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Japan

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Japan ranks 5th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind United Kingdom, Germany, and France. Memorable people born in present day Japan include Hirohito, Matsuo Bashō, and Hokusai. Memorable people who died in Japan include Hirohito, Matsuo Bashō, and Hokusai. Japan has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players.

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands alongside 14,121 smaller islands. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions, and around 75% of its terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, concentrating its agriculture and highly urbanized population along its eastern coastal plains. With a population of over 123 million as of 2025, it is the world's 11th most populous country. Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 711 BC and 2009, present day Japan was the birth place of 6,878 globally memorable people, including Hirohito, Matsuo Bashō, and Hokusai. Additionaly, 882 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Japan including Hirohito, Matsuo Bashō, and Hokusai.

People Born in Present Day Japan

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People Deceased in Present Day Japan

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Japan were soccer players (4248), actors (509), politicians (379), athletes (245), and singers (150),  while most who died were politicians (254), soccer players (98), military personnels (85), writers (82), and actors (57).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Japan, including Kakuichi Mimura, Hiroaki Sato, and Kunishige Kamamoto. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Japan, including Takashi Kasahara, Tameo Ide, and Kakuichi Mimura.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Japan since 1700.