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 1910s Clear ×
Toshio Shimao
1917 - 1986
Hosai Fujisawa
1919 - 1992
Hamako Watanabe
1910 - 1999
Gudō Wafu Nishijima
1919 - 2014
Yūko Mochizuki
1917 - 1977
Tatsuo Matsumura (actor)
1914 - 2005
Ichio Asukata
1915 - 1990
Yasuo Suzuki
Born 1913
Yatarō Kurokawa
1910 - 1984
John Wooldridge
1919 - 1958
Akimoto Matsuyo
1911 - 2001
Torakichi Nakamura
1915 - 2008
Komako Hara
1910 - 1968
Kōji Mitsui
1910 - 1979
Sueo Serisawa
1910 - 2004
Kakuji Inagawa
1914 - 2007
Akio Isono
1910 - 1986
Ichiro Yoshikuni
1916 - 2011
Colin Crowe
1913 - 1989
Yoshiyuki Handa
1911 - 1970
Gustav Richter (Physiker)
1911 - 1999
Kurt Hansen
1910 - 2002
Gerhard Schramm (Wissenschaftler)
1910 - 1969
Gong Peng
1914 - 1970
Ailes Gilmour
1912 - 1993
Roger Eddison
1916 - 2000