Born in Kobe

Kobe

Capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Kobe as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Badminton player, Japanese association football player, Belgian Francophone writer): Hidetaka Yamada, Shinji Kagawa, Amélie Nothomb and some more.

Celebrities from Kobe

Where is Kobe located? Kobe: Current Local Time

Celebrities from Kobe

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976

Shinji Kagawa: Age & Birthday

35

Shinji Kagawa

Japanese association football player

*March 17th, 1989

57

Amélie Nothomb

Belgian Francophone writer

*July 9th, 1966

72

Mako

Japanese-American actor (1933-2006)

*December 10th, 1933 †July 21st, 2006, Somis

Keiko Kitagawa: Age & Birthday

37

Keiko Kitagawa

Japanese actress

*August 22nd, 1986

Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Age & Birthday

68

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic

*July 19th, 1955

32

Minako Kotobuki

Japanese actress, voice actress and singer

*September 17th, 1991

Yuya Matsushita: Age & Birthday

33

Yuya Matsushita

Japanese singer and actor

*May 24th, 1990

Yūko Miyamura: Age & Birthday

51

Yūko Miyamura

Japanese voice actress, actress and singer

*December 4th, 1972

Taki Inoue: Age & Birthday

60

Taki Inoue

Racecar driver

*September 5th, 1963

57

Koji Kanemoto

Korean professional wrestler

*October 31st, 1966

Andreas Gross: Age & Birthday

71

Andreas Gross

Swiss politician

*August 21st, 1952

Mac Suzuki: Age & Birthday

48

Mac Suzuki

Baseball player

*May 31st, 1975

Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada: Age & Birthday

79

Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada

American painter, shibori, textile artist

*August 2nd, 1944

Takako Doi: Age & Birthday

85

Takako Doi

Japanese politician (1928-2014)

*November 30th, 1928 †September 20th, 2014, Hyōgo Prefecture

Tamayo Marukawa: Age & Birthday

53

Tamayo Marukawa

Japanese politician and announcer

*January 19th, 1971

Hiroshi Noma: Age & Birthday

75

Hiroshi Noma

Japanese writer (1915–1991)

*February 23rd, 1915 †January 2nd, 1991, Tokyo

Toshi Ichiyanagi: Age & Birthday

89

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Japanese composer, pianist (1933-2022)

*February 4th, 1933 †October 7th, 2022, Tokyo

Asakazu Nakai: Age & Birthday

86

Asakazu Nakai

Japanese cinematographer (1901-1988)

*August 29th, 1901 †February 28th, 1988

Charlotte Bardsley: Age & Birthday

22

Charlotte Bardsley

English table tennis player

*March 8th, 2002

Kaori Sakamoto: Age & Birthday

24

Kaori Sakamoto

Japanese figure skater

*April 9th, 2000

Kosuke Kimura: Age & Birthday

39

Kosuke Kimura

Japanese footballer

*May 14th, 1984

Hiroshi Mikitani: Age & Birthday

59

Hiroshi Mikitani

Founder of Rakuten

*March 11th, 1965

55

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Japanese voice actor

*February 5th, 1969

76

Mayako Kubo

Pianist and composer

*December 5th, 1947

34

Kimiya Sato

Japanese racing driver

*October 5th, 1989

Taiji Tonoyama: Age & Birthday

73

Taiji Tonoyama

Actor

*October 17th, 1915 †April 30th, 1989

30

Shūhei Nomura

Japanese actor (born 1993)

*November 14th, 1993

73

Issei Sagawa

Japanese murderer

*April 26th, 1949 †November 24th, 2022, Tokyo

59

Masahiro Wada

Japanese association football player and manager

*January 21st, 1965

69

Mitsuteru Yokoyama

Japanese manga artist (1934-2004)

*June 18th, 1934 †April 15th, 2004, Tokyo

59

Yoshikazu Taru

Japanese professional wrestler

*August 23rd, 1964

63

Yūko Asano

Japanese actress, talent, singer (1960-)

*July 9th, 1960

73

Takashi Yorino

Japanese racing driver

*October 10th, 1950

26

So Fujitani

Japanese association football player

*October 28th, 1997

30

Seigo Kobayashi

Japanese association football player

*January 8th, 1994

43

Yohei Nishibe

Japanese association football player

*December 1st, 1980

52

Richard T. Jones

American actor

*January 16th, 1972

37

Yu Kijima

Japanese association football player

*May 18th, 1986

39

Kento Handa

Japanese actor, singer, columnist

*June 4th, 1984

35

Kohei Doi

Japanese association football player

*December 24th, 1988

23

Uta Abe

Japanese judoka

*July 14th, 2000

73

Takazumi Katayama

Japanese motorcycle racer

*April 16th, 1951

67

Akira Asada

Japanese postmodern critic/curator/Dean:Graduate School/Kyoto University of Art and Design

*March 23rd, 1957

99

John B. Cobb

American theologian

*February 9th, 1925

77

Yojiro Terada

Japanese racing driver

*March 26th, 1947

53

Takami Itō

Japanese writer

*April 5th, 1971

77

Teru Miyamoto

Japanese writer

*March 6th, 1947

60

Akihiro Nagashima

Japanese association football player

*April 9th, 1964

51

Nobuharu Asahara

Japanese sprinter, long jumper, coach　(1972 - )

*June 21st, 1972

62

Hiroyuki Morioka

Japanese writer

*March 2nd, 1962

50

Michelle Ferre

Japanese actress

*June 13th, 1973

63

Takashige Ichise

Japanese screenwriter and film producer

*January 18th, 1961

77

Kumi Sugai

Japanese painter, sculptor and printmaker (1919-1996)

*March 13th, 1919 †May 14th, 1996, Kobe

68

Hideo Kanaya

Japanese motorcycle racer (1945-2013)

*February 3rd, 1945 †December 19th, 2013, Japan

75

Yoshimi Katayama

Japanese motorcycle and car racer

*May 15th, 1940 †March 26th, 2016, Kobe

94

Ai Kidosaki

Japanese author and chef

*July 1st, 1925 †February 13th, 2020, Tokyo

66

Minoru Kitani

Japanese Go player (1909-1975)

*January 25th, 1909 †December 19th, 1975, Japan

54

Shika Kawajo

Japanese politician

*January 25th, 1970

62

Masamune Shirow

Japanese manga artist

*November 23rd, 1961

68

Kazuhiko Nishi

Japanese businessman

*February 10th, 1956

41

Tsuyoshi Hayashi

Actor

*August 15th, 1982

58

Yasuyuki Okamura

Japanese singer and singer-songwriter

*August 14th, 1965

39

Mirai Moriyama

Japanese actor and dancer

*August 20th, 1984

89

Chikage Oogi

Japanese politician

*May 10th, 1933 †March 9th, 2023, Tokyo

25

Yūna Taira

Japanese actress

*November 12th, 1998

67

Ann Lewis

Japanese singer (1956-)

*June 5th, 1956

58

Asashio Tarō III

Sumo wrestler

*November 13th, 1929 †October 23rd, 1988

74

Kazuko Saegusa

Japanese novelist and writer (1929-2003)

*March 31st, 1929 †April 24th, 2003

71

Toyohiko Kagawa

Japanese Christian social reformer

*July 10th, 1888 †April 23rd, 1960

88

James Sargeant

Sailor

*March 17th, 1936

33

Suzu Natsume

Japanese actor and tarento

*March 13th, 1991

30

Hiroki Yokoyama

Japanese short-track speed skater

*February 18th, 1994

93

Dorothy Joan Harris

Canadian writer

*February 14th, 1931

58

Sumito Yamashita

Japanese playwright and writer

*January 25th, 1966

52

Toshiyuki Nōtomi

Japanese weightlifter

*June 15th, 1971

35

Mai Nakamura

Japanese synchronised swimmer

*January 13th, 1989

27

Niki Niwa

Japanese fashion model

*October 15th, 1996

48

Mitsutoshi Watada

Japanese association football player

*March 26th, 1976

74

Reiko Okutani

Japanese businessman

*April 3rd, 1950

46

Yuzo Funakoshi

Japanese association football player

*June 12th, 1977

42

Ryōta Takeuchi

Japanese voice actor

*January 1st, 1982

54

Geila Zilkha

Japanese singer

*August 15th, 1969

41

Tarō Nohashi

Japanese professional wrestler

*August 10th, 1982

34

Takeaki Tokuyama

Japanese baseball player

*July 21st, 1989

31

Kanae Yagi

Japanese weightlifter

*July 16th, 1992

75

Annu Mari

Japanese actress

*May 20th, 1948

43

Ryō Shimamoto

Japanese shogi player

34

Ayame Misaki

Japanese actress

*April 26th, 1989

56

Kan Sawada

Japanese composer

*April 9th, 1968

99

Gudrun Piper

German painter (1917-2016)

*July 1st, 1917 †October 12th, 2016, Wedel

82

Rudolf Wolfgang Müller

German political scientist

*October 19th, 1934 †October 6th, 2017

41

Shin'ichirō Azuma

Japanese school killer

*July 7th, 1982

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