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FUKUOKA-SHI

Most Famous People Born in Fukuoka-shi, Japan

Notable people
318
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1968
Most distinctive
Seiyū 72.9×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Fukuoka-shi during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 59 notable births.

What Fukuoka-shi Is Known For

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Football is Fukuoka-shi's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (42).

Fukuoka-shi over-indexes on seiyū72.9× the global rate.

Fukuoka-shi under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Football42
  2. Actor30
  3. Player20
  4. Singer18
  5. Baseball17
  6. Politician16
  7. Novelist12
  8. Seiyū11
  1. Seiyū1172.9×
  2. Manga861.5×
  3. Judo711.4×
  4. Novelist129.5×
  5. Wrestler54.9×
  6. Baseball174.7×
  7. Swimmer63.9×
  8. Player203.2×
  1. Politician160.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Fukuoka-shi's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 29 of 318 notable people

0002 ACTOR

Victoria Principal

Born 1950

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0015 FILM

Tetsuya Nakashima

Born 1959

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0016 FILM

Gakuryū Ishii

Born 1957

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0034 ACTOR

Issey Ogata

Born 1952

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0037 MANGA

Yoshinori Kobayashi

Born 1953

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0065 SCULPTOR

Etsuro Sotoo

Born 1953

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0068 ACTOR

Lily (Japanese singer)

1952 - 2016

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0088 MANGA

Julietta Suzuki

Born 1950

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0094 BIOLOGIST

Takashi Gojobori

Born 1951

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0100 ACTOR

Mio Takaki

Born 1959

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0101 FILM

Hiroyuki Kakudō

Born 1959

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0103 POLITICIAN

Ryu Matsumoto

1951 - 2018

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0104 ACTOR

Rumiko Koyanagi

Born 1952

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0141 ARTIST

Yukinori Yanagi

Born 1959

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0155 SEIYŪ

Rumiko Ukai

Born 1955

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0162 NOVELIST

Azusa Noa

Born 1954

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0168 OPERA

Kurt Streit

Born 1959

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0178 JOURNALIST

Kozo Inoue

Born 1956

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0182 OPERA

Yoko Watanabe

1953 - 2004

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0202 SAXOPHONIST

Takeshi Itoh

Born 1954

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0206 VIOLIN

Tōru Yasunaga

Born 1951

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0236 POET

Henri Cole

Born 1956

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0245 ACTOR

Kissei Kumamoto

Born 1957

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0251 PLAYER

Tsuyoshi Fukui

Born 1957

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0274 BASKET

Miho Matsuoka

Born 1953

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0277 BASKET

Kazuyo Hayashida

Born 1953

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0306 ARMY

Thomas P. Bostick

Born 1956

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0310 SPORT

Yoshiaki Kinoshita

Born 1956

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0311 SWIMMER

Yasuko Fujii

Born 1950

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