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.
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- Art & Design
- Writing
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Haru Nomura
Born 1992
Torakichi Nakamura
1915 - 2008
Akiko Fukushima
Born 1973
Takaaki Kono
1940 - 2010
Fujio Kobayashi
Born 1944
Tadao Nakamura
Born 1947
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Born 1965
Shigeru Nonaka
Born 1970
Tatsuhiko Ichihara
Born 1978
Nozomi Kawahara
Born 1970
Shigenori Mori
Born 1958
Tomohiro Maruyama
Born 1958
Mitsutaka Kusakabe
Born 1968
Kiyoshi Maita
Born 1959