Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture ranks 48th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tbilisi, Dublin, and Naples. Memorable people born in Kanagawa Prefecture include Eiji Yoshikawa, Masao Ono, and Masao Uchino. Memorable people who died in Kanagawa Prefecture include Setsuko Hara, Chūya Nakahara, and Osamu Yamaji. Kanagawa Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many writers and actors. 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
Between 1892 and 2001, Kanagawa Prefecture was the birth place of 163 globally memorable people, including Eiji Yoshikawa, Masao Ono, and Masao Uchino. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Kanagawa Prefecture including Setsuko Hara, Chūya Nakahara, and Osamu Yamaji.
People Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Eiji Yoshikawa
1892 - 1962
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 1
Masao Ono
1923 - 2001
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 2
Masao Uchino
1934 - 2013
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 3
Yasuo Suzuki
1913 - 2000
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 4
Tadao Kobayashi
1930 - Present
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 5
Shunryū Suzuki
1904 - 1971
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 6
Sola Aoi
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 7
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 8
Ryue Nishizawa
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 9
Sayaka Ohara
1975 - Present
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 10
Natsuki Hanae
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 11
Yōko Hikasa
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
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1978 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 8
Sumire Uesaka
1991 - Present
HPI: 35.22
Rank: 14
Tori Matsuzaka
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.59
Rank: 16
Rina Kawaei
1995 - Present
HPI: 29.98
Rank: 23
Chiaki Omigawa
1989 - Present
HPI: 29.26
Rank: 27
Ayaka Sasaki
1996 - Present
HPI: 23.80
Rank: 58
Diego Taba
1996 - Present
HPI: 13.65
Rank: 137
Ryuta Kanai
1989 - Present
HPI: 13.27
Rank: 146
Hayate Nagakura
1996 - Present
HPI: 12.44
Rank: 148
Yuta Sato
1995 - Present
HPI: 11.61
Rank: 151
Hiroto Arai
1996 - Present
HPI: 11.42
Rank: 152
Yushi Yamaya
2000 - Present
HPI: 11.26
Rank: 154
People Deceased in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Setsuko Hara
1920 - 2015
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1
Chūya Nakahara
1907 - 1937
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 2
Osamu Yamaji
1929 - 2021
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 3
Okakura Kakuzō
1862 - 1913
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 4
Masao Takemoto
1919 - 2007
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 5
Newly Added People Deceased in Kanagawa Prefecture
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Kanagawa Prefecture were soccer players (145), actors (9), singers (2), writers (1), and religious figures (1), while most who died were writers (2), actors (1), soccer players (1), and gymnasts (1).
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 Hiroshi Hirakawa. 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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Kanagawa Prefecture since 1700.
