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Akeboshi

1978 - Today

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Yoshio Akeboshi (明星嘉男, Akeboshi Yoshio), more commonly known as Akeboshi (アケボシ), is a Japanese folk singer. He is mainly known for the song Wind, used as an ending theme for the first season of the anime Naruto. His surname means "bright star," while his given name means "fine man." Akeboshi was born on July 1, 1978, in Yokohama. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akeboshi has received more than 146,813 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Akeboshi is the 2,877th most popular singer (down from 2,666th in 2019), the 2,212th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,996th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Japanese Singer.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Akeboshi ranks 2,877 out of 4,381Before her are Gloria, Deen, Ewa Sonnet, Yuko Nakazawa, Omar Naber, and Nicole. After her are Melissa Manchester, Mino, Samantha Ronson, Diam's, Gisela, and Louane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Akeboshi ranks 546Before her are Zabiullah Mujahid, Zdeněk Pospěch, Tomokazu Myojin, Srđan Baljak, Paul Hunter, and Kelly Overton. After her are Andrés Mendoza, Claudio Morel Rodríguez, Evgeni Petrov, Michalis Hatzigiannis, Samanta Schweblin, and Ruslan Baltiev.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akeboshi ranks 2,212 out of 6,245Before her are Toma Ikuta (1984), Kenji Ogiwara (1969), Teruo Iwamoto (1972), Yuko Nakazawa (1973), Tomokazu Myojin (1978), and Minori Chihara (1980). After her are Yuriko Mizuma (1970), Akemi Noda (1969), Hinata Miyazawa (1999), Shinichiro Takahashi (1957), Shigemitsu Egawa (1966), and Megumi Sakata (1971).

Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Akeboshi ranks 52Before her are Natsumi Abe (1981), Tomoko Kaneda (1973), Tomomi Kahara (1974), Sora Amamiya (1993), Maki Goto (1985), and Yuko Nakazawa (1973). After her are Airi Suzuki (1994), Masaki Aiba (1982), Yuta Nakamoto (1995), Kotoko (1980), Nanase Aikawa (1975), and Mafumafu (1991).