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Japan
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
Go to all RankingsHirohito
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1989
HPI: 81.58
Rank: 1
Hayao Miyazaki
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 80.99
Rank: 2
Hokusai
ARTIST
1760 - 1849
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 3
Akihito
NOBLEMAN
1933 - Present
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 4
Miyamoto Musashi
WRITER
1584 - 1645
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 5
Akira Kurosawa
FILM DIRECTOR
1910 - 1998
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 6
Emperor Meiji
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1912
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 7
Oda Nobunaga
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 8
Matsuo Bashō
WRITER
1644 - 1694
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 9
Haruki Murakami
WRITER
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 10
Yukio Mishima
WRITER
1925 - 1970
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 11
Tokugawa Ieyasu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1542 - 1616
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Japan
Go to all RankingsYodo-dono
NOBLEMAN
1569 - 1615
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 400
Wakisaka Yasuharu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1554 - 1626
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 521
Senhime
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1597 - 1666
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 571
Shūmei Ōkawa
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1957
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 605
Mineko Iwasaki
BUSINESSPERSON
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 621
Hidesaburō Ueno
ENGINEER
1872 - 1925
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 669
Tōdō Takatora
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1556 - 1630
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 683
Matome Ugaki
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1890 - 1945
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 684
Tomoji Tanabe
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1895
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 691
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
POLITICIAN
1628 - 1701
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 694
Ōtomo Sōrin
POLITICIAN
1530 - 1587
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 742
Jirō Minami
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1874 - 1955
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 789
People Deceased in Present Day Japan
Go to all RankingsHirohito
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1989
HPI: 81.58
Rank: 1
Hokusai
ARTIST
1760 - 1849
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 2
Miyamoto Musashi
WRITER
1584 - 1645
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 3
Akira Kurosawa
FILM DIRECTOR
1910 - 1998
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 4
Emperor Meiji
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1912
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 5
Oda Nobunaga
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 6
Matsuo Bashō
WRITER
1644 - 1694
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 7
Yukio Mishima
WRITER
1925 - 1970
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 8
Tokugawa Ieyasu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1542 - 1616
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 9
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
POLITICIAN
1536 - 1598
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 10
Emperor Taishō
PUBLIC WORKER
1879 - 1926
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 11
Yasunari Kawabata
WRITER
1899 - 1972
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Japan
Go to all RankingsJohnny Kitagawa
BUSINESSPERSON
1931 - 2019
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 289
Yodo-dono
NOBLEMAN
1569 - 1615
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 295
Cristóvão Ferreira
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1580 - 1650
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 368
Shūmei Ōkawa
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1957
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 434
Hidesaburō Ueno
ENGINEER
1872 - 1925
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 480
Fukushima Masanori
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1561 - 1624
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 488
Tōdō Takatora
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1556 - 1630
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 490
Matome Ugaki
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1890 - 1945
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 491
Tomoji Tanabe
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1895
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 495
Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn
EXPLORER
1556 - 1623
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 509
Ōtomo Sōrin
POLITICIAN
1530 - 1587
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 526
Matsudaira Hirotada
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1526 - 1549
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 538
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Japan were soccer players (4127), actors (382), politicians (370), athletes (228), and singers (123), while most who died were politicians (252), soccer players (95), military personnels (85), writers (80), and actors (52).
Occupational Trends
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.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Japan since 1700.