35.4491° N, 139.6381° E
YOKOHAMA
Most Famous People Born in Yokohama, Japan
- Notable people
- 1,187
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1976
- Most distinctive
- Seiyū 150.8×
The 150.8× seiyū multiplier is the single biggest profession over-index of any major Japanese city — Yokohama is where most of anime's voice workforce trains and works. Add the 70.1× manga index and you have the industrial back end of Japanese pop culture, with Setsuko Hara and Antonio Inoki lingering as reminders that the city had international stars long before the otaku pipeline existed.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Yokohama during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Yokohama Is Known For
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Football is Yokohama's biggest profession — 20% of all notables (242).
Yokohama over-indexes on seiyū — 150.8× the global rate.
Yokohama under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Yokohama's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Other
- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Ton Satomi
1888 - 1983
Saburō Kurusu
1886 - 1954
Ikuma Arishima
1882 - 1974
Su Manshu
1884 - 1918
Hōei Nojiri
1885 - 1977
Arahata Kanson
1887 - 1981
Yūgure Maeda
1883 - 1951
Roger Sherman Loomis
1887 - 1966
Shikō Imamura
1880 - 1916
Michitarō Komatsubara
1885 - 1940
Kaoru Otsuki
1888 - 1970
Togo Yamamoto
Born 1886
Otto Illies
1881 - 1959
Kaoru Hatoyama
1888 - 1982
Werner Reimers
1888 - 1965
Saburo Hayakawa
1888 - 1973
George Campbell Wheeler
1880 - 1938