Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture ranks 58th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Glasgow, Manhattan, and The Bronx. Memorable people born in Kanagawa Prefecture include Masao Ono, Masao Uchino, and Yasuo Suzuki. Memorable people who died in Kanagawa Prefecture include Chūya Nakahara, Osamu Yamaji, and Setsuko Hara. Kanagawa Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many writers, and soccer players. Kanagawa Prefecture is located in Japan.
Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 and third-densest at 3,800 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,800/sq mi). Its geographic area of 2,415 km2 (932 sq mi) makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo to the north, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northwest and Shizuoka Prefecture to the west. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1892 and 2001, Kanagawa Prefecture was the birth place of 156 globally memorable people, including Masao Ono, Masao Uchino, and Yasuo Suzuki. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Kanagawa Prefecture including Chūya Nakahara, Osamu Yamaji, and Setsuko Hara.
People Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Masao Ono
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 2001
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 71
Masao Uchino
SOCCER PLAYER
1934 - 2013
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 70
Yasuo Suzuki
SOCCER PLAYER
1913 - 2000
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 73
Eiji Yoshikawa
WRITER
1892 - 1962
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 69
Tadao Kobayashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 66
Shunryū Suzuki
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1904 - 1971
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 72
Atsushi Yamaguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 32
Tetsuya Ogura
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 46
Tomohide Nakazawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 108
Kei Sugimoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 118
Daichi Fukushima
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 27
Hidetoyo Watanabe
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 25
People Deceased in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Chūya Nakahara
WRITER
1907 - 1937
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Osamu Yamaji
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2021
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Setsuko Hara
ACTOR
1920 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Okakura Kakuzō
WRITER
1862 - 1913
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Masao Takemoto
GYMNAST
1919 - 2007
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Newly Added People Deceased in Kanagawa Prefecture
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WRITER
1907 - 1937
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Osamu Yamaji
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2021
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Setsuko Hara
ACTOR
1920 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Okakura Kakuzō
WRITER
1862 - 1913
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Masao Takemoto
GYMNAST
1919 - 2007
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kanagawa Prefecture were soccer players (139), actors (9), singers (2), writers (1), and religious figures (1), while most who died were writers (2), soccer players (1), actors (1), and gymnasts (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, including Masao Uchino, Tadao Kobayashi, and Atsushi Yamaguchi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kanagawa Prefecture, including Masao Ono, Masao Uchino, and Yasuo Suzuki.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Kanagawa Prefecture since 1700.
