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Japan ranks 87th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vancouver, Stuttgart, and Marseille. Memorable people born in Japan include Satoshi Nakamoto, Tomoe Gozen, and Himiko. Memorable people who died in Japan include Izumo no Okuni, Shunichi Kumai, and Fukusaburo Harada. Japan has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Japan is located in Japan.

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands alongside 14,121 smaller islands, covering 377,975 square kilometers (145,937 sq mi). Divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions, about 75% of the country's terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, concentrating its agriculture and highly urbanized population along its eastern coastal plains. With a population of over 123 million as of 2025, it is the 11th most populous country. The country's capital and largest city is Tokyo. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2000, Japan was the birth place of 123 globally memorable people, including Satoshi Nakamoto, Tomoe Gozen, and Himiko. Additionaly, 71 globally memorable people have passed away in Japan including Izumo no Okuni, Shunichi Kumai, and Fukusaburo Harada.

People Born in Japan

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Japan were soccer players (76), politicians (19), religious figures (4), military personnels (3), and wrestlers (3),  while most who died were soccer players (32), politicians (10), writers (7), military personnels (5), and engineers (2).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Japan, including Yozo Aoki, Shoko Hamada, and Koji Sasaki. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Japan, including Usaburo Hidaka, Yozo Aoki, and Shoko Hamada.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Japan since 1700.