Shizuoka (city)
Shizuoka (city) ranks 109th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rotterdam, Geneva, and Manchester. Memorable people born in Shizuoka (city) include Tameo Ide, Kazuyoshi Miura, and Imagawa Yoshimoto. Memorable people who died in Shizuoka (city) include Tokugawa Ieyasu, Inoue Kaoru, and Masanori Sanada. Shizuoka (city) has been the birth place of many soccer players, and racing drivers and the death place of many soccer players, and military personnels. Shizuoka (city) is located in Japan.
Shizuoka is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population and area. It has been populated since prehistoric times. As of 1 September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 677,867 in 106,087 households, and a population density of 480 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,200/sq mi). Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1519 and 1996, Shizuoka (city) was the birth place of 98 globally memorable people, including Tameo Ide, Kazuyoshi Miura, and Imagawa Yoshimoto. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Shizuoka (city) including Tokugawa Ieyasu, Inoue Kaoru, and Masanori Sanada.
People Born in Shizuoka (city)
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Tameo Ide
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1998
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 1
Kazuyoshi Miura
SOCCER PLAYER
1967 - Present
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 2
Imagawa Yoshimoto
POLITICIAN
1519 - 1560
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 3
Yoshitaka Amano
ARTIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4
Yoshito Usui
COMIC ARTIST
1958 - 2009
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 5
Kazumi Takada
SOCCER PLAYER
1951 - 2009
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 6
Toyohito Mochizuki
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 7
Ryuichi Sugiyama
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 8
Hidetaka Miyazaki
GAME DESIGNER
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 9
Masatoshi Shima
CHEMIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 10
Yasutoshi Miura
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 11
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
RACING DRIVER
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Shizuoka (city)
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People Deceased in Shizuoka (city)
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1542 - 1616
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 1
Inoue Kaoru
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1915
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 2
Masanori Sanada
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - 2011
HPI: 34.25
Rank: 3
Yasuhiro Yamada
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - 2013
HPI: 32.25
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Shizuoka (city) were soccer players (89), racing drivers (2), politicians (1), artists (1), and comic artists (1), while most who died were soccer players (2), military personnels (1), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Shizuoka (city), including Kazuyoshi Miura, Kazumi Takada, and Toyohito Mochizuki. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Shizuoka (city), including Tameo Ide, Kazuyoshi Miura, and Kazumi Takada.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Shizuoka (city) since 1700.
