34.6907° N, 135.5093° E
OSAKA
Most Famous People Born in Osaka, Japan
- Notable people
- 1,327
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1969
- Most distinctive
- Seiyū 79.4×
Japan's second commercial capital, with a comedy and entertainment bench that runs nearly as deep as Tokyo's. Osaka's distinctive professions are voice actors (seiyū) at nearly eighty times the global rate, manga artists at nearly sixty, sumo wrestlers (rikishi), martial artists, figure skaters, gymnasts, wrestlers, and novelists — the statistical footprint of Yoshimoto Kogyo, the sumo stables of the Kansai, and a publishing industry that has always argued with Tokyo's. Almost the entire list is 20th-century.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Osaka during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Osaka Is Known For
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Football is Osaka's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (214).
Osaka over-indexes on seiyū — 79.4× the global rate.
Osaka under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Osaka's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Kanno Sugako
1881 - 1911
Hidetsugu Yagi
1886 - 1976
Nobutake Kondō
1886 - 1953
Shinobu Orikuchi
1887 - 1953
Naotake Satō
1882 - 1971
Narashige Koide
1887 - 1931
Kagaku Murakami
1888 - 1939
Kiyoshi Nobutoki
1887 - 1965
Chōzaburō Tanaka
1885 - 1976
Akira Ogata
1887 - 1978
George Masa
1881 - 1933
Nishida Naojirō
1886 - 1964
Chino Masako
1880 - 1946
Masao Watanabe
1888 - 1950
Koyata Yamamoto
1886 - 1963
Tsunejirō Ishii
1887 - 1951