Sapporo
Sapporo ranks 206th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Heidelberg, Haarlem, and Kingston, Jamaica. Memorable people born in Sapporo include Satoshi Kon, Satoru Iwata, and Miyuki Nakajima. Memorable people who died in Sapporo include Yukio Kasaya, Shigeru Kayano, and Akitsugu Konno. Sapporo has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many skiers, and politicians. Sapporo is located in Japan.
Sapporo is a designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2023, the city has a population of 1,959,750, making it the largest city in Hokkaido and the largest north of Tokyo. It is the fifth-most populous city in Japan and is Hokkaido's cultural, economic, and political center. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2000, Sapporo was the birth place of 64 globally memorable people, including Satoshi Kon, Satoru Iwata, and Miyuki Nakajima. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Sapporo including Yukio Kasaya, Shigeru Kayano, and Akitsugu Konno.
People Born in Sapporo
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Satoshi Kon
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - 2010
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 49
Satoru Iwata
GAME DESIGNER
1959 - 2015
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 47
Miyuki Nakajima
SINGER
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 10
Masayuki Mori
ACTOR
1911 - 1973
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 46
Chūhei Nambu
ATHLETE
1904 - 1997
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 51
Hiroshi Kaneda
ASTRONOMER
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 15
Taiki Tsuruno
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 6
Akitsugu Konno
ATHLETE
1944 - 2019
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 50
Maki Kaji
BUSINESSPERSON
1951 - 2021
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 48
Ippei Saga
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 32
Yusuke Saikawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 37
Keisuke Harada
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 4
People Deceased in Sapporo
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Yukio Kasaya
SKIER
1943 - 2024
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 1
Shigeru Kayano
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 2
Akitsugu Konno
ATHLETE
1944 - 2019
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 3
Sayaka Kanda
ACTOR
1986 - 2021
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Sapporo were soccer players (40), athletes (5), singers (4), actors (3), and tennis players (2), while most who died were skiers (1), politicians (1), athletes (1), and actors (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sapporo, including Taiki Tsuruno, Ippei Saga, and Yusuke Saikawa. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sapporo, including Taiki Tsuruno, Ippei Saga, and Yusuke Saikawa.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Sapporo since 1700.
