Yokohama
Yokohama ranks 104th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind The Hague, Zürich, and Split, Croatia. Memorable people born in Yokohama include Antonio Inoki, Masaru Emoto, and Setsuko Hara. Memorable people who died in Yokohama include Diana Abgar, Tadao Onishi, and Chishū Ryū. Yokohama has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many actors, and singers. Yokohama is located in Japan.
Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1862 and 2001, Yokohama was the birth place of 109 globally memorable people, including Antonio Inoki, Masaru Emoto, and Setsuko Hara. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Yokohama including Diana Abgar, Tadao Onishi, and Chishū Ryū.
People Born in Yokohama
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Antonio Inoki
WRESTLER
1943 - 2022
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 108
Masaru Emoto
WRITER
1943 - 2014
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 105
Setsuko Hara
ACTOR
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 109
Hibari Misora
ACTOR
1937 - 1989
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 100
Okakura Kakuzō
WRITER
1862 - 1913
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 1
Kengo Kuma
ARCHITECT
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 41
Saburō Kurusu
DIPLOMAT
1886 - 1954
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 98
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 22
Shunsuke Nakamura
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 11
Toshio Matsuura
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 55
Tōru Furuya
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 66
Tadanobu Asano
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 33
Newly Added People Born in Yokohama
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Ryusei Yokohama
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 103
Marino Sato
RACING DRIVER
1999 - Present
HPI: 35.46
Rank: 102
Koki Matsuzawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 29.48
Rank: 104
Eitarō Matsuda
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 27.35
Rank: 101
People Deceased in Yokohama
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Diana Abgar
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1937
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 4
Tadao Onishi
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - 2006
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 6
Chishū Ryū
ACTOR
1904 - 1993
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
SINGER
1935 - 1996
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 5
Atsushi Sakurai
SINGER
1966 - 2023
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 3
Hiromi Tsuru
ACTOR
1960 - 2017
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 2
Masao Harada
ATHLETE
1912 - 2000
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 7
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Yokohama were soccer players (63), actors (20), singers (5), writers (3), and wrestlers (2), while most who died were actors (2), singers (2), politicians (1), soccer players (1), and athletes (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Yokohama, including Shunsuke Nakamura, Toshio Matsuura, and Masahiro Fukuda. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yokohama, including Shunsuke Nakamura, Toshio Matsuura, and Masahiro Fukuda.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Yokohama since 1700.
