Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture ranks 743rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saginaw, Michigan, Halmstad, and Los Angeles County, California. Memorable people born in Fukushima Prefecture include Shunroku Hata, Takeda Sōkaku, and Shigeyoshi Suzuki. Fukushima Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players and military personnels. Fukushima Prefecture is located in Japan.
Fukushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,771,100 and has a geographic area of 13,783.90 square kilometres (5,321.99 sq mi). Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture to the north, Niigata Prefecture to the west, Gunma Prefecture to the southwest, and Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture to the south. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1859 and 1990, Fukushima Prefecture was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Shunroku Hata, Takeda Sōkaku, and Shigeyoshi Suzuki.
People Born in Fukushima Prefecture
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Shunroku Hata
1879 - 1962
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1
Takeda Sōkaku
1859 - 1943
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 2
Shigeyoshi Suzuki
1902 - 1971
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 3
Riichi Yokomitsu
1898 - 1947
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 4
Hitoshi Sasaki
1891 - 1982
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 5
Emi Shinohara
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 6
Koji Igarashi
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 7
Naoki Matsushita
1978 - Present
HPI: 29.03
Rank: 8
Katsuyuki Saito
1973 - Present
HPI: 23.68
Rank: 9
Takayoshi Ono
1978 - Present
HPI: 20.38
Rank: 10
Takuya Sugiyama
1983 - Present
HPI: 18.49
Rank: 11
Takuya Komine
1988 - Present
HPI: 18.37
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Fukushima Prefecture were soccer players (11), military personnels (1), politicians (1), writers (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Fukushima Prefecture, including Naoki Matsushita, Katsuyuki Saito, and Takayoshi Ono. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Fukushima Prefecture, including Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Hitoshi Sasaki, and Naoki Matsushita.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Fukushima Prefecture since 1700.
