Kobe has produced a number of well-known football players, actors, ceos, models and several other personalities from other spheres. Our list of famous people from Kobe includes Shinji Kagawa, Mako Iwamatsu, Hiroshi Mikitani, Keiko Kitagawa, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and many others.

Famous People Born In Kobe

Shinji KagawaShinji Kagawa
17 March 1989, Japanese
Footballer
Mako IwamatsuMako Iwamatsu
10 December 1933, Japanese, American
Actor

Issei SagawaIssei Sagawa
26 April 1949, Japanese
actor, writer, novelist, mangaka, translator

Jared TaylorJared Taylor
15 September 1950, American
Editor

Keiko KitagawaKeiko Kitagawa
22 August 1986, Japanese
Actor, Model, Fashion model, Film actor

Kiyoshi KurosawaKiyoshi Kurosawa
19 July 1955, Japanese
Film director, Screenwriter, Film critic,
Hiroshi MikitaniHiroshi Mikitani
11 March 1963, Japanese
entrepreneur

Shintaro IshiharaShintaro Ishihara
30 September 1932, Japanese
Politician

Jigoro KanoJigoro Kano
10 December 1860, Japanese
Educator, Athlete
Yūko MiyamuraYūko Miyamura
04 December 1972, Japanese
Actor, Engineer, Seiyū, Director of audiography,

Toyohiko KagawaToyohiko Kagawa
10 July 1888, Japanese
Peace Activist
Hiroshi NomaHiroshi Noma
23 February 1915, Japanese
Author

Kimiko MatsuzakaKimiko Matsuzaka
21 October 1969, Japanese
Adult Film Star, AV idol, Glamor model