Kawaguchi

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Kawaguchi

Total population

578,112

Coordinates35.81°, 139.72°

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

Overview

Kawaguchi is a city located in southeastern Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2025, the city had an estimated population of 595,011 in 293,582 households and a population density of 9605 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 61.95 square kilometres (23.92 sq mi). It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 8th most populated city, and second largest in Saitama Prefecture, after eponymous Saitama.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Maaya Sakamoto

Japanese actress, voice actress and singer

Shūsaku Endō

author from Japan (1923–1996)

Takashi Murakami

Japanese contemporary artist, film director (born 1962)

Kusumoto Ine

the first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan

Junko Mizuno

Japanese artist

Yuta Baba

Japanese association football player

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Atsuo Nakamura

Japanese actor

Kayo Noro

Japanese actress

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Fukumi Kuroda

Japanese actress

Makoto Fujita

Japanese actor (1933-2010)

Tatsurō Yamashita

Japanese singer-songwriter

Jin Matsubara

Japanese politician

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Minako Honda

Japanese singer and actress (1967-2005)

Ryuji Kawai

Japanese association football player

Tomio Okamura

Czech far-right politician

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Kenji Ito

Japanese music composer

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

Nearby places in Saitama

• Toda
  2.7 mi away · pop. 136,150
• Warabi
  2.8 mi away · pop. 72,260
• Soka
  4.8 mi away · pop. 249,455
• Saitama
  5.8 mi away · pop. 1,182,115
• Yashio
  6.5 mi away · pop. 90,017
• Wako
  6.9 mi away · pop. 82,017
• Koshigaya
  6.9 mi away · pop. 342,486
• Asaka
  7.3 mi away · pop. 141,083
• Nojima
  7.9 mi away
• Shiki
  8.4 mi away · pop. 72,676
• Misato
  8.5 mi away · pop. 139,903
• Niiza
  8.9 mi away · pop. 164,024

Browse all places in Saitama →

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 96 mi
• Tropical Storm Higos
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 182 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Ramie Moth

Arcte coerula

Seen 2026-07-01

Pseudaeolesthes chrysothrix chrysothrix

Pseudaeolesthes chrysothrix chrysothrix

Seen 2026-07-01

Japanese Seven Spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata brucki

Seen 2026-07-01

Eastern Japanese Tree Frog

Dryophytes leopardus

Seen 2026-07-01

Smokybrown Cockroach

Validiblatta fuliginosa

Seen 2026-07-01

Green-spored Parasol

Chlorophyllum molybdites

Seen 2026-07-01

Citrus Longhorn Beetle

Anoplophora chinensis

Seen 2026-07-01

Japanese five-lined skink

Plestiodon finitimus

Seen 2026-07-01

Japanese Jewel Beetle

Chrysochroa fulgidissima

Seen 2026-07-01

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers