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
- Field: Martial Art Clear ×
Hwang Jang-lee
Born 1944
Akira Maeda
Born 1959
Teruto Ishihara
Born 1991
Kiichi Kunimoto
Born 1981
Akira Shoji
Born 1974
Yuka Tsuji
Born 1974
Hitomi Akano
Born 1974
Seichi Ikemoto
Born 1975
Takashi Nakakura
Born 1977
Kiuma Kunioku
Born 1976
Koetsu Okazaki
Born 1979
Shintaro Ishiwatari
Born 1985
Jutaro Nakao
Born 1970
Hiroshi Nagao
Born 1979
Junji Ikoma
Born 1970
Saburo Kawakatsu
Born 1974