35.0134° N, 135.7647° E
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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Kyoto during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Kyoto Is Known For
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Football is Kyoto's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (88).
Kyoto over-indexes on imperial — 132.4× the global rate.
Kyoto under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Kyoto's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Music
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Other
- Filtered to 1950s Clear ×
Hirokazu Tanaka
Born 1957
Stan Sakai
Born 1953
Kaoru Kobayashi (actor)
Born 1951
Jun Miyake
Born 1958
Kakifly
Born 1950
Toshiki Yui
Born 1956
Ryoichi Kawakatsu
Born 1958
Hideki Maeda
Born 1954
Keiichi Tahara
1951 - 2017
James F. Conant
Born 1958
Ken'ichi Yamamoto
1956 - 2014
Nobuo Ikeda
Born 1953
Kaizo Hayashi
Born 1957
Daisaku Kadokawa
Born 1950
Susumu Kitagawa
Born 1951
Mitsuo Sawamoto
Born 1951
Yoshizumi Ishino
Born 1957
Yasuichi Oshima
Born 1954
Yoshifu Arita
Born 1952
Kaoru Yumi
Born 1950
Amii Ozaki
Born 1957
Aube (musician)
1959 - 2013
Keizo Imai
Born 1950
Shinsuke Shimada
Born 1956
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Born 1959
Yoshihiro Murata
Born 1951
Masaki Yokotani
Born 1952
Park Young-chul
Born 1954
Kesako Matsui
Born 1953
Kei Koito
Born 1950
Shoji Nishida
Born 1958
Toshihiko Nakagō
Born 1957
Song Il-soo
Born 1950
Reiko Terashima
Born 1958
Mikishi Daimon
Born 1956
Haruhiko Okumura
Born 1951
Sōichi Noriki
Born 1957
Tomoyuki Taira
Born 1959
Shin'ichirō Obata
Born 1952
Takatoshi Nishiwaki
Born 1955
Yasuyuki Nakai
1954 - 2014
Tadashi Sugiyama
Born 1959
Yō Yoshimura
1954 - 1991
Makoto Kano (video game designer)
Born 1950
Taksu Cheon
Born 1958
Mie Hamada
Born 1959
Izima Kaoru
Born 1954
Takehiro Izushi
Born 1952
Yasuhiro Nakagawa
Born 1951
Paul Yoshinao Ōtsuka
Born 1954
Fumio Iwai
Born 1951
Edgar E. Peters
Born 1952