Kōchi Prefecture
Kōchi Prefecture ranks 2,007th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Toruń, Bucheon, and Pontedera. Memorable people born in Kōchi Prefecture include Gotō Shōjirō, Tetsuya Nomura, and Takayuki Yokoyama. Kōchi Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and social activists. Kōchi Prefecture is located in Japan.
Kōchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 669,516 and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2. Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the northeast. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1838 and 2001, Kōchi Prefecture was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Gotō Shōjirō, Tetsuya Nomura, and Takayuki Yokoyama.
People Born in Kōchi Prefecture
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Gotō Shōjirō
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1838 - 1897
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 1
Tetsuya Nomura
GAME DESIGNER
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 2
Takayuki Yokoyama
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 28.32
Rank: 3
Kosei Kitauchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 24.82
Rank: 4
Shingo Morita
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 24.32
Rank: 5
Takafumi Yoshimoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 23.93
Rank: 6
Seiko Yamanaka
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 19.81
Rank: 7
Sota Hamaguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 11.00
Rank: 8
Tsugumi Sakurai
WRESTLER
2001 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 9
Newly Added People Born in Kōchi Prefecture
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Most individuals born in present day Kōchi Prefecture were soccer players (6), social activists (1), game designers (1), and wrestlers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kōchi Prefecture, including Takayuki Yokoyama, Kosei Kitauchi, and Shingo Morita. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kōchi Prefecture, including Takayuki Yokoyama, Kosei Kitauchi, and Shingo Morita.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Kōchi Prefecture since 1700.
