Gunma Prefecture
Gunma Prefecture ranks 269th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind United States, Norway, and Panama City. Memorable people born in Gunma Prefecture include Rentarō Mikuni, Yuma Asami, and Haruchika Aoki. Gunma Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors. Gunma Prefecture is located in Japan.
Gunma Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2. Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Saitama Prefecture to the south, and Tochigi Prefecture to the east. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1923 and 2002, Gunma Prefecture was the birth place of 41 globally memorable people, including Rentarō Mikuni, Yuma Asami, and Haruchika Aoki.
People Born in Gunma Prefecture
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Rentarō Mikuni
1923 - 2013
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 1
Yuma Asami
1987 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 2
Haruchika Aoki
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.08
Rank: 3
Shunichi Ikenoue
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.75
Rank: 4
Yui Ogura
1995 - Present
HPI: 30.40
Rank: 5
Nobuhisa Isono
1974 - Present
HPI: 28.35
Rank: 6
Ken Iwase
1975 - Present
HPI: 27.17
Rank: 7
Makoto Yonekura
1970 - Present
HPI: 26.81
Rank: 8
Satoru Kobayashi
1973 - Present
HPI: 26.71
Rank: 9
Hiroyuki Sawada
1974 - Present
HPI: 24.35
Rank: 10
Minori Sato
1991 - Present
HPI: 23.17
Rank: 11
Kenichi Mori
1984 - Present
HPI: 23.16
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Gunma Prefecture
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1923 - 2013
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 1
Haruchika Aoki
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.08
Rank: 3
Yui Ogura
1995 - Present
HPI: 30.40
Rank: 5
Naohiko Okada
1978 - Present
HPI: 17.58
Rank: 27
Yamato Wakatsuki
2002 - Present
HPI: 15.83
Rank: 32
Most individuals born in present day Gunma Prefecture were soccer players (37), actors (2), pornographic actors (1), and racing drivers (1), while most who died were .
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gunma Prefecture, including Shunichi Ikenoue, Nobuhisa Isono, and Ken Iwase. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gunma Prefecture, including Shunichi Ikenoue, Nobuhisa Isono, and Ken Iwase.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Gunma Prefecture since 1700.
