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 1890s Clear ×
Eiji Yoshikawa
1892 - 1962
Shōji Hamada
1894 - 1978
Jirō Osaragi
1897 - 1973
Shishi Bunroku
1893 - 1969
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
1891 - 1980
Naoki Hoshino
1892 - 1978
Tōkō Kon
1898 - 1977
Yukio Yashiro
1890 - 1975
Katsuo Okazaki
1897 - 1965
Yasuji Murata
1896 - 1966
Kawakami Sumio
1895 - 1972
Seiichi Naruse
1892 - 1936
Misao Tatewaki
1899 - 1976
Ernst Moritz Engert
1892 - 1986
Enzo Matsunaga
1895 - 1938
Laurin Zilliacus
1895 - 1959
Komakichi Nohara
1899 - 1950
Seiji Naruse
1893 - 1960
Ronald Graham (RAF officer)
1896 - 1967