Iwate Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture ranks 989th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rochdale, Tønsberg, and Anyang, Gyeonggi. Memorable people born in Iwate Prefecture include Mitsumasa Yonai, Hirokazu Kanazawa, and Takuboku Ishikawa. Iwate Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers. Iwate Prefecture is located in Japan.
Iwate Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at 15,275 square kilometres (5,898 sq mi), with a population of 1,165,886. Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the west, and Miyagi Prefecture to the south. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1880 and 1998, Iwate Prefecture was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Mitsumasa Yonai, Hirokazu Kanazawa, and Takuboku Ishikawa.
People Born in Iwate Prefecture
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Mitsumasa Yonai
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1948
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1
Hirokazu Kanazawa
WRITER
1931 - 2019
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 2
Takuboku Ishikawa
WRITER
1886 - 1912
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 3
Mitsuru Komaeda
SOCCER PLAYER
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 4
Okuro Oikawa
ASTRONOMER
1896 - 1970
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 5
Gege Akutami
COMIC ARTIST
1992 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 6
Kazuya Igarashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 32.15
Rank: 7
Kaori Takahashi
ATHLETE
1974 - Present
HPI: 28.54
Rank: 8
Manabu Nakamura
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 24.43
Rank: 9
Kaede Nakamura
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 23.95
Rank: 10
Kinoto Saito
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 21.64
Rank: 11
Hikaru Fujishima
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 18.92
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Iwate Prefecture
Go to all RankingsGege Akutami
COMIC ARTIST
1992 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 6
Kaori Takahashi
ATHLETE
1974 - Present
HPI: 28.54
Rank: 8
Kaito Tanaka
ATHLETE
1995 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 16
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Iwate Prefecture were soccer players (9), writers (2), athletes (2), politicians (1), and astronomers (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 Iwate Prefecture, including Mitsuru Komaeda, Kazuya Igarashi, and Manabu Nakamura. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Iwate Prefecture, including Mitsuru Komaeda, Kazuya Igarashi, and Manabu Nakamura.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Iwate Prefecture since 1700.
