Iwata

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Iwata

Total population

166,426

Coordinates34.72°, 137.85°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Iwata is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2019, the city had an estimated population of 169,897 in 68,215 households and a population density was 1,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 163.45 square kilometres (63.11 sq mi). Iwata is widely known as the headquarters of the Yamaha Motor Corporation. Iwata is also home to Júbilo Iwata, a J. League soccer team, as well as Yamaha Jubilo, a rugby team.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Hajime Tabata

Japanese video game director

Masami Nagasawa

Japanese actress

Masayuki Tanemo

Japanese baseball player

Hakuo Yanagisawa

Japanese politician

Ryu Shionoya

Japanese politician

G

Genichi Kawakami

Japanese businessman (1912–2002)

Jun Mizutani

Japanese table tennis player

Kazuo Onoda

Japanese swimmer (1900–1983)

S

Saori Atsumi

Japanese singer-songwriter

Minamoto no Noriyori

samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period

J

Junya Kuno

Japanese association football player

R

Ryosuke Sasagaki

Japanese association football player

T

Toshimitsu Asai

Japanese association football player and coach (1983-)

D

Daisuke Matsushita

Japanese association football player

Noriko Mizoguchi

Japanese judoka

Mitsuo Itoh

Japanese motorcycle racer (1937–2019)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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