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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 97 notable births.
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 1960s Clear ×
Shinichirō Watanabe
Born 1965
Joi Ito
Born 1966
Rikiya Koyama
Born 1963
Tetsuji Hashiratani
Born 1964
Koichi Hashiratani
Born 1961
Aya Sugimoto
Born 1968
Seiji Maehara
Born 1962
Yutaka Sado
Born 1961
Rica Fukami
Born 1963
Fantastic Plastic Machine (musician)
Born 1967
Manabu Nakanishi
Born 1967
Yukito Ayatsuji
Born 1960
Noriyuki Abe
Born 1961
Kōji Yusa
Born 1968
Mokona
Born 1968
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Born 1968
Hiroaki Matsuyama
Born 1967
Cho Kwi-jea
Born 1969
Ryosuke Okuno
Born 1968
Mizuko Ito
Born 1968
Satsuki Igarashi
Born 1969
Tsubaki Nekoi
Born 1969
Kentarō Ōtani
Born 1965
Yasumi Kobayashi
1962 - 2020
Chachamaru
Born 1960
Yoshiyuki Matsuyama
Born 1966
Osamu Sato
Born 1960
Akoya Sogi
Born 1968
Akira Isogawa
Born 1964
Seiji Hirao
1963 - 2016
Katsuhiro Kusaki
Born 1962
Kanako Nakayama
Born 1964
Hiroe Suga
Born 1963
Tatsuya Kimura
Born 1964
Maya Kidowaki
Born 1969
Nobuko Fujimura
Born 1965
Hiroko Mita
Born 1966
Masanori Ikeda
Born 1966
Momiji Yamamura
Born 1960
Atsushi Oyagi
Born 1961
Mitsuhiro Mihara
Born 1964
Tsutomu Hanabusa
Born 1968
Shinjiro Hiyama
Born 1969
Keiichi Kitagawa
Born 1967
Mayo Kawasaki
Born 1963
Naomi Tokashiki
Born 1962
Kazunori Yamanoi
Born 1962
Ikko Nakatsuka
Born 1965
Atsushi Yamanishi
Born 1962
Kazuhiro Tsuji
Born 1969
Hiroki Azuma (footballer)
Born 1966
Satoshi Yamamoto
Born 1965
Yuji Nakae
Born 1960
Yoshikazu Isoda
Born 1965
Keiko Fujiie
Born 1963
Kikuko Mikawa
Born 1968
Minako Hamano
Born 1969
Fubuki Takane
Born 1965
Koji Matsui (politician)
Born 1960
Atsushi Sakahara
Born 1966
Takako Kobayashi
Born 1968
Kanako Maeda
Born 1966
Katsuyuki Murai
Born 1969
Yuji Takenouchi
Born 1969
Motoyuki Odachi
Born 1963
Satoru Ienishi
Born 1960
Takahiro Hosokawa
Born 1967
Yoshiaki Katoh
Born 1965
Tetsuya Tanaka (racing driver)
Born 1965
Tetsurō Ban
Born 1968
Dynamite Kansai
Born 1969
Hiroyuki Kikuchi
Born 1965
Masanori Takura
Born 1966
Mayuko Irie
Born 1962
Jun Maeda (Rennfahrer)
1967 - 2006
Yoshiteru Konishi
Born 1969
Noriaki Okamura
Born 1966
Koji Ogata
Born 1968
Tōru Ōsawa
Born 1962
Shigehiro Hagisaki
Born 1962
Mikiko Yoshioka
Born 1964