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 2000s Clear ×
Fūka Haruna
Born 2001
Seishiro Kato
Born 2001
Ryōko Fujino
Born 2000
Yuuna Sugiyama
Born 2002
Tatsuya Yamaguchi (footballer)
Born 2000
Sho Iwamoto
Born 2001
Yūto Totsuka
Born 2001
Yuna Aoki
Born 2002
Koki Saito
Born 2001
Ryoichi Imamura
Born 2000
Riku Nakayama
Born 2001
Rinon Isono
Born 2000
Ryotaro Ishida
Born 2001