Yamagata Prefecture
Yamagata Prefecture ranks 1,481st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lier, Belgium, Cottbus, and Osasco. Memorable people born in Yamagata Prefecture include Choei Sato, Junji Goto, and Yuriko Mizuma. Yamagata Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors. Yamagata Prefecture is located in Japan.
Yamagata Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It has a population of 1,005,926 and an area of 9,325 km2. Its neighbours are Akita Prefecture to the north, Miyagi Prefecture to the east, Fukushima Prefecture to the south, and Niigata Prefecture to the southwest. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1951 and 2002, Yamagata Prefecture was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Choei Sato, Junji Goto, and Yuriko Mizuma.
People Born in Yamagata Prefecture
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Choei Sato
SOCCER PLAYER
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 1
Junji Goto
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 3
Yuriko Mizuma
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 8
Takeshi Saito
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 7
Issei Yoshimi
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 4
Aya Endō
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 10
Junji Sato
SOCCER PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 2
Katsumi Suzuki
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 5
Kenji Takahashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 9
Riku Handa
SOCCER PLAYER
2002 - Present
HPI: 30.26
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Yamagata Prefecture were soccer players (9), 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 Yamagata Prefecture, including Choei Sato, Junji Goto, and Yuriko Mizuma. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yamagata Prefecture, including Choei Sato, Junji Goto, and Yuriko Mizuma.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Yamagata Prefecture since 1700.
