Hachiōji (jpn)

Hachiōji

Hachiōji ranks 826th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dordrecht, Greenville, South Carolina, and Morristown, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Hachiōji include Peter Shirayanagi, Yumi Matsutoya, and Yoshiharu Habu. Memorable people who died in Hachiōji include Yoshio Okada. Hachiōji has been the birth place of many soccer players, and religious figures and the death place of many soccer players. Hachiōji is located in Japan.

Hachiōji is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 31 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 561,344, and a population density of 3,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 186.38 km2 (71.96 sq mi). It is the most populous city in Tokyo outside of the special wards. In 2015, it was designated as a core city for the first time in Tokyo. It was the second first city in Tokyo Prefecture to implement the municipal system after Tokyo City. Read more on Wikipedia