Ibaraki Prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture ranks 440th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Albany, New York, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Zadar. Memorable people born in Ibaraki Prefecture include Mitsuo Kamata, Hironori Ōtsuka, and Morihiro Saito. Memorable people who died in Ibaraki Prefecture include Morihiro Saito, and Hirotugu Akaike. Ibaraki Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and martial arts and the death place of many martial arts, and religious figures. Ibaraki Prefecture is located in Japan.
Ibaraki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 and has a geographic area of 6,097.19 square kilometres. Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Tochigi Prefecture to the northwest, Saitama Prefecture to the southwest, Chiba Prefecture to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1856 and 2003, Ibaraki Prefecture was the birth place of 32 globally memorable people, including Mitsuo Kamata, Hironori Ōtsuka, and Morihiro Saito. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Ibaraki Prefecture including Morihiro Saito, and Hirotugu Akaike.
People Born in Ibaraki Prefecture
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Mitsuo Kamata
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1
Hironori Ōtsuka
MARTIAL ARTS
1892 - 1982
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 2
Morihiro Saito
MARTIAL ARTS
1928 - 2002
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 3
Tsutomu Sonobe
SOCCER PLAYER
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 4
Jinzō Matsumura
BIOLOGIST
1856 - 1928
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 5
Junko Minagawa
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.53
Rank: 6
Hiroshi Kobayashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.14
Rank: 7
Koki Machida
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 33.31
Rank: 8
Kazuhisa Irii
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 30.49
Rank: 9
Takashi Seki
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 29.69
Rank: 10
Satoshi Yashiro
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 29.33
Rank: 11
Taku Watanabe
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 29.15
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Ibaraki Prefecture
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People Deceased in Ibaraki Prefecture
Go to all RankingsMorihiro Saito
MARTIAL ARTS
1928 - 2002
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 1
Hirotugu Akaike
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1927 - 2009
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Ibaraki Prefecture were soccer players (26), martial arts (2), biologists (1), actors (1), and table tennis players (1), while most who died were martial arts (1), and religious figures (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ibaraki Prefecture, including Mitsuo Kamata, Tsutomu Sonobe, and Hiroshi Kobayashi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ibaraki Prefecture, including Mitsuo Kamata, Tsutomu Sonobe, and Hiroshi Kobayashi.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Ibaraki Prefecture since 1700.
