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 1900s Clear ×
Kaii Higashiyama
1908 - 1999
Fumiko Kaneko
1903 - 1926
Phyllis A. Whitney
1903 - 2008
Robert Eddison
1908 - 1991
Kenzo Okada
1902 - 1982
Ureo Egawa
1902 - 1970
Kazuo Kikuta
1908 - 1973
Shōgo Shimada (actor)
1905 - 2004
Koreya Senda
1904 - 1994
Rinka Ōno
1904 - 1982
Nobuo Aoyagi
1903 - 1976
Terence Mitford
1905 - 1978
Takahiko Yamanouchi
1902 - 1986
Ken Kuronuma
1902 - 1985
Kisso Kawamuro
1902 - 1973
Isotaro Sugata
1907 - 1952
Musashiyama Takeshi
1909 - 1969
Sadayoshi Kobayashi
Born 1905
Marjorie Pigott
1904 - 1990
Yukie Hino
1902 - 2017
Friedrich Seizaburo Nohara
1905 - 1967