Osaka in the Space Age

The atlas holds 7 people and 8 moments here, from 1961 to 2022. The most recorded lives are Yasunari Kawabata, Shinzo Abe and Kenzaburō Ōe.

Abebe Bikila
in 1961
1 moment here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Chester Bennington
in 2006
1 moment here
American singer and songwriter best known as Linkin Park’s lead vocalist. His documented appearances include performances and recording-related…
Ichirou Mizuki
in 2022
1 moment here
Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor, and actor, born Toshio Hayakawa. Known as the “Emperor of Anime Songs,” Mizuki recorded theme songs…
Kenzaburō Ōe
in 2008
1 moment here
Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…
Sebastián Piñera
in 2019
1 moment here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Shinzo Abe
in 2019
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Yasunari Kawabata
from 1965 to 1969
2 moments here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…