Wakayama Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture ranks 1,569th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Livingston, New Jersey, Sochi, and Pannonia. Memorable people born in Wakayama Prefecture include Hiromasa Azuma, Kohei Kato, and Ryoichi Fukushige. Wakayama Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players. Wakayama Prefecture is located in Japan.
Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 and has a geographic area of 4,724 square kilometres (1,824 sq mi). Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to the northeast. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1971 and 1995, Wakayama Prefecture was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Hiromasa Azuma, Kohei Kato, and Ryoichi Fukushige.
People Born in Wakayama Prefecture
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Hiromasa Azuma
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.48
Rank: 1
Kohei Kato
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 28.08
Rank: 2
Ryoichi Fukushige
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 27.02
Rank: 3
Kazuya Maeda
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.21
Rank: 4
Yoshito Matsushita
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 19.16
Rank: 5
Yuki Matsubara
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 17.47
Rank: 6
Yuki Kotera
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 17.07
Rank: 7
Tomoya Nakanishi
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 15.71
Rank: 8
Koya Okuda
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 15.07
Rank: 9
Takuma Takeda
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 12.46
Rank: 10
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Wakayama Prefecture were soccer players (10), 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 Wakayama Prefecture, including Hiromasa Azuma, Kohei Kato, and Ryoichi Fukushige. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wakayama Prefecture, including Hiromasa Azuma, Kohei Kato, and Ryoichi Fukushige.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Wakayama Prefecture since 1700.
