34.6910° N, 135.1826° E
KOBE
Most Famous People Born in Kobe, Japan
- Notable people
- 742
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1963
- Most distinctive
- Rikishi 71.1×
Kobe was Japan's most foreign-facing port long before the 1995 earthquake, and the old Kitano settlements still show in an unusual density of bilingual Novelists. The real surprises are the voice-acting studios and manga houses that clustered here postwar — Seiyū and Manga counts running at seventy and sixty-plus times their global baselines — and a Judo bench that traces back to Kanō Jigorō founding the sport down the road.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kobe during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Kobe Is Known For
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Football is Kobe's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (129).
Kobe over-indexes on rikishi — 71.1× the global rate.
Kobe under-produces writer — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Kobe's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Art & Design
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Other
- Filtered to 1980s Clear ×
Shinji Kagawa
Born 1989
Erika Toda
Born 1988
Keiko Kitagawa
Born 1986
Mai Nakahara
Born 1981
Yōsuke Kashiwagi
Born 1987
Ryoichi Maeda
Born 1981
Yui Sakakibara
Born 1980
Mirai Moriyama
Born 1984
Yasuhito Morishima
Born 1987
Ayano Yamane
Born 1983
Kosuke Kimura
Born 1984
Hirofumi Araki
Born 1983
Yohei Nishibe
Born 1980
Moeko Matsushita
Born 1982
Hozumi Hasegawa
Born 1980
Hiro Fujiwara
Born 1981
Hiroyuki Komoto
Born 1985
Ayame Misaki
Born 1989
Yoshihiro Uchimura
Born 1984
Kim Jung-ya
Born 1988
Kantoku (illustrator)
Born 1985
Yoshihito Fujita
Born 1983
Kenta Furube
Born 1985
Makoto (wrestler)
Born 1989
Kimiya Sato
Born 1989
Asuka Nishi
Born 1988
Nao Matsushita
Born 1985
Kazutomi Yamamoto
Born 1988
Takahide Kishi
Born 1987
Ayumi Tsunematsu
Born 1981
Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Born 1982
Ryota Doi
Born 1987
Keisuke Hayashi
Born 1988
Eriko Hirose
Born 1985
Kohei Doi
Born 1988
Tomohiro Kaku
Born 1984
Kento Handa
Born 1984
Masakazu Fujiwara
Born 1981
Yuki Hashimoto
Born 1989
Atsushi Hiwasa
Born 1987
Tadayo Fukuo
Born 1984
Ryoji Fukui
Born 1987
Momoko Saitō
Born 1982
Marie Wada
Born 1987
Yukinori Oguni
Born 1988
Ryōko Fuda
Born 1986
Machiko Tezuka
Born 1986
Ryōta Takeuchi
Born 1982
Hitoshi Usui
Born 1988
Tomotaka Sakaguchi
Born 1984
Mai Nakamura (synchronised swimmer)
Born 1989
Kohei Nishino
Born 1982
Yu Kijima
Born 1986
Yasuaki Oshima
Born 1981
Makoto Nishino
Born 1984
Lemon Hanazawa
Born 1984
Yohei Nakada
Born 1983
Kohei Fujita
Born 1989
Tomo Morimoto
Born 1983
Keiko Teshima
Born 1980
Seito Sakakibara
Born 1982
Tomohisa Otani
Born 1985
Misaki Sekiyama
Born 1981
Eri Nakao
Born 1980
Myōgiryū Yasunari
Born 1986
Naoki Imaya
Born 1980
Nami Sano
Born 1987
Naoto Yoshii
Born 1987
Tsutomu Oosugi
Born 1985
Miiko Morita
Born 1987
Taro Nohashi
Born 1982
Ryo Yamamoto
Born 1984
Yuriko Kobayashi
Born 1988
Tochinowaka Michihiro
Born 1988
Koji Matsuura
Born 1980
Yukari Murata
Born 1981
Mio Suemasa
Born 1983
Tomohiro Inoue
Born 1987
Akitoshi Tamura
Born 1980
Maki Mita
Born 1983
Naoya Matsumoto
Born 1982
Takeaki Tokuyama
Born 1989
Hiromi Haneda
Born 1981
Junko Okuda
Born 1982
Takatoshi Furukawa
Born 1987
Jun (musician)
Born 1983
Hiroko Akutsu
Born 1984
Go Yokoyama
Born 1983
Kim Kong-chyong
Born 1986
Kazuaki Yoshida
Born 1987
Kento Masaki
Born 1987
Nobuhiro Uetani
Born 1989
Hiroyuki Kagura
Born 1989
Masayuki Hirahara
Born 1980
Kazuaki Minami
Born 1981
Kumiko Itō
Born 1980
Kumiko Horie
Born 1982
Eito Yasutoko
Born 1983
Nahoko Kojima
Born 1981
Teppei Uesugi
Born 1985
Wataru Miki
Born 1980
Shoji Ito
Born 1980
Hideki Yamauchi
Born 1988
Kazuhiro Nishikawa
Born 1986
Takayuki Kubota (artist)
Born 1985
Masaki Iwai
Born 1985
Tomoya Kanki
Born 1987
Akira Yoshida (giocatore di calcio a 5)
Born 1986
Mai Tagami
Born 1980
Kensuke Hosaka
Born 1985