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NAGOYA

Most Famous People Born in Nagoya, Japan

Notable people
312
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1964
Most distinctive
Manga 70.6×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Nagoya during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 48 notable births.

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.

  1. Actor30
  2. Football26
  3. Singer20
  4. Politician17
  5. Skater16
  6. Player12
  7. Seiyū10
  8. Painter10
  1. Manga970.6×
  2. Seiyū1067.5×
  3. Skater1621.3×
  4. Novelist97.3×
  5. Model56.2×
  6. Photographer74.7×
  7. Physicist53.9×
  8. Swimmer53.3×
  1. Politician170.5×

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.

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0003 PHYSICIST

Toshihide Maskawa

Born 1940

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0007 FILM

Toshio Suzuki (producer)

Born 1948

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0008 PHYSICIST

Makoto Kobayashi (physicist)

Born 1944

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0015 MANGA

Buronson

Born 1947

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0025 SEIYŪ

Kazuko Sugiyama

Born 1947

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0036 GYMNAST

Akinori Nakayama

Born 1943

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0047 POLITICIAN

Hirotaka Akamatsu

Born 1948

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0051 GO PROFESSIONAL

Yoshio Ishida

Born 1948

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0060 VIOLIN

Takako Nishizaki

Born 1944

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0075 NOVELIST

Mikihiko Renjō

1948 - 2013

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0080 SEIYŪ

Kōji Totani

1948 - 2006

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0096 NOVELIST

Yoshinori Shimizu

Born 1947

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0138 TROMBONIST

Shigeharu Mukai

Born 1949

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0166 POLITICIAN

Mac Akasaka

Born 1948

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0175 PHOTOGRAPHER

Kunié Sugiura

Born 1942

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0189 BIOLOGIST

Yoshiyuki Sakaki

Born 1942

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0190 PHYSICIST

Hiroyuki Sakaki

Born 1944

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0205 ARTIST

Jun Kaneko

Born 1942

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0221 SKATER

Machiko Yamada

Born 1943

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0232 MANGA

Fumio Hisamatsu

Born 1943

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0234 ACTOR

Taeko Hattori

Born 1949

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0265 DIPLOMAT

Issei Nomura

Born 1940

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0266 AGRONOMIST

Tomomatsu Atsunobu

Born 1948

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0277 GAME

Scott Tsumura

Born 1942

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0281 SINGER

Meri Wilson

1949 - 2002

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0282 ENTREPRENEUR

Takeshi Uchiyamada

Born 1946

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0283 POLITICIAN

Taisuke Sato

Born 1943

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0284 GO PLAYER

Shigeru Baba

Born 1948

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0296 SWIMMER

Keisuke Ito (swimmer)

1943 - 2006

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