Kumamoto

{{Infobox settlement | name = Kumamoto | official_name = Kumamoto City | native_name = | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = Prefecture capital and Designated city | other_name = | nickname = The Heart of Kyushu | image_skyline = | image_flag = Flag of Kumamoto, Kumamoto.svg | image_seal = Emblem of Kumamoto, Kumamoto.svg | seal_type = Emblem

| image_map = Kumamoto in Kumamoto Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Kumamoto in Kumamoto Prefecture | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | total_type = | unit_pref = Metric | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = Aimer, pop singer and lyricist. Naoichi and Mutsue Inomoto Fujimori, parents of Alberto Fujimori, the 54th President of Peru. Yuki Fukushima, Japanese badminton player. Lafcadio Hearn, writer, lived in Kumamoto for three years, from 1891. Higonoumi Naoya, sumo wrestler. Sayaka Hirota, Japanese badminton player. Inoue Kowashi, statesman. Sayuri Ishikawa, enka singer Yuta Iwasada, Japanese baseball player. Masahiko Kimura, judoka. Kobato Miku, lyricist, rhythm guitarist, singer and creator of the rock band BAND-MAID. Noriko Kubo, Japanese female fencer. Rie Kugimiya, voice actress. Yuri Masuda, vocalist from the group m.o.v.e. Musashi Miyamoto, famed swordsman, lived and died in Kumamoto, 1645. Yuna Mizumori, professional wrestler Chisato Moritaka, pop singer and lyricist. Munetaka Murakami, baseball player Eiichiro Oda, manga artist, author of One Piece. Akari Ogata, judoka. Yōko Shimada, actress. Go Shiozaki, Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion and Chairman of the Noah Wrestlers' Association. Shōdai Naoya, sumo wrestler. Soseki Natsume, writer, lived in Kumamoto, 1896-1900. Tochihikari Masayuki, sumo wrestler. Momoko Ueda, professional golfer. Tadako Urata, ophthalmologist Sean Michael Wilson, Scottish manga writer, living in Kumamoto since 2004, his books are often about the city. Kaji Yajima, educator, pacifist, president of the WCTU in Japan. Yokoi Shōnan, scholar and political reformer. Seiki Yoshioka, Japanese professional wrestler Isao Yukisada, film director.