List of personalities from Yokohama

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

A.

Genpei Akasegawa (1937–2014), artist and writer
Akeboshi (* 1978), pop and folk musician
Keiiti Aki (1930-2005), geophysicist and seismologist
Sayuri Anzu (* 1983), photo model, actress and singer
Jun Aoki (* 1956), architect
Ikuma Arashima (1882–1974), painter
Tadanobu Asano (born 1973), actor

B.

Shishi Bunroku (1893-1969), writer

C.

Keiko Chiba (* 1948), politician

D.

Fumio Demura (* 1938), martial artist

E.

Masaru Emoto (1943–2014), para-scientist and alternative medicine
Wataru Endō (* 1993), football player

F.

Josemari Fujimoto (* 1975), badminton player
Masahiro Fukuda (born 1966), football player
Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting (* 1975), pianist
Satoshi Furukawa (* 1964), astronaut

G

Azumaya Gorō (1920-2010), mathematician

H

Susumu Hanagata (born 1947), boxer
Setsuko Hara (1920–2015), actress
Kaii Higashiyama (1908-1999), painter
Bernhard Hoffmann (1871–1958), German administrative lawyer and politician
Kōta Hoshi (* 1992), football player
Keitarō Hoshino (born 1969), boxer

I.

Katsunori Iketani (* 1953), racing car driver
Otto Illies (1881–1959), painter
Imamura Shikō (1880-1916), painter
Antonio Inoki (* 1943), wrestler, author and politician
Kazuhiko Inoue (* 1954), voice actor
Akira Ishikawa (1931–2015), legal scholar
Kōichi Isoda (1931–1987), literary critic and scholar
Teruo Iwamoto (born 1972), football player

K

Mitsuyo Kakuta (* 1967), writer
Akira Kamiya (* 1946), voice actor
Yone Kamio (* 1971), tennis player
Crystal Kay (* 1986), pop singer
Kikuta Kazuo (1908–1973), actor and playwright
Yukari Kinga (* 1984), soccer player
Keiko Kishi (born 1932), actress
Yūki Kitai (* 1990), football player
Emiko Kiyosawa (* 1983), ski racer
Hajime Komiyama (* 1982), badminton player
Tōkō Kon (1898–1977), writer and politician
Masahiko Kondō (* 1964), singer, actor and racing car driver
Teruo Kono (1934-2000), karate master
Tamami Koyake (* 1948), jazz musician
Takehito Koyasu (* 1967), voice actor and author
Kengo Kuma (* 1954), architect
Keisuke Kunimoto (* 1989), racing car driver
Yūji Kunimoto (* 1990), racing car driver
Yūzō Kurihara (born 1983), football player
Mitsuko Kusabue (* 1933), actress and voice actress
Hiroko Kuwata (* 1990), tennis player

M.

Sairi Maeda (* 1991), track and field athlete
Yōta Maejima (born 1997), football player
Jun'ichi Masuda (* 1968), video game composer and game developer
Tatsuo Matsumura (1934-2005), actor
Naoya Matsuoka (1937-2014), jazz musician
Toshio Matsuura (* 1955), football player
May J. (* 1988), pop singer
Toshirō Mayuzumi (1929–1997), composer
Masaki Mori (* 1941), Mangaka
Mitsuru Matsumura (* 1957), figure skater
Kōta Mizunuma (* 1990), football player
Masahiko Morino (born 1978), baseball player
Toshiyuki Moriuchi (* 1970), shogi and chess player
Kenji Moriyama (born 1991), football player
Norikazu Murakami (* 1981), football player
Takuya Muraoka (* 1990), football player
Murayama Kaita (1896-1919), painter and writer

N

Tomitaro Nachi (1924–2007), light artist
Yōhei Naitō (* 1988), football player
Hirotsugu Nakabayashi (* 1986), football player
Hiroshi Nakada (* 1964), politician
Reiko Nakamura (* 1982), swimmer
Shunsuke Nakamura (* 1978), football player
Hiroaki Nakanishi (born 1946), manager
Yūta Narawa (born 1987), football player
Yasuhiro Nightow (* 1967), Mangaka
Yutaka Niida (* 1978), boxer
Risa Niigaki (* 1988), pop singer
Sōichi Noguchi (* 1965), astronaut
Komakichi Nohara (1899–1950), writer

O

Anna Ogino (* 1956), writer
Hideyuki Ōhashi (* 1965), boxer and boxing official
Tsugutoshi Ōishi (* 1989), football player
Kenzo Okada (1902–1982), painter
Toshiki Okada (* 1973), playwright and theater director
Okakura Kakuzō (1862-1913), art scholar
Masayuki Okano (* 1972), football player
Shizuka Okazaki (* 1992), motorcycle racer
Rinka Ōno (1904–1982), poet
Jirō Osaragi (1897–1973), writer

R.

Remo Rau (1927–1987), composer and jazz musician

S.

Kōnosuke Saijō (* 1931), jazz musician
Kōsuke Saitō (born 1997), football player
Tsuyoshi Saitō (* 1945), politician
Daisuke Sakata (born 1983), football player
Marino Satō (* 1999), racing car driver
Shun Satō (born 1997), football player
Ton Satomi (1888–1983), writer
Maike Naomi Schnittger (* 1994), swimmer
Kōji Sekimizu (* 1952), UN functionary
Toshio Shimao (1917-1986), writer
Emiko Sugi (1959-2007), Mangaka
Ai Sugiyama (* 1975), tennis player
Tatsuo Suzuki (1928–2011), Karate Grand Master
Tsuneo Suzuki (* 1941), politician
Yūto Suzuki (* 1993), football player

T

Yūta Tabuse (* 1980), basketball player
Yasunori Takada (* 1979), soccer player
Daisuke Takagi (* 1995), soccer player
Toshiyuki Takagi (* 1991), football player
Yoshiaki Takagi (* 1992), soccer player
Motoo Takahashi (* 1941), mathematician
Yūsuke Takahashi (* 1997), tennis player
Hayate Take (born 1995), soccer player
Rina Takeda (born 1991), actress
Tōru Tanabe (* 1961), opera singer and actor
Masashi Tazawa (* 1930), botanist
Sabu Toyozumi (* 1943), jazz musician
Masaki Tsuchihashi (born 1972), football player
Taku Tsumugi (* 1964), Mangaka

W.

Masashi Wada (born 1997), football player
Naomi Washizu (* 1983), triathlete
Satomi Watanabe (* 1999), squash player

Y

Renshi Yamaguchi (* 1992), football player
Fumio Yamamoto (* 1962), writer
Yōji Yamamoto (* 1943), fashion designer
Eri Yoshida (* 1992), baseball player
Yuka Yoshida (* 1976), tennis player
Kōzō Yūki (born 1979), football player
Makoto Yukimura (* 1976), Mangaka