Kobe
Kobe ranks 177th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bristol, Auckland, and Hiroshima. Memorable people born in Kobe include Kanō Jigorō, Issei Sagawa, and Yoshio Okada. Memorable people who died in Kobe include Shozo Tsugitani, Tomohiko Ikoma, and Misao Tamai. Kobe has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players. Kobe is located in Japan.
Kobe is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in the Kansai region, which makes up the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay. It is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The Kobe city centre is located about 35 km (22 mi) west of Osaka and 70 km (43 mi) southwest of Kyoto. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2000, Kobe was the birth place of 66 globally memorable people, including Kanō Jigorō, Issei Sagawa, and Yoshio Okada. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Kobe including Shozo Tsugitani, Tomohiko Ikoma, and Misao Tamai.
People Born in Kobe
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Kanō Jigorō
MARTIAL ARTS
1860 - 1938
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 1
Issei Sagawa
EXTREMIST
1949 - 2022
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 2
Yoshio Okada
SOCCER PLAYER
1926 - 2002
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 3
Ryōji Noyori
CHEMIST
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 4
Shigeo Sugimoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1926 - 2002
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 5
Yukio Tsuda
SOCCER PLAYER
1917 - 1979
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 6
Masanori Tokita
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 2004
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 7
Toshio Iwatani
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 1970
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 8
Taro Kagawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 1990
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 9
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
FILM DIRECTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 10
Toshi Ichiyanagi
COMPOSER
1933 - 2022
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 11
Mitsuteru Yokoyama
COMIC ARTIST
1934 - 2004
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kobe
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Yūjirō Ishihara
ACTOR
1934 - 1987
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 16
Kazuya Nakai
ACTOR
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 23
Hiroshi Mikitani
BUSINESSPERSON
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 26
Aimi
ACTOR
1991 - Present
HPI: 32.96
Rank: 40
People Deceased in Kobe
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Shozo Tsugitani
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 1978
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 1
Tomohiko Ikoma
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2009
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 2
Misao Tamai
SOCCER PLAYER
1903 - 1978
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kobe were soccer players (41), actors (7), composers (2), comic artists (2), and social activists (2), while most who died were soccer players (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kobe, including Yoshio Okada, Shigeo Sugimoto, and Masanori Tokita. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kobe, including Yoshio Okada, Shigeo Sugimoto, and Yukio Tsuda.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in Kobe since 1700.
