SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Sayaka Osakabe

1978 - Today

Sayaka Osakabe

Sayaka Osakabe (小酒部さやか, Osakabe Sayaka; born May 29, 1977) is a Japanese women's rights activist and politician. She is known for popularizing the term: "matahara" (referring to the act of harassing pregnant employees and forcing them to quit their position at work) and raising awareness in Japan that acts of matahara are illegal. She was a 2015 winner of the US State Department's International Women of Courage Award. In April of 2023, Osakabe was elected to the City Assembly of Yokohama, representing the Aoba Ward. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Sayaka Osakabe is the 865th most popular social activist (down from 814th in 2024), the 4,365th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,524th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sayaka Osakabe ranks 861 out of 840. Before her are Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim, and Sunitha Krishnan. After her are María Fernanda Castro Maya, Nick Fuentes, Amina Tyler, Elizabeth Smart, Ayakha Melithafa, Xu Mengtao, Kasha Nabagesera, Teesta Setalvad, Ziauddin Yousafzai, and Olga Kovalkova.

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Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 859
Sunitha Krishnan
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.10
Rank: 860
Sayaka Osakabe
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.07
Rank: 861
María Fernanda Castro Maya
HPI: 38.06
Rank: 862
Nick Fuentes
1998 - Present
HPI: 38.01
Rank: 863
Amina Tyler
1994 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 864
Elizabeth Smart
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 865
Ayakha Melithafa
2002 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 866
Xu Mengtao
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 867
Kasha Nabagesera
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.81
Rank: 868
Teesta Setalvad
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.70
Rank: 869
Ziauddin Yousafzai
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 870
Olga Kovalkova
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 871

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Sayaka Osakabe ranks 1,306. Before her are Tom Stallard, Danny Higginbotham, Kayvan Novak, Koichi Sekimoto, Noah Bean, and Haruhiko Sato. After her are Assunta Legnante, Naohito Hirai, Eric Ladin, Aleksey Rastvortsev, Yoko Isoda, and Miri Ben-Ari.

Others Born in 1978

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Tom Stallard
ENGINEER
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 1,300
Danny Higginbotham
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 1,301
Kayvan Novak
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.10
Rank: 1,302
Koichi Sekimoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - 2016
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 1,303
Noah Bean
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.08
Rank: 1,304
Haruhiko Sato
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.07
Rank: 1,305
Sayaka Osakabe
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.07
Rank: 1,306
Assunta Legnante
ATHLETE
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.06
Rank: 1,307
Naohito Hirai
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 1,308
Eric Ladin
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 1,309
Aleksey Rastvortsev
HANDBALL PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 1,310
Yoko Isoda
SWIMMER
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.03
Rank: 1,311
Miri Ben-Ari
MUSICIAN
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.01
Rank: 1,312