Sakai, Osaka

Sakai is a couple miles south of Osaka, Osaka.

People born here

• Seiya Akagi, NPB pitcher
• Koji Ano, NPB catcher
• Hitoshi Fujie, NPB pitcher
• Eiji Fujii, NPB outfielder
• Shintaro Fujinami, pitcher
• Fumiya Hojoh, NPB infielder
• Daiki Irie, NPB infielder
• Ryota Ishibashi, NPB pitcher
• Shingo Ishikawa, NPB outfielder
• Yoshiteru Ishikawa, NPB pitcher
• Katsuhiko Kido, NPB catcher
• Rintaro Kitagawa, NPB outfielder
• Seiji Kobayashi, NPB catcher
• Taisuke Kondo, NPB pitcher
• Masao Koyama, NPB pitcher
• Kazuki Miyata, NPB pitcher
• Tomoya Mori, NPB catcher
• Itsuki Murabayashi, NPB infielder
• Yutaka Nakamura, NPB outfielder
• Kyoji Nishihara, NPB pitcher
• Manaya Nishikawa, NPB outfielder
• Yoshihiro Nishioka, NPB outfielder
• Hiroshi Numata, NPB pitcher
• Akihito Okabe, NPB outfielder
• Tsuyoshi Shiiba, NPB pitcher
• Ken Shinzato, NPB infielder
• Yuta Shirahama, NPB catcher
• Miu Shiraishi, Japanese women's national team outfielder
• Takashi Takagi, NPB infielder
• Aito Takeda, NPB infielder
• Chiharu Tanaka, NPB pitcher
• Tatsuji Tanaka, NPB infielder
• Kota Tatsu, NPB pitcher
• Toru Wada, NPB infielder and catcher
• Shinsuke Yamada, NPB outfielder
• Hachiro Yamamoto, NPB catcher-infielder
• Koji Yamamoto, NPB infielder and manager
• Kiyoshi Yamanaka, NPB catcher
• Ryota Yoshimochi, NPB outfielder

People who died here

• Hiroji Matsukawa, NPB pitcher
• Mutsuo Minagawa, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takahiro Oba, NPB pitcher

Educational establishments located here

• Fukuizumi High School
• Hagoromo University of International Studies
• Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan High School
• Mikunigaoka High School
• Ohtori High School
• Osaka University of Commerce Sakai High School
• Sakai Commercial High School
• Sakai High School
• Sakaihigashi Senior High School
• Seika High School
• Senyo High School
• Taisei Gakuin University
• Tomioka High School