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
- Field: Singer Clear ×
Minako Kotobuki
Born 1991
Yui Sakakibara
Born 1980
Yamantaka Eye
Born 1964
Miho Komatsu
Born 1974
Yuya Matsushita
Born 1990
Ann Lewis (musician)
Born 1956
tofubeats
Born 1990
Ichiko Hashimoto (musician)
Born 1952
Ryōtarō Sugi
Born 1944
Kanako Takatsuki
Born 1993
Yasuyuki Okamura
Born 1965
Irori Maeda
Born 1997
Aimi (actress)
Born 1991
Sonoko Inoue
Born 1997
Machiko Tezuka
Born 1986
Tortoise Matsumoto
Born 1966
Eri Hiramatsu
Born 1964
Eri Nakao
Born 1980
Sakura Komoriya
Born 1999
Ruriko Kubō
Born 1969
Geila Zilkha
Born 1969
Jun (musician)
Born 1983
Hiroko Akutsu
Born 1984