Saitama Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture is in eastern Japan; many of its communities are suburbs of Tokyo. The capital city is Saitama.

For other settlements, see Category:Settlements in Saitama.

People born here (unknown settlement)

• Ryosuke Abe, Japanese national team pitcher
• Takeshi Akiyama, NPB pitcher
• Ikuo Fukushima, NPB pitcher
• Hisami Haijima, NPB catcher
• Takuya Hashimoto, Japanese national team infielder
• Ko Hirai, NPB player
• Hisatada Ishikawa, NPB outfielder
• Teruo Kishi, NPB outfielder
• Takeshi Koyama, Japanese national team infielder
• Takashi Kurosu, Japanese national team catcher
• Masami Maruyama, NPB catcher
• Sakan Morita, NPB pitcher
• Shigeo Mukasa, NPB outfielder
• Shojiro Muramatsu, NPB pitcher
• Toru Nagai, NPB outfielder
• Masayuki Nakayama, NPB pitcher
• Hisaya Nammoku, Japanese national team catcher
• Masahiro Nojima, Japanese national team infielder
• Hideo Ogishima, NPB outfielder
• Tadashi Onishi, NPB outfielder
• Takashi Saitoh, Japanese national team pitcher
• Kazuhiro Semba, NPB pitcher
• Sadafumi Shindo, NPB outfielder
• Akira Takahashi, NPB pitcher
• Akio Takahashi, Japanese national team coach
• Toshihisa Taoka, NPB infielder
• Minoru Watanabe, NPB infielder
• Soji Watanuki, NPB infielder
• Fumikazu Yamazaki, NPB outfielder
• Masayuki Yamazaki, NPB outfielder and pitcher
• Sumikata Yokota, NPB outfielder

People died here (unknown settlement)

• Kiichiro Nomoto, NPB pitcher
• Yasumitsu Shibata, NPB pitcher
• Shozo Yoshinari, minor league pitcher