Ōita Prefecture
Ōita Prefecture ranks 763rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind São Luís, Maranhão, Modesto, California, and Barakaldo. Memorable people born in Ōita Prefecture include Satoshi Yamaguchi, Fumio Gotō, and Jiichiro Date. Ōita Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Ōita Prefecture is located in Japan.
Ōita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,136,245 and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2. Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumamoto Prefecture to the southwest, and Miyazaki Prefecture to the south. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1884 and 2001, Ōita Prefecture was the birth place of 18 globally memorable people, including Satoshi Yamaguchi, Fumio Gotō, and Jiichiro Date.
People Born in Ōita Prefecture
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Satoshi Yamaguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 1
Fumio Gotō
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1980
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 2
Jiichiro Date
WRESTLER
1952 - 2018
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 3
Atsumi Tanezaki
ACTOR
1987 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 4
Yoshihiro Uchimura
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.37
Rank: 5
Kazumasa Kawano
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 30.31
Rank: 6
Yasuhiro Toyoda
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 30.29
Rank: 7
Masahiro Akimoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 30.25
Rank: 8
Ryoji Yamanaka
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 25.34
Rank: 9
Motoki Kawasaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 24.85
Rank: 10
Kota Minami
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 23.04
Rank: 11
Kengo Tsutsumi
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 21.86
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Ōita Prefecture
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Most individuals born in present day Ōita Prefecture were soccer players (15), politicians (1), wrestlers (1), and actors (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 Ōita Prefecture, including Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Uchimura, and Kazumasa Kawano. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ōita Prefecture, including Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Uchimura, and Kazumasa Kawano.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Ōita Prefecture since 1700.
