COMPOSER

Akira Ifukube

1914 - 2006

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Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭, Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer. He is best known for composing several entries in the Godzilla franchise as well as developing the titular monster's roar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akira Ifukube has received more than 325,122 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Akira Ifukube is the 917th most popular composer (up from 948th in 2019), the 989th most popular biography from Japan (down from 952nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Akira Ifukube ranks 917 out of 1,451. Before him are Carlo Rustichelli, Elliott Carter, István Kertész, Silvestre Revueltas, Jan Kalivoda, and François Francoeur. After him are Gérard Grisey, Christoph Demantius, Alexander Goldenweiser, Johann Walter, Slavko Avsenik, and Nicolas Isouard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Akira Ifukube ranks 200. Before him are Maxim of Bulgaria, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Orhan Veli Kanık, Edmund Muskie, Toulo de Graffenried, and Igor M. Diakonoff. After him are Frances Oldham Kelsey, Shaken Aimanov, Bertus Aafjes, Josep Escolà, Norman Holter, and Haroun Tazieff. Among people deceased in 2006, Akira Ifukube ranks 185. Before him are Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Octavia E. Butler, Daniel Schmid, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Jurij Brězan, and Leon Niemczyk. After him are Kent Andersson, Dennis Weaver, Kathleen Antonelli, Yitzhak Kaduri, Gert Fredriksson, and Kazimierz Górski.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Ifukube ranks 989 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasuhiko Okudera (1952), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Makino Nobuaki (1861), and Kyōko Kagawa (1931). After him are Nagayasu Honda (null), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Nakahama Manjirō (1827), and Jien (1155).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Akira Ifukube ranks 12. Before him are Kenji Kawai (1957), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Koichi Sugiyama (1931), Koji Kondo (1961), Keiko Abe (1937), and Nobuo Uematsu (1959). After him are Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Shirō Sagisu (1957), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), and Masaaki Suzuki (1954).

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