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Atsuko Tanaka was born on 14 November 1962 in Gunma, Japan. She was an actress, known for Ghost in the Shell (1995), Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) and Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008). She died on 20 August 2024.

Takashi Shimizu was born on 27 July 1972 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Ju-on: The Grudge (2002), The Grudge (2004) and Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003).

Naoko Yamada is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working at Kyoto Animation, she directed the K-On! and Tamako Market anime series and the anime film A Silent Voice.

Yamada was born in Gunma Prefecture. As a child she enjoyed drawing images from the Patlabor and Dragonball anime series.

Rentarô Mikuni was born on 20 January 1923 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Harakiri (1962), Vengeance Is Mine (1979) and Tsuribaka nisshi (1988). He died on 14 April 2013 in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan.

Keita Machida was born on 4 July 1990 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Alice in Borderland (2020), Meet Me After School (2018) and High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017).

Toshishiro Obata was born on 20 October 1948 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) and Demolition Man (1993).

Ryôko Shinohara was born on 13 August 1973 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018), Sakura Guardian in the North (2018) and High-Speed Task Force Turboranger (1989). She has been married to Masachika Ichimura since 8 December 2005. They have two children.

Eijirô Tôno was born on 17 September 1907 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), An Autumn Afternoon (1962) and Yojimbo (1961). He died on 8 September 1994.

Yui Ogura was born on 15 August 1995 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Goblin Slayer (2018), Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (2018) and Fate/Grand Order (2015).

Kiyohiko Shibukawa was born on 2 July 1974 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Wasabi (2001), Ichi the Killer (2001) and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021).

Born in Tatebayashi city. After working in a PR firm, joined Shin'Ei Animation Company in 1982. After doing animation tasks for the TV series "Doraemon" (created by Fujiko-Fujio), he was promoted to chief director with others TV series of the same creators, "ESPer Mami" (1987-88) and "21-Emon" (1991-92). Debuted as a film director with the theatrical version of "ESPer Mami, the Starry Sky Dancing Doll" in 1988, followed by a Doraemon spin-off, "Dorami-chan, The Highway Boys Band" in 1991. From 1992 he began to direct, produce and write episodes of the TV series "Crayon Shin-chan", and starting in 1993 also the yearly theatrical films based on its characters.

Keiju Kobayashi was born on 23 November 1923 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Godzilla 1985 (1985), The Lost Alibi (1960) and Sanjuro (1962). He died on 16 September 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.

Shigesato Itoi was born on 10 November 1948 in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for My Neighbor Totoro (1988), EarthBound (1994) and EarthBound Beginnings (1988). He has been married to Kanako Higuchi since 1993.

Akitarô Daichi was born on 15 January 1956 in Gunma, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Fruits Basket (2001), Grave of the Fireflies (1988) and Now and Then, Here and There (1999).

Chûsei Sone was born on 1 October 1937 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Angel Guts: Red Classroom (1979), Branded to Kill (1967) and Demon's Room (1982). He died on 26 August 2014 in Usuki, Oita, Japan.

Tarako was born on 17 December 1960 in Ota, Gunma, Japan. She was an actress, known for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Noir (2001) and Dragon Ball Z (1989). She died on 4 March 2024 in Japan.

Makiko Kuno was born on 21 February 1967 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Guard from Underground (1992), Ultraman Gaia (1998) and The Mars Canon (2002).

Iori Nomizu was born on 18 October 1985 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Date a Live (2013), Steins;Gate (2011) and Strike Witches the Movie (2012).

Born in Gunma, as Fusa Nakamura, in 1921 Kazami Akiko died at age 95 on September 28th, 2016 due to old age after spending time being hospitalized at a hospital in Tokyo. She had begun acting, based on a suggestion by her father, in advance of the golden age of Japanese cinema and by the time she was ninety-years old was still working, which contributed to her fame. She was called 'The Mother Of Japan' due to length of her career as an actress and also due to taking on the role of a mother on the screen. After her husband's death she lived with her younger sister. Her son is a resident of the USA. Her hobbies were drawing and illustrating.

Katsumi Chô was born on 11 August 1951 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for The Boy and the Beast (2015), Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) and The Cat Returns (2002).

Seminosuke Murasugi was born on 7 September 1965 in Nakanojo, Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for MOZU (2014), Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan (2006) and Live (2014).

Karen Ohtomo was born on 9 October 1999 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Abare (2023), Eternal Yesterday (2022) and Hyena (2023).

Atsushi Sakurai was born on 7 March 1966 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor and writer, known for The Last Supper (2005), Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) and Trinity Blood (2005). He died on 19 October 2023 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Atsushi Imaruoka was born on 23 May 1972 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Overwatch (2016), Super Street Fighter IV (2010) and Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (2005).

Nisan Takahashi joined Daiei Studios in 1950 by winning one of their scriptwriting contests. He proceeded, over the next twenty-one years, to produce dozens of film and TV scripts for the company, most famously for the entire original GAMERA series (1965-1980). However, at the time of Daiei's financial collapse in 1971, Takahashi was still owed a great deal of money by the company. Studio chief Masaichi Nagata drew up some papers giving Takahashi legal rights to the Gamera character. The new company that claims rights to Gamera claims Takahashi's rights lapsed when Daiei fell, but nonetheless, the writer was able to publish his very own Gamera novel in 1995, in defiance of the new series of films that began that year. Though reportedly a recluse, he remains a prolific writer to this day.