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
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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
- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Sadako Sasaki
1943 - 1955
Kaiji Kawaguchi
Born 1948
Eikichi Yazawa
Born 1949
Katsutoshi Nekoda
1944 - 1983
Hideyuki Ashihara
1944 - 1995
Kazuo Imanishi
Born 1941
Isao Harimoto
Born 1940
Teruki Miyamoto
1940 - 2000
Aritatsu Ogi
Born 1942
Koji Yamamoto (baseball)
Born 1946
Yasuyuki Kuwahara
1942 - 2017
Yoko Morishita
Born 1948
Takehide Nakatani
Born 1941
Hisao Kami
Born 1941
Mutsuhiko Nomura
Born 1940
Kenzo Oshima
Born 1943
Koji Funamoto
Born 1942
Takayuki Kuwata
Born 1941
Masanobu Izumi
Born 1944
Tomoko Ogawa
Born 1949
Tsuyoshi Kunieda
Born 1944
Kensei Mizote
Born 1942
Teruhisa Moriyama
Born 1942
Toshiaki Kosedo
Born 1941
Yūzan Fujita
1949 - 2015
Yoshitake Masuhara
Born 1945
Sachiko Saito
Born 1947
Takashi Yamanouchi
Born 1945
Masaru Amono
1942 - 2006
Toshihiko Shiozawa
Born 1947
Kimi Nii
Born 1947
Sun Hwan Chung
Born 1940
Dean Wells (politician)
Born 1949
Shunsuke Miki
Born 1944
Satoru Nakano
Born 1947
Kishio Tanaka
Born 1946
Teruhiko Kitani
Born 1945
Hajime Ishimatsu
Born 1940