Okayama Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture ranks 638th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gwangju, Santo Domingo, and Białystok. Memorable people born in Okayama Prefecture include Yasuo Takamori, Kenji Doihara, and Hideo Nakata. Okayama Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and military personnels. Okayama Prefecture is located in Japan.
Okayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 and has a geographic area of 7,114 km2. Okayama Prefecture borders Tottori Prefecture to the north, Hyōgo Prefecture to the east, and Hiroshima Prefecture to the west. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1883 and 1997, Okayama Prefecture was the birth place of 22 globally memorable people, including Yasuo Takamori, Kenji Doihara, and Hideo Nakata.
People Born in Okayama Prefecture
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Yasuo Takamori
SOCCER PLAYER
1934 - 2016
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 14
Kenji Doihara
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1883 - 1948
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 15
Hideo Nakata
FILM DIRECTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 10
Eizo Kenmotsu
GYMNAST
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 20
Masataka Tamura
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 12
Hiroshi Kato
SOCCER PLAYER
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 21
Daigo Imai
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 1
Keisuke Sekiguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 2
Shugo Kawahara
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 22
Naoyoshi Fukumoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 17
Kenjiro Ezoe
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 13
Yohei Onishi
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Okayama Prefecture were soccer players (19), military personnels (1), film directors (1), and gymnasts (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 Okayama Prefecture, including Yasuo Takamori, Masataka Tamura, and Hiroshi Kato. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Okayama Prefecture, including Yasuo Takamori, Masataka Tamura, and Hiroshi Kato.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Okayama Prefecture since 1700.
