Architect

Kengo Kuma

Japanese architect

1954 - today

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His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Kengo Kuma is the 279th most popular architect (down from 253rd in 2024), the 884th most popular biography from Japan (down from 774th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Architect.

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290k

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#6 / 116

Kengo Kuma ranks #6 among 116 notable people born in Yokohama, Japan, inside the top 6% by HPI.

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Kengo Kuma's Wikipedia page drew 290k views over the past year, 4.3× the average among Architects.

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Among Architects

Among architects, Kengo Kuma ranks 279 out of 533. Before him are Friedrich August Stüler, Charles Percier, Salomon de Bray, Salomon de Brosse, Marian Spychalski, and Josep Maria Jujol. After him are William Chambers, Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Cedric Gibbons, Bernardo Buontalenti, Werner March, and Nicolai Eigtved.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Kengo Kuma ranks 179. Before him are Zhong Shanshan, Ilan Pappé, Brigitte Lin, Didier Six, Andrés Pastrana Arango, and Kader Abdolah. After him are Abdelilah Benkirane, Kevin O'Leary, Larry Wall, Tallis Obed Moses, Derek Warwick, and Don Wilson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kengo Kuma ranks 884 out of 6,943. Before him are Senhime (1597), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Takashi Ono (1931), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), and Sakuma Shōzan (1811). After him are Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Takaji Mori (1943), Akira Endo (1933), Tsuda Umeko (1864), Sō Yoshitoshi (1568), and Mie Hama (1943).

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Among Architects In Japan

Among architects born in Japan, Kengo Kuma ranks 8. Before him are Kenzō Tange (1913), Arata Isozaki (1931), Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Shigeru Ban (1957), and Kazuyo Sejima (1956). After him are Kunio Maekawa (1905), Kiyonori Kikutake (1928), Ryue Nishizawa (1966), and Sou Fujimoto (1971).

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