No. Personification is giving an item (nonliving) a human-like characteristic. So because Kobe is a person, he can't be given a human-like characteristic because he's already human.
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Kobe now Vince Carter in his prime
It is personification without meaning to use personification
Kobe Bryant's name is Kobe Bryant.
Kobe is a city in Japan.
There is no personification going on here.
No, personification does not have a prefix
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I have seen him wearing a cross leading me to believe that Kobe is Christian.
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Kobe is a christian.