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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, Hayao Miyazaki, and Hokusai. Memorable people who died in Japan include Hirohito, Hokusai, and Miyamoto Musashi. 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. It is located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, and is bordered on 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—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and thousands of smaller islands, covering 377,975 square kilometres (145,937 sq mi). Japan has a population of nearly 124 million as of 2024, and is the eleventh-most populous country. Its capital and largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 38 million inhabitants as of 2016. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of the country's terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, concentrating its agriculture and highly urbanized population along its eastern coastal plains. The country sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, making its islands prone to destructive earthquakes and tsunamis. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 711 BC and 2008, present day Japan was the birth place of 6,417 globally memorable people, including Hirohito, Hayao Miyazaki, and Hokusai. Additionaly, 864 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Japan including Hirohito, Hokusai, and Miyamoto Musashi.

People Born in Present Day Japan

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People Deceased in Present Day Japan

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Occupations

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Japan, including Koji Tanaka, Kunishige Kamamoto, and Hiroto Muraoka. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Japan, including Koji Tanaka, Junji Nishikawa, and Kunishige Kamamoto.

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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.