Kure, Hiroshima

Kure is about 10 miles southeast of Hiroshima, Hiroshima.

People born here

• Fumio Fujimura, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takao Fujimura, NPB pitcher
• Shinji Hamazaki, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Tadaharu Hamasaki, NPB infielder
• Seishu Hatake, NPB pitcher
• Tadashi Higaki, NPB outfielder
• Tomio Hirooka, NPB infielder
• Mizuki Hori, NPB pitcher
• Yuki Ishihara, NPB pitcher
• Ryohei Kawamoto, NPB catcher
• Koji Kobayakawa, NPB pitcher
• Yasuhiro Kunisada, NPB infielder
• Yeong-gu Lee, NPB infielder
• Tomofumi Matsumoto, NPB infielder
• Satoshi Miyamori, NPB pitcher
• Naoki Nakahigashi, NPB outfielder
• Tatsuji Nishimura, NPB pitcher
• Hirokazu Nozaki, NPB pitcher and manager
• Masaharu Obata, NPB pitcher
• Kyo Okunami, NPB infielder
• Koji Sasaki, NPB outfielder
• Osamu Sasaki, NPB pitcher
• Yutaka Tagawa, NPB outfielder
• Keisuke Takano, NPB pitcher
• Shinichi Tani, NPB infielder
• Kenji Toyoda, NPB pitcher
• Hiroyoshi Tsukamoto, NPB outfielder
• Susumu Yuki, NPB pitcher

Educational establishments located here

• Geinan High School
• Goko High School
• Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University
• Kure Commercial High School
• Kure Mitsuda High School
• Kure Miyahara High School
• Kure Technical High School