Kyoto Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture ranks 274th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind San Sebastián, Hampstead, and Rostov-on-Don. Memorable people born in Kyoto Prefecture include Tadahiko Ueda, Masaki Yokotani, and Masahiro Ota. Kyoto Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors. Kyoto Prefecture is located in Japan.
Kyoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 and has a geographic area of 4,612 square kilometres (1,781 sq mi). Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture to the east, Mie Prefecture to the southeast, Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture to the south, and Hyōgo Prefecture to the west. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1924 and 1999, Kyoto Prefecture was the birth place of 48 globally memorable people, including Tadahiko Ueda, Masaki Yokotani, and Masahiro Ota.
People Born in Kyoto Prefecture
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Tadahiko Ueda
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - 2015
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 1
Masaki Yokotani
SOCCER PLAYER
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 33
Masahiro Ota
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 31
Katsuhiro Kusaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 9
Yoshiaki Arata
PHYSICIST
1924 - 2018
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2
Akira Kubota
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 13
Hiroki Matsubara
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 41
Shuta Araki
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 44
Bunji Kimura
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 15
Nozomu Kanaguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 39
Yoshikazu Isoda
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 28
Takehiro Kato
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kyoto Prefecture were soccer players (40), actors (2), athletes (2), physicists (1), and film directors (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 Kyoto Prefecture, including Tadahiko Ueda, Masaki Yokotani, and Masahiro Ota. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kyoto Prefecture, including Tadahiko Ueda, Masaki Yokotani, and Masahiro Ota.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Kyoto Prefecture since 1700.
