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KYOTO

Most Famous People Born in Kyoto, Japan

Notable people

824

Peak decade

1970s

Median birth year

1947

Most distinctive

Imperial 132.4×

Imperial Japan's old capital, with the dataset to prove it. Kyoto is the only city in the world with double-digit emperors and imperial princes among its notables, and they're joined by Buddhist monks, classical novelists from the Heian court, and a long modern tail of manga artists, voice actors, and film directors. The city's earliest dated notables are from the 9th century — no other Japanese city has anything like that depth.