Ishikawa Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture ranks 1,132nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cagliari, Stralsund, and Solihull. Memorable people born in Ishikawa Prefecture include Jinichi Kusaka, Yoshinori Higashikawa, and Toru Morikawa. Ishikawa Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and military personnels. Ishikawa Prefecture is located in Japan.
Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,133,294 and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2. Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the east, Gifu Prefecture to the southeast, and Fukui Prefecture to the south. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1888 and 2003, Ishikawa Prefecture was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Jinichi Kusaka, Yoshinori Higashikawa, and Toru Morikawa.
People Born in Ishikawa Prefecture
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Jinichi Kusaka
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1972
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 1
Yoshinori Higashikawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 31.21
Rank: 2
Toru Morikawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 30.93
Rank: 3
Jun Naito
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 30.77
Rank: 4
Michiharu Otagiri
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 24.79
Rank: 5
Shugo Nishikawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 23.56
Rank: 6
Kazuhiko Tanabe
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 23.36
Rank: 7
Kazuma Kita
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 21.83
Rank: 8
Kazuyuki Mugita
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 19.61
Rank: 9
Yuji Sakuda
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 18.02
Rank: 10
Sena Inami
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 17.84
Rank: 11
Hayato Otani
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 14.38
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Ishikawa Prefecture were soccer players (12), and military personnels (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ishikawa Prefecture, including Yoshinori Higashikawa, Toru Morikawa, and Jun Naito. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ishikawa Prefecture, including Yoshinori Higashikawa, Toru Morikawa, and Jun Naito.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Ishikawa Prefecture since 1700.
