List of personalities from Kobe

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This list includes people who were born in the Japanese city of Kobe or who worked there for a long time.

A.

Kōichirō Agata (* 1956), administrative scientist
Rosemarie Albrecht (1915–2008), doctor
Naoto Andō (* 1991), football player
Ginge Anvik (* 1970), composer
Yasuo Arakawa (* 1939), jazz musician
Akira Asada (* 1957), economist and philosopher
Nobuharu Asahara (* 1972), track and field athlete

B.

Jochen Büchs (* 1956), engineer

C.

John B. Cobb (* 1925), theologian

D.

Alice Decarli (1906–1964), actress and director
Kōhei Doi (* 1988), football player
Takako Doi (1928–2014), politician
Gordon Dukes (1888–1966), track and field athlete

F.

Michelle Ferre (born 1973), actress
Hugh Foss (1902–1971), cryptanalyst

G

Andreas Gross (* 1952), politician

H

Haruhisa Hasegawa (born 1957), football player
Ichiko Hashimoto (* 1952), pop and jazz musician
Hashimoto Kansetsu (1883–1945), painter
Makito Hatanaka (* 1996), football player
Noriko Higuchi (* 1985), track and field athlete
Yasutarō Hirai (1896–1970), economist
Kōzō Hirao (* 1934), Germanist
Takekuni Hirayoshi (1936–1998), composer

I.

Toshi Ichiyanagi (* 1933), composer
Yukihiko Ikeda (1937-2004), politician
Leo Jun Ikenaga (* 1937), Archbishop
Wataru Ikenaga (* 1991), football player
Hisao Inagaki (* 1929), Buddhologist
Taki Inoue (* 1963), racing car driver
Madoka Inui (?), Pianist
Shōichirō Irimajiri (* 1940), engineer and businessman
Shintarō Ishihara (* 1932), writer and politician
Takami Itō (* 1971), writer
Makoto Iwamatsu (1933-2006), actor
Toshio Iwatani (1925-1970), football player

J

Richard T. Jones (born 1972), actor
Karl Joseph Wilhelm Juchheim (1886–1945), confectioner

K

Tania Kadokura (* 1966), author and journalist
Shinji Kagawa (* 1989), soccer player
Kagawa Toyohiko (1888–1960), pacifist, author, and union activist
Kanayama Heizō (1883–1964), painter
Tadao Kasami (1930–2007), computer scientist and electrical engineer
Yōsuke Kashiwagi (* 1987), football player
Takazumi Katayama (* 1951), motorcycle racer
Kawanishi Hide (1894–1965), woodcut artist
Daiki Kawato (* 1994), football player
Minoru Kitani (1909-1975), Go player
Kōichi Kishi (1909–1937), violinist, composer and conductor
Seigō Kobayashi (* 1994), football player
Kazuma Kodaka (* 1969), Mangaka
Ryōhei Koiso (1903–1988), painter
Minako Kotobuki (* 1991), voice actress and singer
Mayako Kubo (* 1972), composer
Yūji Kuroiwa (* 1954), politician and journalist
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (* 1955), director and screenwriter car
Yasuo Kuwahara (1946-2003), composer

M.

Ryōichi Maeda (* 1981), football player
Yoshio Masui (* 1931), cell biologist
Kazumi Matsuo (born 1974), track and field athlete
Yūya Matsushita (* 1990), pop singer and actor
Miyagi Michio (1894–1956), koto player and composer
Miyako Maki (* 1935), Mangaka
Tamayo Marukawa (* 1971), politician
Teru Miyamoto (* 1947), writer
Tomokazu Myōjin (* 1978), football player
Rudolf Wolfgang Müller (1934–2017), political scientist

N

Nagaoka Harukazu (1877–1949), lawyer and diploma
Akihiro Nagashima (born 1964), football player
Asakazu Nakai (1901–1988), cameraman
Kazuya Nakai (* 1967), voice actor
Isao Nakauchi (1922-2005), entrepreneur
Yōhei Nishimura (* 1993), football player
Yasutomi Nishizuka (1932-2004), biochemist
Hiroshi Noma (1915-1991), writer
Ryōji Noyori (* 1938), chemist

O

Chikage Ōgi (* 1933), politician
Yoshi Oida (* 1933), actor and director.
Itaru Oki (1941-2020), jazz musician
Nobuo Okishio (1927-2003), economist
Ōtani Kōzui (1876–1948), Buddhist monk
Risa Ozaki (* 1994), tennis player
Makoto Ozone (* 1961), jazz musician

P

Gudrun Piper (1917–2016), painter and graphic artist

S.

Kazuko Saegusa (1929–2003), writer
Issei Sagawa (* 1949), murderer
James Sargeant (born 1936), Australian sailor
Osamu Satō (* 1976), boxer
Tomoko Sawada (* 1977), photographer
Masamune Shirow (* 1961), Mangaka
Gen Shōji (* 1992), football player
Nobuo Suga (* 1933), neurobiologist
Kumi Sugai (1919–1996), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Masaki Sumitani (* 1975), comedian and wrestler
John Eijirō Suwa (born 1947), bishop
Hidemi Suzuki (* 1957), cellist
Ichirō Suzuki (* 1948), guitarist
Masaaki Suzuki (* 1947), chemist
Masaaki Suzuki (* 1954), conductor and musician

T

Mai Tagami (* 1980), track and field athlete
Takashige Ichise (* 1961), film producer and screenwriter
Tadao Takashima (1930–2019), actor
Taniguchi Masaharu (1893-1985), author
Asashio Taro III. (1929–1988), sumo wrestler
Jared Taylor (* 1951), journalist and author
Yōjirō Terada (* 1947), racing car driver
Hidefumi Toki (* 1950), jazz musician
Masanori Tokita (1925-2004), football player
Ukon Tokutarō (1913-1944), football player
Hideo Tsumura (1907–1985), author and film critic

W.

Atsuki Wada (* 1993), football player
Tomoki Wada (* 1994), football player
Seizō Watase (* 1945), mangaka and illustrator

Y

Hidetaka Yamada (* 1976), badminton player
Shinji Yamaguchi (born 1996), football player
Hisashi Yamamoto (* 1943), chemist
Yoshiko Yamamoto (* 1970), track and field athlete
Miwa Yanagi (* 1967), photographer
Hitoshi Yasuda (* 1950), author, translator and game designer
Michihiro Yasuda (* 1987), football player
Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934-2004), Manga
Yū Yonehara (* 1994), soccer player