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 1920s Clear ×
Setsuko Hara
1920 - 2015
Toshiro Mayuzumi
1929 - 1997
Hideyuki Fujisawa
1925 - 2009
W. Stanley Moss
1921 - 1965
Tomio Aoki
1923 - 2004
Tatsuo Suzuki (martial artist)
1928 - 2011
Koizumi Junsaku
1924 - 2012
Kōji Nanbara
1927 - 2001
Goro Azumaya
1920 - 2010
Masaya Nakamura (photographer)
1926 - 2001
Shinichiro Sakurai
1929 - 2011
Masami Fukushima
1929 - 1976
Masao Ono
1923 - 2001
Isamu Togawa
1923 - 1983
Kiyoshi Kawakubo
1929 - 2019
Akira Kōdate
1925 - 2018
Joe Higuchi
1929 - 2010
Tadaaki Hayashi
Born 1920
Alexander Leaf
1920 - 2012
Hosaka Mamoru
1920 - 2016
Tomitaro Nachi
1924 - 2007
Remo Rau
1927 - 1987
Kimura Risaburo
1924 - 2014
Dorothy Britton
Born 1922
Tadao Matsui
Born 1927