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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 136,245 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Akeboshi is the 2,878th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Akeboshis by language

Over the past year Akeboshi has had the most page views in the with 19,017 views, followed by English (15,553), and Spanish (2,870). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (80.12%), Indonesian (43.60%), and Egyptian Arabic (41.79%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Akeboshi ranks 2,878 out of 4,381. Before 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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  • Photo of Gloria

    Gloria

    1973 - Present

    HPI: 36.48

    Rank: 2,872

  • Photo of Deen

    Deen

    1982 - Present

    HPI: 36.48

    Rank: 2,873

  • Photo of Ewa Sonnet

    Ewa Sonnet

    1985 - Present

    HPI: 36.46

    Rank: 2,874

  • Photo of Yuko Nakazawa

    Yuko Nakazawa

    1973 - Present

    HPI: 36.46

    Rank: 2,875

  • Photo of Omar Naber

    Omar Naber

    1981 - Present

    HPI: 36.46

    Rank: 2,876

  • Photo of Nicole

    Nicole

    1977 - Present

    HPI: 36.45

    Rank: 2,877

  • Photo of Akeboshi

    Akeboshi

    1978 - Present

    HPI: 36.44

    Rank: 2,878

  • Photo of Melissa Manchester

    Melissa Manchester

    1951 - Present

    HPI: 36.44

    Rank: 2,879

  • Photo of Mino

    Mino

    1993 - Present

    HPI: 36.43

    Rank: 2,880

  • Photo of Samantha Ronson

    Samantha Ronson

    1977 - Present

    HPI: 36.42

    Rank: 2,881

  • Photo of Diam's

    Diam's

    1980 - Present

    HPI: 36.39

    Rank: 2,882

  • Photo of Gisela

    Gisela

    1979 - Present

    HPI: 36.38

    Rank: 2,883

  • Photo of Louane

    Louane

    1996 - Present

    HPI: 36.38

    Rank: 2,884

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Akeboshi ranks 546. Before 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 6,245. Before 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).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Akeboshi ranks 52. Before 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).

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