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Japan ranks 87th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vancouver, Stuttgart, and Marseille. Memorable people born in Japan include Tomoe Gozen, Himiko, and Emperor Reigen. Memorable people who died in Japan include Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, 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 located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and thousands of smaller islands, covering 377,975 square kilometres (145,937 sq mi). Japan has a population of nearly 124 million as of 2024, and is the eleventh-most populous country. Its capital and largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 38 million inhabitants as of 2016. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of the country's terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, concentrating its agriculture and highly urbanized population along its eastern coastal plains. The country sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, making its islands prone to destructive earthquakes and tsunamis. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2000, Japan was the birth place of 123 globally memorable people, including Tomoe Gozen, Himiko, and Emperor Reigen. Additionaly, 71 globally memorable people have passed away in Japan including Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, and Abe no Seimei.

People Born in Japan

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People Deceased in Japan

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Japan were soccer players (76), politicians (19), religious figures (4), military personnels (3), and wrestlers (3),  while most who died were soccer players (32), politicians (10), writers (7), military personnels (5), and engineers (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 Yumi Umeoka. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Japan, including Yozo Aoki, Usaburo Hidaka, and Kinjiro Shimizu.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Japan since 1700.