Oita Prefecture

Oita Prefecture is located on the island of Kyushu. The capital city is Oita.

For other settlements, see Category:Settlements in Oita.

People born here (cities unknown)

• Hajime Akimoto, NPB pitcher
• Isao Ando, NPB pitcher
• Masao Chihara, NPB infielder
• Masanobu Hamaguchi, NPB pitcher
• Motoi Hashimoto, NPB infielder
• Hirofumi Ito, NPB outfielder
• Katsutoshi Ito, NPB infielder
• Takayuki Iwao, NPB infielder
• Yoshinori Kadooka, NPB infielder
• Hisafumi Kawamura, NPB pitcher
• Yuichi Kawano, NPB catcher
• Kazumasa Kibe, Israeli national team coach
• Shuichi Kira, NPB pitcher
• Yoshinobu Kotegawa, Japanese national team outfielder
• Yoshio Matsushita, NPB catcher
• Kunigoro Mori, NPB outfielder
• Tatsuo Nagao, NPB catcher
• Shoji Nagasawa, NPB infielder
• Taketoshi Nakamura, NPB catcher
• Mamoru Ohashi, NPB pitcher
• Yasutoshi Ono, NPB catcher
• Takaharu Sakai, NPB infielder
• Masayoshi Sayama, NPB infielder
• Kiyohiko Shide, NPB outfielder
• Sakae Shigeri, NPB pitcher
• Kihachiro Tanaka, NPB pitcher
• Chikashi Umeno, NPB pitcher
• Sumio Watarai, NPB catcher
• Yukiyoshi Yamamoto, NPB outfielder
• Masatake Yamanaka, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Mamoru Zaitsu, NPB pitcher

People who died here (cities unknown)

• Akira Kawahara, NPB pitcher