35.1167° N, 136.9333° E
NAGOYA
Most Famous People Born in Nagoya, Japan
- Notable people
- 312
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1964
- Most distinctive
- Manga 70.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Nagoya during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Nagoya Is Known For
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Actor is Nagoya's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (30).
Nagoya over-indexes on manga — 70.6× the global rate.
Nagoya under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Nagoya's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Other
Akira Toriyama
Born 1955
Aya Hirano
Born 1987
Toshihide Maskawa
Born 1940
Susumu Tonegawa
Born 1939
Ken Akamatsu
Born 1968
Koji Kondo
Born 1961
Toshio Suzuki (producer)
Born 1948
Makoto Kobayashi (physicist)
Born 1944
May'n
Born 1989
Shigefumi Mori
Born 1951
Jong Tae-se
Born 1984
Naoko Mori
Born 1971
Keiko Toda
Born 1957
Shinichi Suzuki (violinist)
1898 - 1998
Buronson
Born 1947
Miki Ando
Born 1987
Mao Asada
Born 1990
Maeda Toshiie
1538 - 1599
Yutaka Akita
Born 1970
Hiroshi Tamaki
Born 1980
Eiji Toyoda
1913 - 2013
Toshiki Kaifu
Born 1931
Takayuki Seto
Born 1986
Tsutomu Shimomura
Born 1964
Kazuko Sugiyama
Born 1947
Midori Ito
Born 1969
Emi Takei
Born 1993
Takahiko Kozuka
Born 1989
Shingo Araki
1939 - 2011
Shusaku Arakawa
1936 - 2010
Toshio Matsumoto
1932 - 2017
Último Dragón
Born 1966
Mohiro Kitoh
Born 1966
Shōmei Tōmatsu
1930 - 2012
Akemi Kanda
Born 1978
Akinori Nakayama
Born 1943
Saburō Ienaga
1913 - 2002
Kōji Yamamura
Born 1964
Tetsuo Nakanishi
Born 1969
Yuriko Ishida
Born 1969
Hinako Takanaga
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Hirotaka Suzuoki
1950 - 2006
Miki Fujitani
Born 1973
Sassa Narimasa
1536 - 1588
Masahiko Aoki
1938 - 2015
Hisashi Nozawa
1960 - 2004
Hirotaka Akamatsu
Born 1948
Yui Itsuki
Born 1984
Akio Toyoda
Born 1956
Hitoshi Ueki
1926 - 2007
Yoshio Ishida
Born 1948
Junji Majima
Born 1978
Kayo Satoh
Born 1988
Kanako Murakami
Born 1994
Keisuke Ito
1803 - 1901
Ami Kondo
Born 1995
Yoshihiro Sato
Born 1981
Akane Takayanagi
Born 1991
Masaki Tsuji
Born 1932
Takako Nishizaki
Born 1944
Shigeru Amachi
1931 - 1985
Masao Ito
1928 - 2018
Chiaki Ito
Born 1987
Kazuki Kato
Born 1984
Manpei Takagi
Born 1985
Kansuke Yamamoto (artist)
1914 - 1987
Takanori Iwata
Born 1989
Masaki Yamada
Born 1950
Nikki Havenaar
Born 1995
Takuma Nishimura (footballer)
Born 1996
Arimasa Osawa
Born 1956
Kohei Morita
Born 1976
Ryuki Kozawa
Born 1988
Kiyoo Wadati
1902 - 1995
Mikihiko Renjō
1948 - 2013
Kohei Otsuka
Born 1959
Yoshito Kishi
Born 1937
Noriyuki Haga
Born 1975
Kosuke Matsuura
Born 1979
Kōji Totani
1948 - 2006
Yoichi Wada
Born 1959
Satoshi Akao
1899 - 1990
Tanaka Fujimaro
1845 - 1909
Tetsushi Suwa
Born 1969
Mai Asada
Born 1988
Haruka Takachiho
Born 1951
Yoko Taro
Born 1970
Akihiko Nakamura
Born 1990
Masumi Miyazaki
Born 1968
Satoshi Iida
Born 1969
Yuki Mamiya
Born 1991
Michiaki Watanabe
Born 1925
Kiyozawa Manshi
1863 - 1903
Shoma Uno
Born 1997
Kiyotake Shigeno
1882 - 1924
Yoshinori Shimizu
Born 1947
Oichi
1547 - 1583
Moa Kikuchi
Born 1999
Steven Raichlen
Born 1953
Yoko Yamaguchi
1937 - 2014
Erena Mizusawa
Born 1992
Aco (musician)
Born 1977
Kazuki Oiwa
Born 1989
Madoka Umemoto
Born 1992
Noboru Kitawaki
1901 - 1951
Kazuki Sato (footballer, born 1993)
Born 1993
Kumazawa Hiromichi
1889 - 1966
Tadashi Nakamura (voice actor)
1929 - 2019
Tetsuya Okayama
Born 1973
Yoshie Onda
Born 1982
Osamu Hayashi
Born 1965
Mika Komori
Born 1994
Zuicho Tachibana
1890 - 1968
Yua Mikami
Born 1993
Saburō Takata
1913 - 2000
Yūki Yamada
Born 1990
Hitomi Satō
Born 1979
Uichiro Niwa
Born 1939
Mel Kishida
Born 1983
Satoshi Kamiya
Born 1981
Yuya Horihata
Born 1990
Motohiko Izawa
Born 1954
Hiroyuki Kobayashi (producer)
Born 1972
Tomohiko Kira
1959 - 2016
Enako
Born 1994
Jirō Kawamura
1928 - 2008
Daisuke Saito (footballer, born 1974)
Born 1974
Kunihiko Yasui
Born 1960
Motohisa Furukawa
Born 1965
Kaede Hondo
Born 1996
Shogo Yamaguchi
Born 1983
Kumiko Takeda
Born 1968
Yokoi Yayū
1702 - 1783
Hatsu Hioki
Born 1983
Tsuneko Okazaki
Born 1933
Kurumi Enomoto
Born 1981
Eri Kikuchi
Born 1965
Shigeharu Mukai
Born 1949
Masahiko Shibayama
Born 1965
Takuya Suzumura
Born 1978
Madoka Haji
Born 1988
Shoichi Kondo
Born 1958
Ippei Watanabe
Born 1969
Chikutō Nakabayashi
1776 - 1853
Tane Ikai
1879 - 1995
Yuichi Hibi
Born 1964
Chisato Morishita
Born 1981
Naruhisa Arakawa
Born 1964
Toshiyuki Watanabe
Born 1955
Hyakusen
1697 - 1752
Chong Yong-de
Born 1978
Tokugawa Mitsutomo
1625 - 1700
Kazusa Murai
Born 1975
Ryota Nakamura
Born 1991
Yuki Matsushita (actress)
Born 1968
Aquirax Uno
Born 1934
Kaito Nakamura (actor)
Born 1998
Yuuki Yamamoto
Born 1987
Shigeru Aoyama
Born 1969
Masaaki Kato
Born 1958
Saya Ichikawa
Born 1987
Kazuki Himeno
Born 1994
Ryukichi Terao
Born 1971
Yoshihiro Senda
Born 1963
Kinjiro Okabe
1896 - 1984
Mac Akasaka
Born 1948
Akane Ogura
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Aqua Mizuto
Born 1973
Sengaku Mayeda
Born 1931
Toshinobu Kawai
Born 1967
Kosei Ono
Born 1987
Tokuhei Sada
1909 - 1933
Kato Haruhiko
Born 1975
JUNNA
Born 2000
Kunié Sugiura
Born 1942
Satoko Mabuchi
Born 1982
Naomi Tamura
Born 1963
Kenichi Takitō
Born 1976
Kazushi Hano
Born 1991
Haneyuri
Born 1989
Mary Sara
Born 1986
Eiji Ina
Born 1957
Wise (rapper)
Born 1979
Kôdi Husimi
1909 - 2008
Hiroshi Fukushima
Born 1982
Akihiro Ito
-
Matsuzo Nagai
1877 - 1957
Hideto Nakane
Born 1990
Yoshiyuki Sakaki
Born 1942
Hiroyuki Sakaki
Born 1944
Midori Kiuchi
1950 - 2019
Naoto Hikosaka
Born 1962
Sachiko Ito
Born 1975
Junko Yagami
Born 1958
Kato Hideki
Born 1962
Tsuji Nobuo
Born 1932
Lee Jung-hoo
Born 1998
Mitsunori Yamao
Born 1973
Ichirō Arishima
1916 - 1987
Yuko Sato (politician)
Born 1963
Mako Yamashita
Born 2002
Reiko Hayama
Born 1969
Daisuke Sobue
Born 1987
Bobby Murray (musician)
Born 1953
Jun Kaneko
Born 1942
Miu Suzaki
Born 1999
Tokujiro Kanamori
1886 - 1959
Ryukichi Inada
1874 - 1950
Hisayasu Nagata
1969 - 2009
Toshihiko Nakajima
1962 - 2017
Ryoji Kawamoto
Born 1982
Muhammad Yone
Born 1976
Sadaharu Tanikawa
Born 1961
Lee Chang-gang
Born 1984
Yura Matsuda
Born 1998
Yoshiaki Oiwa
Born 1976
Kohei Yamamichi
Born 1980
Eri Ōno
Born 1955
Hiroyuki Iwatsuki
Born 1970
Utako Yamada
Born 1963
Machiko Yamada
Born 1943
Ted Yamamori
Born 1937
Norie Hiro
Born 1965
Shōzō Kusakawa
1928 - 2019
Yuumi Kato
Born 1996
Akira Fushimi
1900 - 1970
Yamato Ichihashi
1878 - 1963
Gessen (Maler)
1741 - 1809
Sayuri Sugimoto
Born 1996
Hideki Nagano
Born 1968
Hajime Taguchi
Born 1975
Fumio Hisamatsu
Born 1943
Katei Watanabe
1864 - 1926
Taeko Hattori
Born 1949
Atsuko Watanabe
Born 1978
Akihiro Yamauchi
Born 1993
Tatsuro Toyoda
1929 - 2017
Ryuji Sato
Born 1977
Hiroki Kondō
Born 1993
Aya Yoshida
Born 1971
Masataka Sugimoto
Born 1968
Kei Itoh
Born 1959
Kaname Tajima
Born 1961
Kazuo Iwama (Sony)
1919 - 1982
Asaka (musician)
Born 1999
Tadahiko Ito
Born 1964
Miyoshi Kato
Born 1962
Kaoru Usui
1916 - 2010
Osamu Fukutani
Born 1967
Shiho Tomari
Born 1990
Yoshio Maki
Born 1958
Etsuko Hirose
Born 1979
Michael Gorō Matsuura
Born 1952
Kuno Shin
1921 - 1999
Itō Ren
1898 - 1983
Haruna Sakakibara
Born 1994
Masakazu Kagiyama
Born 1971
Hikaru Nakao
Born 1994
Hatsutarō Horiuchi
1909 - 1986
Kitō Nabesaburō
1899 - 1982
Kenkichi Sugimoto
1905 - 2004
Ryōsei Tayama
Born 1951
Yūko Ōno
Born 1993
Takasuke Kume
Born 1985
Issei Nomura
Born 1940
Tomomatsu Atsunobu
Born 1948
Megumi Ishikawa
Born 1988
Naoki Uto
Born 1991
Sho Hirano
Born 1997
Yu Jae-hung
1921 - 2011
Masaaki Noiri
Born 1993
Fumina Hisamatsu
Born 1971
Sumiko Watanabe
1916 - 2010
Miu Sato
Born 1996
Kazuki Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1995)
Born 1995
Tatzu Nishi
Born 1960
Scott Tsumura
Born 1942
Horiuchi Kotaro
Born 1978
Akio Sato (politician, born 1927)
1927 - 2007
Fuji Okamoto
1905 - 1984
Meri Wilson
1949 - 2002
Takeshi Uchiyamada
Born 1946
Taisuke Sato
Born 1943
Shigeru Baba
Born 1948
Rina Kozawa
Born 1987
Chan Kazuhiro
Born 1985
Sajiro Miyama
Born 1917
Masahito Yamamoto
Born 1978
Emi Kaneko
Born 1970
Yuriko Kajiya
Born 1984
Tatsuaki Iwata
Born 1926
Bunkichi Fujimori
1933 - 2004
Kuwayama Tadaaki
Born 1932
Syoh Yoshida
Born 1984
Kō Yamada
Born 1964
Keisuke Ito (swimmer)
1943 - 2006
Koji Kishio
Born 1951
Mareo Kamei
Born 1967
Noriko Asano
Born 1955
Hitomi Jinno
Born 1937