Bunkyō
Bunkyō ranks 2,070th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Halifax, West Yorkshire, João Pessoa, Paraíba, and Kavala. Memorable people born in Bunkyō include Hayao Miyazaki, Yukio Hatoyama, and Hiroto Muraoka. Memorable people who died in Bunkyō include Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Ichirō Hatoyama, and Shotaro Ishinomori. Bunkyō has been the birth place of many soccer players and film directors and the death place of many soccer players and politicians. Bunkyō is located in Japan.
Bunkyō is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyō is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Sōseki, as well as scholars and politicians have lived there. Bunkyō is home to the Tokyo Dome, Judo's Kōdōkan, and the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus. Bunkyō has a sister-city relationship with Kaiserslautern in the Rhineland-Palatinate of Germany. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1909 and 1996, Bunkyō was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Hayao Miyazaki, Yukio Hatoyama, and Hiroto Muraoka. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Bunkyō including Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Ichirō Hatoyama, and Shotaro Ishinomori. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Bunkyō than were born there.
People Born in Bunkyō
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Hayao Miyazaki
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 1
Yukio Hatoyama
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 2
Hiroto Muraoka
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 3
Teiichi Matsumaru
1909 - 1997
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 4
Yūko Minaguchi
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 5
Yukio Tsuchiya
1974 - Present
HPI: 29.00
Rank: 6
Shunsuke Motegi
1996 - Present
HPI: 15.83
Rank: 7
Newly Added People Born in Bunkyō
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 1
Ichirō Hatoyama
1883 - 1959
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 2
Shotaro Ishinomori
1938 - 1998
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 3
Andy Hug
1964 - 2000
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 4
Koichi Oita
1914 - 1996
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 5
Shigemaru Takenokoshi
1906 - 1980
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 6
Fujio Akatsuka
1935 - 2008
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 7
Kiyoshi Atsumi
1928 - 1996
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 8
Shojiro Sugimura
1905 - 1975
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 9
Kono Yasui
1880 - 1971
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Deceased in Bunkyō
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Bunkyō were soccer players (4), film directors (1), politicians (1), and actors (1), while most who died were soccer players (3), politicians (2), comic artists (2), military personnels (1), and martial arts (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Bunkyō since 1700.
