Japan
Japan ranks 81st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Edinburgh, Alexandria, and Kyoto. Memorable people born in Japan include Emperor Jimmu, Himiko, and Tomoe Gozen. Memorable people who died in Japan include Emperor Jimmu, Morihei Ueshiba, and Abe no Seimei. Japan has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many soccer players and politicians. Japan is located in Japan.
Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the five main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 711 BC and 2000, Japan was the birth place of 114 globally memorable people, including Emperor Jimmu, Himiko, and Tomoe Gozen. Additionaly, 59 globally memorable people have passed away in Japan including Emperor Jimmu, Morihei Ueshiba, and Abe no Seimei.
People Born in Japan
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Emperor Jimmu
711 BC - 585 BC
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 1
Himiko
175 - 248
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 2
Tomoe Gozen
1157 - 1247
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 3
Sanada Yukimura
1567 - 1615
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 4
Honda Tadakatsu
1548 - 1610
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 5
Masamune
1300 - 1400
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 6
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
1659 - 1719
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 7
Emperor Shōkō
1401 - 1428
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 8
Yozo Aoki
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 9
Hōjō Masako
1156 - 1225
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 10
Izumo no Okuni
1572 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 11
Sesshū Tōyō
1420 - 1506
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Japan
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Konoe Sakihisa
1536 - 1612
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 32
Sekiryo Kaneda
1901 - 1949
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 34
Mutsu Munemitsu
1844 - 1897
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 39
Katsutoshi Naito
1895 - 1969
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 76
Christopher Zeeman
1925 - 2016
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 85
Megumi Igarashi
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 89
No Min-woo
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 90
Chinatsu Akasaki
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.85
Rank: 95
Makoto Takimoto
1974 - Present
HPI: 28.50
Rank: 96
Tadashi Sasaki
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.45
Rank: 101
People Deceased in Japan
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711 BC - 585 BC
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 1
Morihei Ueshiba
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 2
Abe no Seimei
921 - 1005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 3
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 4
Emperor Kanmu
737 - 806
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 5
Zeami Motokiyo
1363 - 1443
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 6
Jisaburō Ozawa
1886 - 1966
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 7
Emperor Shōkō
1401 - 1428
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 8
Kaoru Ishikawa
1915 - 1989
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 9
Yozo Aoki
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 10
Hōjō Masako
1156 - 1225
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 11
Hiroaki Sato
1932 - 1988
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Japan
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Tawaraya Sōtatsu
1570 - 1643
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 47
Yasuzo Masumura
1924 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 48
Musō Soseki
1275 - 1351
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 49
Kiyotake Kawaguchi
1892 - 1961
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 54
Most individuals born in present day Japan were soccer players (76), politicians (15), religious figures (4), military personnels (3), and wrestlers (3), while most who died were soccer players (29), politicians (7), writers (5), military personnels (4), and religious figures (2).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Japan, including Yozo Aoki, Koji Sasaki, and Yuki Fushimi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Japan, including Yozo Aoki, Nobuyuki Kato, and Kinjiro Shimizu.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Japan since 1700.
