Kagawa Prefecture
Kagawa Prefecture ranks 1,200th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Greece, 17th arrondissement of Paris, and Flensburg. Memorable people born in Kagawa Prefecture include Naohiro Oyama, Kono Yasui, and Yoshihiro Hamaguchi. Kagawa Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors. Kagawa Prefecture is located in Japan.
Kagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at 1,877 square kilometres (725 sq mi). Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the south. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1880 and 2001, Kagawa Prefecture was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Naohiro Oyama, Kono Yasui, and Yoshihiro Hamaguchi.
People Born in Kagawa Prefecture
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Naohiro Oyama
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 11
Kono Yasui
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1971
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 15
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
ACTOR
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 14
Yuichi Nakamura
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 5
Michiru Yamane
COMPOSER
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 3
Rikiya Kawamae
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 7
Taisuke Matsugae
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.03
Rank: 4
Ryoji Ujihara
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.21
Rank: 10
Nao Kusaka
ATHLETE
2000 - Present
HPI: 35.94
Rank: 1
Takashi Akiyama
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.67
Rank: 8
Takayuki Tada
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.87
Rank: 12
Ryota Noguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 32.47
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kagawa Prefecture were soccer players (9), actors (2), athletes (2), politicians (1), and composers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kagawa Prefecture, including Naohiro Oyama, Rikiya Kawamae, and Taisuke Matsugae. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kagawa Prefecture, including Naohiro Oyama, Rikiya Kawamae, and Taisuke Matsugae.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Kagawa Prefecture since 1700.
