Ōita Prefecture
Ōita Prefecture ranks 763rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind São Luís, Maranhão, Modesto, California, and Barakaldo. Memorable people born in Ōita Prefecture include Ryoji Yamanaka, Satoshi Yamaguchi, and Yasuhiro Toyoda. Ōita Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Ōita Prefecture is located in Japan.
Ōita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,081,646 and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2. Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumamoto Prefecture to the southwest, and Miyazaki Prefecture to the south. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1884 and 2001, Ōita Prefecture was the birth place of 18 globally memorable people, including Ryoji Yamanaka, Satoshi Yamaguchi, and Yasuhiro Toyoda.
People Born in Ōita Prefecture
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Ryoji Yamanaka
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 5
Satoshi Yamaguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 3
Yasuhiro Toyoda
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 16
Masahiro Akimoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 12
Fumio Gotō
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1980
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 18
Jiichiro Date
WRESTLER
1952 - 2018
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 17
Kentaro Uramoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 10
Kota Minami
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 4
Sho Kamogawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 13
Atsumi Tanezaki
ACTOR
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 8
Shinichi Shuto
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 15
Dai Takeuchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Ōita Prefecture were soccer players (15), politicians (1), wrestlers (1), and actors (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 Ōita Prefecture, including Ryoji Yamanaka, Satoshi Yamaguchi, and Yasuhiro Toyoda. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ōita Prefecture, including Ryoji Yamanaka, Satoshi Yamaguchi, and Yasuhiro Toyoda.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Ōita Prefecture since 1700.
