Commercial High School
• Himeji Dokkyo University
• Himeji Minami High School
• Himeji Nishi High School
• Himeji Technical High School
• Jiyugaoka High School
• Kotogaoka High School
• Shikama High School
• Shikama Technical High School
• Toyo University Himeji High School