Nagasaki Prefecture is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Maya Yoshida, but the city has produced 62 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Toshinobu Katsuya, Ryuji Michiki, Masafumi Yokoyama and Masaaki Mori. Among them are 61 male and 1 female players. Birth years range from 1956 to 2007.