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Akira Kuroiwa

1961 - Today

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Akira Kuroiwa (黒岩 彰, Kuroiwa Akira, born 6 September 1961) is a former speed skater from Japan, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988, he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 metres, after having captured two world titles at the Sprints Championships (1983 and 1987). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akira Kuroiwa has received more than 16,031 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Akira Kuroiwa is the 280th most popular skater (down from 227th in 2019), the 2,483rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,906th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Skater.

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  • 16k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 280 out of 483. Before him are Hiroyasu Shimizu, Joannie Rochette, Shani Davis, Dan Jansen, Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, and Lyudmila Prokasheva. After him are Linda Fratianne, Donald Jackson, Yang Yang, Jeffrey Buttle, Tanja Szewczenko, and Daisuke Takahashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 808. Before him are Yasuhiro Higuchi, Maurizio Milani, Laurie Halse Anderson, Yusuke Adachi, Grant Bramwell, and Steve McMahon. After him are Kerry Dixon, Yolanda Adams, Ingo Appelt, Meera Syal, Grant Hart, and Wendell Brown.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 2,483 out of 6,245. Before him are Tatsuya Tanaka (1982), Nami Otake (1974), Shunichi Ikenoue (1967), Yusuke Adachi (1961), Ami Suzuki (1982), and Haru Kuroki (1990). After him are Daigo Kobayashi (1983), Koki Mizuno (1985), Yumi Uchiyama (1987), Ryōta Tsuzuki (1978), May'n (1989), and Ayumi Fujimura (1982).

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Among SKATERS In Japan

Among skaters born in Japan, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 10. Before him are Mao Asada (1990), Yuka Sato (1973), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Miki Ando (1987), Shoma Uno (1997), and Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974). After him are Daisuke Takahashi (1986), Nobunari Oda (1987), Fumie Suguri (1980), Kaori Sakamoto (2000), Nao Kodaira (1986), and Tomomi Okazaki (1971).

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