Born in Bunkyo

Bunkyo

Special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan

Bunkyo as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-), Prime Minister of Japan from 2009 to 2010, Japanese writer): Hayao Miyazaki, Yukio Hatoyama, Banana Yoshimoto and some more.

Celebrities from Bunkyo

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Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941

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Yukio Hatoyama

Prime Minister of Japan from 2009 to 2010

*February 11th, 1947

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Banana Yoshimoto

Japanese writer

*July 24th, 1964

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Hiroto Muraoka

Japanese association football player

*September 19th, 1931 †March 13th, 2017, Tokyo

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Takashi Sasagawa

Japanese politician

*October 5th, 1935

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Makiko Tanaka

Japanese politician (born 1944)

*January 14th, 1944

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Yukio Tsuchiya

Japanese association football player

*July 31st, 1974

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Einosuke Akiya

Buddhist leader

*July 15th, 1930

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Mariko Seyama

Japanese television announcer, model and actress

*April 8th, 1980

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Yūga Yamato

Japanese actress

*August 4th, 1977

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Hiroyuki Kitakubo

Japanese animator

*November 15th, 1963

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Kaito Ishikawa

Japanese voice actor

*October 13th, 1993

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Reiko Ohara

Japanese actress

*November 13th, 1946 †August 6th, 2009, Tokyo

Birthdays of famous people