Maebashi
Maebashi ranks 854th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Funabashi, Kingdom of Portugal, and Perugia. Memorable people born in Maebashi include Shigesato Itoi, Nigo, and Mitsunori Fujiguchi. Maebashi has been the birth place of many soccer players and game designers. Maebashi is located in Japan.
Maebashi is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of 31 August 2020, the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 311.59 km2 (120.31 sq mi). It was the most populous city within Gunma Prefecture until Takasaki merged with nearby towns between 2006 and 2009. Maebashi is known to be the "City of Water, Greenery and Poets" because of its pure waters, its rich nature and because it gave birth to several Japanese contemporary poets, such as Sakutarō Hagiwara. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1948 and 1992, Maebashi was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Shigesato Itoi, Nigo, and Mitsunori Fujiguchi.
People Born in Maebashi
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Shigesato Itoi
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1
Nigo
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 2
Mitsunori Fujiguchi
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 3
Takashi Shimizu
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 4
Nobuyuki Kojima
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.33
Rank: 5
Hajime Hosogai
1986 - Present
HPI: 33.91
Rank: 6
Hiroki Hattori
1971 - Present
HPI: 26.49
Rank: 7
Hideo Yoshizawa
1971 - Present
HPI: 26.16
Rank: 8
Nobuhito Toriizuka
1972 - Present
HPI: 23.93
Rank: 9
Yuki Yokosawa
1980 - Present
HPI: 22.51
Rank: 10
Keiki Shimizu
1985 - Present
HPI: 19.47
Rank: 11
Sotaro Sada
1984 - Present
HPI: 18.77
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Maebashi
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Maebashi were soccer players (11), game designers (1), musicians (1), film directors (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Maebashi, including Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Nobuyuki Kojima, and Hajime Hosogai. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Maebashi, including Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Nobuyuki Kojima, and Hajime Hosogai.
