List of Famous people born in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Takanori Nishikawa is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, voice artist, radio personality, and businessman. He performs under the stage name T.M.Revolution (TMR), which stands for "Takanori Makes Revolution" , stemming from the famous '80s pop electronic band TM Network. Despite most of his songs being written by Akio Inoue and composed/arranged by Daisuke Asakura, T.M.Revolution is considered Nishikawa's solo project. Nishikawa is also known for contributions of ending and opening themes to many notable anime and game series.

Kento Hayashi is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films since 2007.

Takashi Inui is a Japanese footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Eibar and the Japan national football team as a winger or attacking midfielder.

Kenji Ogiwara is a Japanese former Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival.

Yuichi Fukunaga is a Japanese jockey who has won 29 Grade 1 races in Japan and abroad. He is affiliated with the Japan Racing Association (JRA) in Rittō. His father is former jockey Yoichi Fukunaga who was said to be a "genius" during his active career, and his uncle is Takashi Kitamura, also a former jockey. His wife is former Fuji TV announcer Midori Matsuo. Since July 2016, he has a management contract with Horipro, the entertainment production in which his wife is also affiliated.

Kazuyo Matsui is a Japanese actress, investor, businesswoman, essayist, university professor, and lifestyle adviser. Her married name was Kazuyo Funakoshi . She divorced her husband Eiichiro Funakoshi in December, 2017. She is represented by the Kazuyo Matsui Jimusho agency.

Sōsuke Uno was a Japanese politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Japan in 1989, the first Prime Minister who came from Shiga Prefecture.

Yui Ohashi is a Japanese swimmer, specializing in the medley events. She became the first Japanese woman to dip beneath the 2:08-barrier in the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing with a silver-medal time and a national record of 2:07.91. She qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Takahiro Norimoto is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific League in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Nobuhiro Matsuda is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).