Kumamoto, Kumamoto

Kumamoto is the capital of Kumamoto Prefecture, located on Kyushu Island, on the shore of Ariake Sea which is more akin to a bay separating the main part of the island from the isthmus on which the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki is located. Fujisakidai Baseball Stadium is here.

People born here

• Takashi Aiki, NPB pitcher
• Shozo Etoh, NPB infielder
• Daisuke Fujimura, NPB infielder
• Masayuki Furuta, Japanese national team manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Tsuguo Goto, NPB outfielder and manager
• Koshiro Imamura, Japanese national team pitcher
• Hiromu Ise, NPB pitcher
• Yuta Iwasada, NPB pitcher
• Takeshi Koba, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hide Koga, NPB outfielder and coach
• Masuho Maeda, NPB infielder
• Takahiro Mahara, NPB pitcher
• Kosuke Matsuoka, NPB infielder
• Hideyuki Mifune, NPB infielder
• Munetaka Murakami, NPB infielder
• Koichi Ogata, NPB infielder
• Toshiaki Ogata, NPB pitcher
• Kenichiro Okamoto, NPB infielder
• Kotaro Otake, NPB pitcher
• Akio Saionji, NPB infielder
• Motohiko Sato, NPB pitcher
• Kazuya Takano, minor league pitcher
• Hisashi Takayama, NPB outfielder
• Toshiaki Takemiya, NPB catcher
• Koshi Yamamoto, NPB outfielder
• Tetsuya Yamamoto, NPB catcher
• Masaki Yoshihara, NPB catcher

People died here

• Hiromichi Nakamura, NPB umpire
• Tetsuya Yamamoto, NPB catcher

Educational institutions located here

• Buntoku High School
• Chiharadai High School
• Chinzei High School
• Hitsuyukan High School
• Kumamoto High School
• Kumamoto Shogyo High School
• Kumamoto Technical High School
• Kyushu Gakuin High School
• Kyushu Tokai University
• Seiseiko High School
• Toryo High School