Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture ranks 58th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Glasgow, Manhattan, and The Bronx. The most famous people from Kanagawa Prefecture are Masao Ono, Masao Uchino, and Yasuo Suzuki. The most famous people who died in Kanagawa Prefecture are Osamu Yamaji, Setsuko Hara, and Chūya Nakahara. Kanagawa Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many writers, and soccer players. Kanagawa Prefecture is located in Japan.
Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 and third-densest at 3,800 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,800/sq mi). Its geographic area of 2,415 km2 (932 sq mi) makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo to the north, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northwest and Shizuoka Prefecture to the west. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1892 and 2009, Kanagawa Prefecture was the birth place of 175 globally memorable people, including Masao Ono, Masao Uchino, and Yasuo Suzuki. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Kanagawa Prefecture including Osamu Yamaji, Setsuko Hara, and Chūya Nakahara.
People Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Masao Ono
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 2001
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 1
Masao Uchino
SOCCER PLAYER
1934 - 2013
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 2
Yasuo Suzuki
SOCCER PLAYER
1913 - 2000
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 3
Eiji Yoshikawa
WRITER
1892 - 1962
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 4
Tadao Kobayashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 5
Shunryū Suzuki
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1904 - 1971
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 6
Atsushi Yamaguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 7
Tetsuya Ogura
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 8
Tomohide Nakazawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 9
Kei Sugimoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 10
Daichi Fukushima
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 11
Hidetoyo Watanabe
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Tomoya Nagase
SINGER
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 42
Shiori Itō
FILM DIRECTOR
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 49
Takanori Gomi
MARTIAL ARTS
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 55
Yui Mizuno
SINGER
1999 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 63
Yukiyo Fujii
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 82
Konomi Kohara
ACTOR
1992 - Present
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 83
Tatsuya Ueda
SINGER
1983 - Present
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 88
Satoshi Iwabuchi
TENNIS PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.02
Rank: 94
Motoki Takagi
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 97
Yasuko Tajima
SWIMMER
1981 - Present
HPI: 34.15
Rank: 114
Rihito Yamamoto
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 33.61
Rank: 116
Coco Yoshizawa
ATHLETE
2009 - Present
HPI: 31.68
Rank: 132
People Deceased in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Osamu Yamaji
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 1
Setsuko Hara
ACTOR
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 2
Chūya Nakahara
WRITER
1907 - 1937
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 3
Okakura Kakuzō
WRITER
1862 - 1913
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 4
Masao Takemoto
GYMNAST
1919 - 2007
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kanagawa Prefecture were soccer players (147), actors (12), singers (5), tennis players (2), and writers (1), while most who died were writers (2), soccer players (1), actors (1), and gymnasts (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kanagawa Prefecture, including Masao Uchino, Tadao Kobayashi, and Atsushi Yamaguchi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kanagawa Prefecture, including Masao Ono, Masao Uchino, and Yasuo Suzuki.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Kanagawa Prefecture since 1700.
