34.4000° N, 132.4500° E
HIROSHIMA
Most Famous People Born in Hiroshima, Japan
- Notable people
- 333
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1958
- Most distinctive
- Manga 51.4×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Hiroshima during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 49 notable births.
What Hiroshima Is Known For
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Football is Hiroshima's biggest profession — 30% of all notables (101).
Hiroshima over-indexes on manga — 51.4× the global rate.
Hiroshima under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Hiroshima's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Music
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Politics & Law
- Other
Issey Miyake
Born 1938
Kaneto Shindo
1912 - 2012
Tomoaki Makino
Born 1987
Masato Morishige
Born 1987
Haruka Ayase
Born 1985
Saori Hara
Born 1988
Sadako Sasaki
1943 - 1955
Minoru Genda
1904 - 1989
Satoshi Urushihara
Born 1966
Megumi Okina
Born 1979
Mikio Oda
1905 - 1998
Toshio Hosokawa
Born 1955
Haruko Sugimura
1909 - 1997
Dai Tamesue
Born 1978
Kazushi Kimura
Born 1958
Kōji Morisaki
Born 1981
Kaiji Kawaguchi
Born 1948
Eiji Oue
Born 1957
Seiji Yokoyama
1935 - 2017
Kazuyuki Morisaki
Born 1981
Hiroyuki Agawa
1920 - 2015
Kazuaki Tasaka
Born 1971
Ryota Yamagata
Born 1992
Tamiki Hara
1905 - 1951
Gakuto Notsuda
Born 1994
Yusuke Tasaka
Born 1985
Kaoru Osanai
1881 - 1928
Nozomu Sasaki
Born 1967
Nao Oikawa
Born 1981
Takashi Shimoda
Born 1975
Mamoru Samuragochi
Born 1963
Erina Yamane
Born 1990
Okinori Kaya
1889 - 1977
Meg (singer)
Born 1980
Eikichi Yazawa
Born 1949
Shinji Takehara
Born 1972
Shoichi Sakata
1911 - 1970
Mana (Japanese musician)
Born 1969
Mikijirō Hira
1933 - 2016
Hiroaki Morishima
Born 1972
Shuntaro Hida
1917 - 2017
Yumeji Tsukioka
1922 - 2017
Mew Azama
Born 1986
Yoji Shinkawa
Born 1971
Kōsaku Yosida
1909 - 1990
Miekichi Suzuki
1882 - 1936
Katsutoshi Nekoda
1944 - 1983
Hiroko Takenishi
Born 1929
Nobuhiro Suwa
Born 1960
Ken Naganuma
1930 - 2008
Hideki Saijo
1955 - 2018
Hideyuki Ashihara
1944 - 1995
Nobutoshi Kaneda
Born 1958
Kōmei Abe
1911 - 2006
Yuhki Kamatani
Born 1983
Ayako Kimura
Born 1988
Aimitsu
1907 - 1946
Yoshiko Okada
1902 - 1992
Tsubasa Yokotake
Born 1989
Kazuya Miyahara
Born 1996
Masaichi Niimi
1887 - 1993
Makoto Ninomiya
Born 1994
Abe Akira
1934 - 1989
Miki Maya
Born 1964
Suzuka Nakamoto
Born 1997
Kazuo Imanishi
Born 1941
Yasuhiro Yoshida
Born 1969
Ayako Okamoto
Born 1951
Hayao Kawabe
Born 1995
Nobuhiro Doi
Born 1964
Ayaka Nishiwaki
Born 1989
Isao Harimoto
Born 1940
Katsuyoshi Shinto
Born 1960
Akiko Futaba
1915 - 2011
Mana Endo
Born 1971
Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi
1911 - 1943
Yuka Kashino
Born 1988
Teruki Miyamoto
1940 - 2000
Aritatsu Ogi
Born 1942
Yōko Ōta
1906 - 1963
Kaori Kishitani
Born 1967
Naoya Shibamura
Born 1982
Ryūtarō Ōtomo
1912 - 1985
Masashi Watanabe
1936 - 1995
Koji Yamamoto (baseball)
Born 1946
Yasuyuki Kuwahara
1942 - 2017
Yoko Morishita
Born 1948
Kuniko Ozaki
Born 1956
Takehide Nakatani
Born 1941
Hiromi Hirata
Born 1978
Hiroaki Hiraoka
Born 1985
Reiji Okazaki
1930 - 1975
Masashi Ando
Born 1969
Sadako Kurihara
1913 - 2005
Daiki Watari
Born 1993
Shogo Nishikawa
Born 1983
Danshoku Dino
Born 1977
Mitsukazu Mihara
Born 1970
Kumi Tanioka
Born 1974
Yoshito Matsushige
1913 - 2005
Gunichi Mikawa
1888 - 1981
Shinoe Shōda
1910 - 1965
Shinichiro Takahashi
Born 1957
Yuki Yanagita
Born 1988
Takao Kawaguchi
Born 1950
Katsutoshi Naito
1895 - 1969
Masaru Kawasaki
1924 - 2018
Takuya Masuda
Born 1989
Rika Ishii
Born 1980
Hisao Kami
Born 1941
Nobuteru Taniguchi
Born 1971
Hiroyoshi Kuwabara
Born 1971
Takuya Miyamoto (footballer, born 1983)
Born 1983
Daisuke Imanaka
Born 1963
Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Born 1958
Takefumi Sakata
Born 1980
Seizō Kobayashi
1877 - 1962
Kentaro Kawatsu
1914 - 1970
Rei Mikamoto
Born 1974
Shohei Moriyasu
Born 1991
Kuniharu Nakamoto
Born 1959
Tomoe Tamiyasu
-
Yuto Nakayama
Born 1991
Masaharu Morimoto
Born 1955
Jujiro Matsuda
1875 - 1952
Hideyo Arisaka
1908 - 1952
Yukio Shimomura
Born 1932
Kameto Kuroshima
1893 - 1965
Taeko Nakanishi
Born 1931
Toshihiko Okimune
Born 1959
Masahiro Kuramoto
Born 1955
Mutsuhiko Nomura
Born 1940
Kenzo Oshima
Born 1943
Naho Toda
Born 1974
Iwao Yamane
Born 1976
Rihito Takarai
Born 1989
Hiroshi Sowa
Born 1956
Kenji Dai
Born 1989
Sachi Kagawa
-
Tomoaki Ōgami
Born 1970
Masanao Aoki
1931 - 2018
Yoshinori Shigematsu
1930 - 2018
Makoto Mimura
Born 1989
Koji Funamoto
Born 1942
Yukinori Taniguchi
Born 1968
Naoemon Shimizu
1900 - 1945
Yuki Tamura
Born 1985
Rei Harakami
1970 - 2011
Daisuke Katagami
Born 1981
Takayuki Kuwata
Born 1941
Kunie Iwahashi
1934 - 2014
Hidemaro Watanabe
1924 - 2011
Motosada Mori
Born 1964
Hitomi Takagaki
1898 - 1983
Kazuya Okazaki
Born 1991
Atsuyoshi Furuta
Born 1952
Shizuo Miyama
-
Sayo Aizawa
Born 1978
Taro Goto
Born 1969
Yasuhiro Yamada
1968 - 2013
Tetsuo Nishimoto
Born 1950
Minoru Takenaka
Born 1976
Noriaki Sanenobu
Born 1980
Katsuyuki Kawachi
Born 1955
Kazuko Tadano
-
Arawa Kimura
1931 - 2007
Daisuke Asahi
Born 1980
Taizo Harada
Born 1970
Shin Tanada
Born 1969
Hiroshi Saeki
1936 - 2010
Yasuyuki Sato
Born 1966
Kenzo Ohashi
1934 - 2015
Hirokazu Hasegawa
Born 1986
Reizo Fukuhara
1931 - 1970
Maiko Iuchi
-
Kenji Hada
Born 1981
Masashi Fujimoto
Born 1963
Katsuhiro Minamoto
Born 1972
Shiro Teshima
1907 - 1982
Bingo Morihashi
Born 1979
Miyoko Karami
Born 1974
Nobuyuki Oishi
Born 1939
Tetsuya Takada
Born 1969
Yasutaka Yoshida
Born 1966
Fujikawa Yū
1865 - 1940
Takamitsu Muraoka
Born 1938
Akira Nozawa
-
Tetsurō Itodani
Born 1988
Kunitaka Sueoka
1917 - 1998
Masanobu Izumi
Born 1944
Seiichi Sakiya
Born 1950
Sora Izumikawa
Born 1971
Tomoko Ogawa
Born 1949
Toshikazu Kato
Born 1981
Tsutomu Ōyokota
1913 - 1970
Tsuyoshi Kunieda
Born 1944
Takehiko Kawanishi
Born 1938
Yusuke Kobayashi (footballer, born 1983)
Born 1983
Kazuhisa Kono
Born 1950
Kohei Arihara
Born 1992
Takahiro Iwasaki
Born 1975
Natsuko Imamura
Born 1980
Keita Kanemoto
Born 1977
Masao Nozawa
-
Jun Natsukawa
Born 1980
Hakaru Masumoto
1895 - 1987
Kensei Mizote
Born 1942
Tetsuya Yoroizaka
Born 1990
Tomoko Matsunashi
Born 1971
Masahiko Kimura (footballer)
Born 1984
Taisuke Yamaoka
Born 1995
Shinya Sakoi
Born 1977
Yoshimasu Tōdō
1702 - 1773
Makoto Yoshimori
Born 1969
Masahiro Nonaka
Born 1968
Koichi Ae
Born 1976
Tatsuro Kimura
Born 1984
Rei Naito
Born 1961
Kenji Koyama
Born 1972
Jun Tanaka (poet)
1890 - 1966
Yoshio Yoshida (pilot)
Born 1921
Hidemichi Tanaka
Born 1971
Kenta Ishida
Born 1993
Shigeki Tanaka
Born 1931
Hideki Kikuchi
Born 1986
Yamana Ayao
1897 - 1980
Takahiro Kimura (footballer)
Born 1957
Oki Kibatarō
1848 - 1906
Teruhisa Moriyama
Born 1942
Kōji Shimizu
Born 1969
Hashizume Bun
Born 1931
Aki Ichijo
Born 1969
Kenji Wakai
Born 1974
Ken Yagami
Born 1966
Yuka Koyama
Born 1968
Tadashi Kaminagai
1899 - 1982
Shinji Harada
Born 1958
Takayuki Yamasaki
Born 1981
Toshiaki Kosedo
Born 1941
Kosuke Harada
Born 1977
Jun Takata
Born 1977
Yūzan Fujita
1949 - 2015
Mana Nishiura
1971 - 2005
Kitazakura Hidetoshi
Born 1971
Naozaburo Okabe
1887 - 1946
Tono (artist)
-
Ryuya Motoda
Born 1994
Hiroo Inokuchi
1927 - 2014
Candy Okutsu
Born 1975
Ouyang Tzu
Born 1939
Hiromi Akiyama
1937 - 2012
Minoru Terada
Born 1958
Shimako Murai
1928 - 2018
Kashiwa Daisuke
-
Akira Fujita
1908 - 2001
Yoshiharu Minami
Born 1951
Daigo Matsuura
Born 1969
Toyozakura Toshiaki
Born 1974
Hiroo Kawai
Born 1971
Yoshitake Masuhara
Born 1945
Hitoshi Kumano
Born 1991
Takuya Shigehiro
Born 1995
Shunsuke Nagasaki
Born 1987
Himeka Nakamoto
Born 1996
Yoichi Kajiyama
Born 1971
Mariri Sugimoto
Born 2000
Shigeo Onoue
Born 1976
Tee (Sänger)
Born 1982
Mitoyo Kawate
1889 - 2003
Yūma Ohshita
Born 1992
Miyu Nakashio
Born 1996
Sachiko Saito
Born 1947
Yoshio Okita
1903 - 2001
Tatsuhiko Seo
Born 1952
Yoko Moriwaki
1932 - 1945
Seigo Minami
1893 - 1975
Akinoshū Kenji
Born 1969
Masashi Yamamoto (baseball)
Born 1994
Akinoumi Setsuo
1914 - 1979
Tadashi Satō (politician)
1849 - 1920
Takashi Yamanouchi
Born 1945
Masao Sueda
Born 1951
Makoto Okazaki (figure skater)
Born 1976
Shota Shakuno
Born 1983
Masaru Amono
1942 - 2006
Atsushi Matsuura (footballer, born 1982)
Born 1982
Daisuke Matsumoto
Born 1971
Yuka Kono
Born 1992
Tatsuji Suga
1885 - 1945
Toshihiko Shiozawa
Born 1947
Harumitsu Okada
Born 1960
Marii Hasegawa
1918 - 2012
Hiroaki Ohishi
Born 1970
Kazumi Matsui
Born 1953
Yoshi Sodeoka
-
Hitoshi Okino
1959 - 2009
Yūgo Takeuchi
Born 1987
Yutaka Ohashi
1923 - 1989
Toshiki Yoshioka
Born 1976
Tadashige Teranishi
1926 - 1999