Kumagaya

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Kumagaya

Total population

198,742

Coordinates36.15°, 139.39°

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

Overview

Kumagaya is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 195,277 in 87,827 households and a population density of 1,200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 159.82 square kilometres (61.71 sq mi).

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Norihiro Yamagishi

Japanese association football player

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Masami Kuwashima

Japanese racing driver

Genki Haraguchi

Japanese association football player

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Makoto Kakegawa

Japanese association football player

Naomichi Marufuji

Japanese professional wrestler (1979-)

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Tomoyasu Hirose

Japanese association football player

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Seiichi Morimura

Japanese novelist and author (1933–2023)

Megumi Oshima

Japanese long-distance runner

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Hiroko Emori

Japanese voice actress

Kumagai Naozane

Japanese soldier

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Kazuyuki Aijima

Stage and film actor

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Osamu Ichikawa

Japanese actor and voice actor (1936–2009)

Ogino Ginko

Japanese physician (1851-1913)

Kaoru Matsumoto

Japanese professional wrestler

Chikara Onodera

baseball player

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Hozunyam

Japanese fashion model and hostess

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

Nearby places in Saitama

• Gyoda
  3.8 mi away · pop. 80,562
• Namegawa
  5.7 mi away · pop. 18,212
• Fukaya
  6.9 mi away · pop. 142,996
• Higashimatsuyama
  7.3 mi away · pop. 92,125
• Ranzan
  7.3 mi away · pop. 18,341
• Yoshimi
  8.3 mi away · pop. 19,631
• Hanyu
  9.1 mi away · pop. 54,874
• Konosu
  9.3 mi away · pop. 117,883
• Ogawa
  9.4 mi away · pop. 31,178
• Tokigawa
  10.9 mi away · pop. 11,492
• Yorii
  11.1 mi away · pop. 34,081
• Kitamoto
  11.5 mi away · pop. 65,201

Browse all places in Saitama →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 121 mi
• Tropical Storm Higos
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 196 mi

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Kumagaya, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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