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HIROSHIMA

Most Famous People Born in Hiroshima, Japan

Notable people
333
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1958
Most distinctive
Manga 51.4×
Through the Decades

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.

  1. Football101
  2. Actor16
  3. Singer14
  4. Player12
  5. Swimmer12
  6. Composer10
  7. Politician10
  8. Novelist9
  1. Manga751.4×
  2. Golf58.9×
  3. Swimmer127.4×
  4. Novelist96.8×
  5. Wrestler54.7×
  6. Football1012.8×
  7. Composer102.3×
  8. Baseball82.1×
  1. Politician100.3×

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.

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0003 FOOTBALL

Tomoaki Makino

Born 1987

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0004 FOOTBALL

Masato Morishige

Born 1987

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0005 ACTOR

Haruka Ayase

Born 1985

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0006 ACTOR

Saori Hara

Born 1988

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0016 FOOTBALL

Kōji Morisaki

Born 1981

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0020 FOOTBALL

Kazuyuki Morisaki

Born 1981

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0026 FOOTBALL

Yusuke Tasaka

Born 1985

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0029 ACTOR

Nao Oikawa

Born 1981

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0034 SINGER

Meg (singer)

Born 1980

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0043 ACTOR

Mew Azama

Born 1986

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0055 MANGA

Yuhki Kamatani

Born 1983

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0056 HURDLER

Ayako Kimura

Born 1988

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0059 FOOTBALL

Tsubasa Yokotake

Born 1989

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0071 DANCER

Ayaka Nishiwaki

Born 1989

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0077 SINGER

Yuka Kashino

Born 1988

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0082 FOOTBALL

Naoya Shibamura

Born 1982

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0091 JUDO

Hiroaki Hiraoka

Born 1985

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0096 FOOTBALL

Shogo Nishikawa

Born 1983

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0104 BASEBALL

Yuki Yanagita

Born 1988

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0108 FOOTBALL

Takuya Masuda

Born 1989

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0109 SINGER

Rika Ishii

Born 1980

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0113 FOOTBALL

Takuya Miyamoto (footballer, born 1983)

Born 1983

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0116 BOXER

Takefumi Sakata

Born 1980

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0136 MANGA

Rihito Takarai

Born 1989

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0138 FOOTBALL

Kenji Dai

Born 1989

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0143 FOOTBALL

Makoto Mimura

Born 1989

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0147 FOOTBALL

Yuki Tamura

Born 1985

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0149 PLAYER

Daisuke Katagami

Born 1981

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0163 FOOTBALL

Noriaki Sanenobu

Born 1980

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0167 FOOTBALL

Daisuke Asahi

Born 1980

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0173 FOOTBALL

Hirokazu Hasegawa

Born 1986

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0176 FOOTBALL

Kenji Hada

Born 1981

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0188 PLAYER

Tetsurō Itodani

Born 1988

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0194 FOOTBALL

Toshikazu Kato

Born 1981

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0198 FOOTBALL

Yusuke Kobayashi (footballer, born 1983)

Born 1983

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0202 NOVELIST

Natsuko Imamura

Born 1980

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0205 IDOL

Jun Natsukawa

Born 1980

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0210 FOOTBALL

Masahiko Kimura (footballer)

Born 1984

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0217 FOOTBALL

Tatsuro Kimura

Born 1984

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0225 ARCHER

Hideki Kikuchi

Born 1986

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0238 PLAYER

Takayuki Yamasaki

Born 1981

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0263 GINNASTA

Shunsuke Nagasaki

Born 1987

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0268 SINGER

Tee (Sänger)

Born 1982

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0284 COACH

Shota Shakuno

Born 1983

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0286 FOOTBALL

Atsushi Matsuura (footballer, born 1982)

Born 1982

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0297 PLAYER

Yūgo Takeuchi

Born 1987

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