Kagoshima Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southern tip of Kyushu Island, on the South China Sea, making it the southernmost prefecture on Japan's four main islands. Its capital and main city is Kagoshima.

For other settlements, see Category:Settlements in Kagoshima.

People born here (unspecified municipality)

• Keizo Akiba, NPB pitcher
• Ienari Arimura, NPB pitcher
• Seiichiro Fujii, NPB pitcher
• Tomokazu Godai, Japanese national team pitcher
• Masato Hamasaki, NPB pitcher
• Hisao Irube, NPB outfielder
• Masayoshi Ishida, NPB infielder
• Satoru Kakizono, NPB umpire
• Shinichiro Kawabata, Japanese national team infielder
• Kiyoto Kudama, Japanese national team pitcher
• Kenji Kyoda, Japanese national team infielder
• Yasuhiro Mae, Japanese national team pitcher
• Tadao Maekawa, NPB infielder
• Naotaka Makino, high school executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Toshi Masuda, NPB infielder
• Masao Matsukata, NPB executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Mitsuhiko Matsumoto, NPB pitcher and catcher
• Masao Nakamoto, NPB pitcher
• Kuniyoshi Niidome, NPB outfielder
• Takumi Nomo, NPB pitcher
• Toshiyuki Ota, NPB infielder
• Shichiro Sakota, NPB pitcher
• Yuki Sameshima, Japanese national team pitcher
• Shigeo Sato, NPB infielder
• Shoichi Shimosusaki, NPB outfielder
• Yoshiaki Shinohara, NPB infielder
• Yoshio Shiotsu, NPB outfielder
• Hajime Shirakawa, NPB outfielder
• Fumio Yamamoto, NPB infielder
• Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, NPB outfielder

People died here (unspecified municipality)

• Toshiaki Tokuhisa, NPB pitcher