Miyagi Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture ranks 1,122nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Walsall, Chipping Barnet, and Bondy. Memorable people born in Miyagi Prefecture include Hitoshi Imamura, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Osamu Chiba. Miyagi Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and military personnels. Miyagi Prefecture is located in Japan.
Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 and has a geographic area of 7,282 km2 (2,812 sq mi). Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the northwest, Yamagata Prefecture to the west, and Fukushima Prefecture to the south. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1886 and 1999, Miyagi Prefecture was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Hitoshi Imamura, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Osamu Chiba.
People Born in Miyagi Prefecture
Go to all RankingsHitoshi Imamura
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1968
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 2
Katsuhiro Otomo
COMIC ARTIST
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 5
Osamu Chiba
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 9
Masayuki Mita
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 12
Yoshitaka Watanabe
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 1
Nozomu Kato
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 13
Ryohei Michibuchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.25
Rank: 10
Kodai Sato
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 8
Ayumi Ishida
SINGER
1997 - Present
HPI: 34.22
Rank: 3
Yasuhiro Okuyama
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.17
Rank: 7
Yuta Goke
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 32.34
Rank: 6
Akira Toshima
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 30.36
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Miyagi Prefecture were soccer players (10), military personnels (1), comic artists (1), and singers (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 Miyagi Prefecture, including Osamu Chiba, Masayuki Mita, and Yoshitaka Watanabe. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Miyagi Prefecture, including Osamu Chiba, Masayuki Mita, and Yoshitaka Watanabe.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Miyagi Prefecture since 1700.