Nerima
Nerima ranks 881st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Englewood, New Jersey, Neuchâtel, and Brest, France. Memorable people born in Nerima include Rie Miyazawa, Yasushi Yoshida, and Takuya Onishi. Memorable people who died in Nerima include Kōkichi Tsuburaya, and Otoya Yamaguchi. Nerima has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many athletes, and social activists. Nerima is located in Japan.
Nerima is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is mainly a residential ward, located in the northwest of the Wards Area of Tokyo .Nerima Ward is nicknamed the town of animation, because the earliest anime studios started up in the ward, like Toei Animation and Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production, making it the birthplace of anime, of the first color anime feature film The White Snake Enchantress, and of the first anime TV series Astro Boy. As of 2007, Nerima has the largest concentration of anime studios in Japan, followed by the neighboring Suginami Ward.Nerima has also served as the setting for several popular anime and manga series, including Doreamon, Ranma ½, Tokyo Ghoul, and Digimon Adventure. In English, the ward translates “ward” as “city” and refers to itself as Nerima City, as do some of the other special wards of Tokyo. In Japanese, it still refers to itself as Nerima Ward. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1960 and 1998, Nerima was the birth place of 17 globally memorable people, including Rie Miyazawa, Yasushi Yoshida, and Takuya Onishi. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Nerima including Kōkichi Tsuburaya, and Otoya Yamaguchi.
People Born in Nerima
Go to all RankingsRie Miyazawa
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 11
Yasushi Yoshida
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 2
Takuya Onishi
ASTRONAUT
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 4
Erika Sawajiri
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 1
Kanako Ito
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 6
Aya Ueto
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 8
Eriko Arakawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 13
Tatsuya Enomoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 5
Tomonobu Yokoyama
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - 2024
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 15
Kazuya Iio
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 12
Sho Inagaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 35.36
Rank: 9
Atsushi Izawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 33.18
Rank: 7
People Deceased in Nerima
Go to all RankingsKōkichi Tsuburaya
ATHLETE
1940 - 1968
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Rank: 1
Otoya Yamaguchi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1943 - 1960
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Newly Added People Deceased in Nerima
Go to all RankingsKōkichi Tsuburaya
ATHLETE
1940 - 1968
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Otoya Yamaguchi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1943 - 1960
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Nerima were soccer players (12), actors (3), astronauts (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were athletes (1), and social activists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nerima, including Yasushi Yoshida, Kanako Ito, and Eriko Arakawa. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nerima, including Yasushi Yoshida, Kanako Ito, and Eriko Arakawa.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Nerima since 1700.