Yokohama, Kanagawa

Yokohama is the capital of the Kanagawa Prefecture.

People born here

• Hideaki Aikawa, NPB pitcher
• Kazuyuki Akasaka, NPB outfielder
• Tsuyoshi Ando, Japanese national team manager
• Hideo Aoki, NPB pitcher
• Mik Aoki, college coach
• Minoru Aoki, NPB outfielder
• Tomoshi Aoki, minor league outfielder
• Koyo Aoyagi, NPB pitcher
• Yukio Arai, NPB outfielder
• Sho Aranami, NPB outfielder
• Ryo Asai, NPB outfielder
• Takenori Daita, NPB outfielder
• Hayato Doue, NPB catcher
• Nobumasa Fukuda, NPB infielder
• Shuhei Fukuda, NPB catcher
• Sho Fukunaga, NPB catcher
• Joe Furukawa, scout
• Shohta Habu, NPB pitcher
• Yasuhiro Hagiwara, NPB outfielder
• Takuya Hara, NPB infielder
• Chiyosaku Hayashi, NPB outfielder
• Toshiyuki Hesaka, NPB pitcher
• Hideki Hayashi, NPB pitcher
• Ryunosuke Higuchi, NPB infielder
• Ryozo Hiranuma, college official; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Ritsuo Horimoto, NPB pitcher
• Kazutomo Iguchi, NPB pitcher
• Ryuto Iida, NPB pitcher
• Tokuji Iida, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yukio Iida, NPB infielder
• Masao Inagaki, NPB infielder
• Yutaro Ishida, NPB pitcher
• Yuya Ishii, NPB pitcher
• Tatsuya Ishikawa, NPB pitcher
• Yutaro Itayama, NPB utility man
• Hidenori Ito, NPB pitcher
• Tatsuro Iwasaki, NPB infielder
• Toru Iwasaki, Myanmar national team manager
• Hisanori Karita, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Ken Kataoka, NPB pitcher
• Masashi Kato, NPB pitcher
• Mikinori Kato, NPB pitcher
• Taro Kato, NPB pitcher
• Ryuichi Kawahara, NPB pitcher
• Hiroaki Kawamata, NPB pitcher
• Ryo Kawano, NPB outfielder
• Isamu Kida, NPB pitcher
• Terufumi Kitamura, NPB outfielder
• Fumio Kitsugi, NPB infielder
• Masaaki Koike, NPB outfielder
• Tatsuki Koja, NPB pitcher
• Hiroki Komatsubara, NPB outfielder-pitcher
• Yoshitaka Kosaka, NPB infielder
• Kazuyoshi Koyama, NPB outfielder
• Akira Kuramochi, NPB pitcher
• Yuta Kuroki, NPB pitcher
• Yoshikazu Kutsukake, Japanese national team infielder
• Takeshi Kuwata, NPB infielder
• Nobuyasu Matsu, NPB pitcher
• Mitsuyasu Matsuda, NPB pitcher
• Jun Matsui, NPB outfielder
• Yuki Matsui, pitcher
• Ryunosuke Matsumoto, NPB pitcher
• Yuki Matsumoto, NPB pitcher
• Reiichi Matsunaga, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Suguru Matsuyama, NPB pitcher
• Kohei Miyadai, NPB pitcher
• Hiroaki Miyagi, NPB pitcher
• Hitoshi Miyata, Japanese national team pitcher
• Atsushi Mochizuki, NPB pitcher
• Shunta Mori, NPB infielder
• Masahiko Morino, NPB infielder
• Shota Morishita, NPB outfielder
• Sukehiro Moroki, NPB outfielder
• Eishoku Nagakawa, NPB pitcher
• Hideki Nagasaka, minor league pitcher
• Kenji Nagasaka, NPB catcher
• Yoshihiro Nakada, NPB pitcher
• Hayate Nakagawa, NPB pitcher
• Daishin Nakamura, Japanese national team outfielder
• Eiichi Nakano, NPB catcher
• Kazuki Nishijima, minor league pitcher
• Shigeru Nishiyama, NPB outfielder
• Shinichi Ohnuki, NPB pitcher
• Yoshiyuki Ohtsuka, minor league infielder
• Shuichiro Osada, NPB pitcher
• Tomo Otosaka, NPB outfielder
• Hidemitsu Saito, NPB infielder
• Motokuni Sano, NPB catcher
• Yoshiyasu Sasagawa, NPB outfielder
• Isao Shibata, NPB outfielder
• Keiichi Shibui, NPB infielder
• Masatoshi Shii, NPB pitcher
• Shunya Shimada, NPB pitcher
• Toshitaka Shimada, minor league outfielder
• Osamu Shimano, NPB pitcher
• Shunsuke Shimokawa, NPB pitcher
• Ko Shimozuru, NPB outfielder
• Junpei Shinoda, NPB pitcher
• Katsushi Shirasaka, CPBL pitcher
• Yudai Shoji, NPB infielder
• Sora Suzuki, NPB pitcher
• Kenta Suzumegano, minor league infielder
• Kenichi Tagami, NPB outfielder
• Ken Takahashi, pitcher
• Mitsunobu Takahashi, NPB infielder
• Satoshi Takahashi, NPB outfielder
• Masaki Takashio, CPBL pitcher
• Seigi Tanaka, NPB pitcher
• Shuta Tanaka, NPB infielder
• Junichi Tazawa, pitcher
• Katsumi Tezuka, NPB outfielder
• Hiroshi Toyoda, NPB outfielder
• Hidetoshi Tsuburaya, NPB infielder
• Kento Watanabe, NPB infielder
• Masaru Watanabe, NPB outfielder
• Yoshiaki Watanabe, NPB infielder
• Tomoya Yagi, NPB pitcher
• Tetsuya Yamaguchi, NPB pitcher
• Hideki Yamamoto, NPB pitcher
• Koshiro Yamamuro, NPB pitcher
• Ryoma Yamanaka, NPB catcher
• Yohei Yanagawa, NPB pitcher
• Eiji Yano, NPB pitcher
• Masayuki Yano, NPB pitcher
• Tetsuo Yoneyama, NPB infielder
• Eri Yoshida, minor league pitcher
• Hiroyuki Yoshida, NPB catcher
• Kengo Yoshida, NPB catcher

People died here

• Seiji Inaba, Japanese national team manager
• Fumiki Ishida, NPB pitcher
• Koki Morita, NPB pitcher
• Sakan Morita, NPB pitcher
• Eishoku Nagakawa, NPB pitcher
• Yoshihiro Nakata, NPB outfielder
• Hiromi Yamazaki, NPB catcher

Teams that have played here

• Yokohama Taiyo Whales, Central League (1978-1992)
• Yokohama BayStars, Central League (1993-Present)

Educational establishments located here

• Asano High School
• Buso High School
• Eda High School
• Kanagawa Technical High School
• Kanto Gakuin High School
• Kawawa High School
• Kirigaoka High School
• Minami High School
• Nihon University Senior High School
• Sakuragaoka Municipal High School
• Shoko High School
• Tachibana Gakuen High School
• Toin Gakuen High School
• Toin University of Yokohama
• Tsurumi High School
• Tsurumi University
• Yokohama City University
• Yokohama Commercial High School
• Yokohama High School
• Yokohama Hayato High School
• Yokohama Midorigaoka High School
• Yokohama Shodai High School
• Yokohama Sogakukan High School