Yamaguchi Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture ranks 962nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jeonju, Passaic, New Jersey, and Bulgaria. Memorable people born in Yamaguchi Prefecture include Kōichirō Matsuura, Masatoshi Nakayama, and Shohei Ono. Yamaguchi Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Yamaguchi Prefecture is located in Japan.
Yamaguchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 and has a geographic area of 6,112 km2. Yamaguchi Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the north and Hiroshima Prefecture to the northeast. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1913 and 1997, Yamaguchi Prefecture was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Kōichirō Matsuura, Masatoshi Nakayama, and Shohei Ono.
People Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Kōichirō Matsuura
POLITICIAN
1937 - Present
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1
Masatoshi Nakayama
MARTIAL ARTS
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2
Shohei Ono
WRESTLER
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 3
Yuki Urushibara
COMIC ARTIST
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 4
Atsushi Ito
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 27.50
Rank: 5
Riki Harakawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 26.28
Rank: 6
Akihiko Takeshige
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 20.26
Rank: 7
Masakazu Kihara
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 19.91
Rank: 8
Takumi Nagaishi
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 18.05
Rank: 9
Soya Fujiwara
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 16.77
Rank: 10
Kenichiro Hirata
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.58
Rank: 11
Kazuki Egashira
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 14.40
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Most individuals born in present day Yamaguchi Prefecture were soccer players (11), politicians (1), martial arts (1), wrestlers (1), and comic artists (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 Yamaguchi Prefecture, including Atsushi Ito, Riki Harakawa, and Akihiko Takeshige. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yamaguchi Prefecture, including Atsushi Ito, Riki Harakawa, and Akihiko Takeshige.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Yamaguchi Prefecture since 1700.
