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Setagaya ranks 436th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gyumri, Algiers, and Chelyabinsk. Memorable people born in Setagaya include Hideo Kojima, Ichirou Mizuki, and Satoshi Tajiri. 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 conductors. 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

Between 1945 and 1997, Setagaya was the birth place of 28 globally memorable people, including Hideo Kojima, Ichirou Mizuki, and Satoshi Tajiri. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Setagaya including Akira Kurosawa, Seiji Ozawa, and Ishirō Honda.

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People Deceased in Setagaya

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Most individuals born in present day Setagaya were soccer players (14), actors (5), game designers (2), composers (1), and politicians (1),  while most who died were film directors (2), conductors (1), politicians (1), soccer players (1), and writers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Setagaya, including Satoshi Tsunami, Yoshinori Muto, and Shūichi Gonda. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Setagaya, including Satoshi Tsunami, Yoshinori Muto, and Shūichi Gonda.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Setagaya since 1700.