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Yokohama ranks 94th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vancouver, Stuttgart, and New Orleans. Memorable people born in Yokohama include Masaru Emoto, Antonio Inoki, and Setsuko Hara. Memorable people who died in Yokohama include Masaru Emoto, Diana Abgar, and Chishū Ryū. Yokohama has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many actors and writers. Yokohama is located in Japan.

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and by area, and is also the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1862 and 2000, Yokohama was the birth place of 99 globally memorable people, including Masaru Emoto, Antonio Inoki, and Setsuko Hara. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Yokohama including Masaru Emoto, Diana Abgar, and Chishū Ryū.

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Most individuals born in present day Yokohama were soccer players (63), actors (17), singers (4), writers (3), and wrestlers (2),  while most who died were actors (2), writers (1), politicians (1), singers (1), and soccer players (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Yokohama, including Shunsuke Nakamura, Toshio Matsuura, and Masahiro Fukuda. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yokohama, including Shunsuke Nakamura, Toshio Matsuura, and Masahiro Fukuda.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Yokohama since 1700.