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.
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- Music
- Art & Design
- Writing
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- Field: Skater Clear ×
Nobunari Oda
Born 1987
Nobuo Satō
Born 1942
Kumiko Sato
Born 1946
Etsuko Inada
1924 - 2003
Takafumi Nishitani
Born 1979
Yuki Nishino
Born 1993
Takeshi Yasutoko
Born 1986
Noriyuki Kanzaki
Born 1982
Kim Chae-hwa
Born 1988
Riona Kato
Born 1998
Aki Sawada
Born 1988
Kazumi Onishi
Born 1948
Makoto Kano (figure skater)
Born 1966
Haruko Okamoto
Born 1945
Noriko Oda
Born 1947
Yusuke Aihara
Born 1994
Junzo Nishigami
Born 1989
Ayumi Kawasaki
Born 1984
Tomohiko Nakamura
Born 1991