Setagaya
Setagaya ranks 468th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vitoria-Gasteiz, Lund, and Grenoble. Memorable people born in Setagaya include Hideo Kojima, Ichirou Mizuki, and Fusako Shigenobu. Memorable people who died in Setagaya include Akira Kurosawa, Seiji Ozawa, and Ishirō Honda. Setagaya has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many film directors, and writers. Setagaya is located in Japan.
Setagaya is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orchid, and its tree is the Zelkova serrata. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1945 and 1997, Setagaya was the birth place of 29 globally memorable people, including Hideo Kojima, Ichirou Mizuki, and Fusako Shigenobu. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Setagaya including Akira Kurosawa, Seiji Ozawa, and Ishirō Honda.
People Born in Setagaya
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Hideo Kojima
GAME DESIGNER
1963 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1
Ichirou Mizuki
COMPOSER
1948 - 2022
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 2
Fusako Shigenobu
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 3
Satoshi Tajiri
GAME DESIGNER
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 4
Shirō Sagisu
COMPOSER
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 5
Kaori Momoi
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 6
Yutaka Ozaki
SINGER
1965 - 1992
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 7
Norifumi Abe
RACING DRIVER
1975 - 2007
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 8
Akihiko Hoshide
ASTRONAUT
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 9
Satoshi Tsunami
SOCCER PLAYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 10
Kumiko Okae
ACTOR
1956 - 2020
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 11
Rei Sakuma
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Setagaya
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Akira Kurosawa
FILM DIRECTOR
1910 - 1998
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 1
Seiji Ozawa
CONDUCTOR
1935 - 2024
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 2
Ishirō Honda
FILM DIRECTOR
1911 - 1993
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 3
Seki Matsunaga
SOCCER PLAYER
1928 - 2013
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 4
Atsushi Nakajima
WRITER
1909 - 1942
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 5
Tsutomu Hata
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6
Naoya Shiga
WRITER
1883 - 1971
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 7
Fumio Hayasaka
COMPOSER
1914 - 1955
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 8
Hisashi Kimura
ASTRONOMER
1870 - 1943
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 9
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Setagaya were soccer players (15), actors (4), game designers (2), composers (2), and politicians (1), while most who died were film directors (2), writers (2), conductors (1), soccer players (1), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Setagaya, including Satoshi Tsunami, Shūichi Gonda, and Yoshinori Muto. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Setagaya, including Satoshi Tsunami, Shūichi Gonda, and Yoshinori Muto.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Setagaya since 1700.
