Kobe
Kobe ranks 177th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bristol, Auckland, and Hiroshima. Memorable people born in Kobe include Kanō Jigorō, Yukio Tsuda, and Issei Sagawa. Memorable people who died in Kobe include Tomohiko Ikoma, Misao Tamai, and Shozo Tsugitani. Kobe has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players. Kobe is located in Japan.
Kobe, officially Kobe City , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in the Kansai region, which makes up the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay. It is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The Kobe city centre is located about 35 km (22 mi) west of Osaka and 70 km (43 mi) southwest of Kyoto. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2000, Kobe was the birth place of 68 globally memorable people, including Kanō Jigorō, Yukio Tsuda, and Issei Sagawa. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Kobe including Tomohiko Ikoma, Misao Tamai, and Shozo Tsugitani.
People Born in Kobe
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Kanō Jigorō
MARTIAL ARTS
1860 - 1938
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 68
Yukio Tsuda
SOCCER PLAYER
1917 - 1979
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 8
Issei Sagawa
EXTREMIST
1949 - 2022
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 13
Yoshio Okada
SOCCER PLAYER
1926 - 2002
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 11
Ryōji Noyori
CHEMIST
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 45
Masanori Tokita
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 2004
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1
Yukio Goto
SOCCER PLAYER
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 7
Shigeo Sugimoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 9
Toshio Iwatani
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 1970
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 41
Tokutaro Ukon
SOCCER PLAYER
1913 - 1944
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 2
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
FILM DIRECTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 33
Taro Kagawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 1990
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 52
People Deceased in Kobe
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Tomohiko Ikoma
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2009
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Misao Tamai
SOCCER PLAYER
1903 - 1978
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Shozo Tsugitani
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 1978
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Deceased in Kobe
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SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2009
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Misao Tamai
SOCCER PLAYER
1903 - 1978
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Shozo Tsugitani
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 1978
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kobe were soccer players (41), actors (8), composers (2), social activists (2), and comic artists (2), while most who died were soccer players (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kobe, including Yoshio Okada, Masanori Tokita, and Shigeo Sugimoto. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kobe, including Yukio Tsuda, Yoshio Okada, and Masanori Tokita.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in Kobe since 1700.
