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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 15,170 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Akira Kuroiwa is the 227th most popular skater, the 1,910th most popular biography from Japan and the 8th most popular Japanese Skater.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 227 out of 315. Before him are Rintje Ritsma, Geir Karlstad, Ids Postma, Debbi Wilkes, Sui Wenjing, and Nikita Katsalapov. After him are Suzanne Schulting, Hiroyasu Shimizu, Lee Sang-hwa, Alexander Hurd, Marianne Timmer, and Leo Visser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 606. Before him are Andrew Airlie, Daniel Clowes, Josefina Vázquez Mota, Bernard Makuza, Bob Peterson, and Safra Catz. After him are Tomi Poikolainen, Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, Aleš Debeljak, Hiroshi Jofuku, Gary Winick, and Igor Chudinov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 1,910 out of 6,048. Before him are Rui Hachimura (1998), Shoichi Funaki (1968), Misaki Ito (1977), Satoru Noda (1969), Princess Tsuguko of Takamado (1986), and Kaori Mizuhashi (1974). After him are Osamu Taninaka (1964), Yuko Arimori (1966), Toru Oniki (1974), Shoya Nakajima (1994), Nana Komatsu (1996), and Sakura Miyawaki (1998).

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Among SKATERS In Japan

Among skaters born in Japan, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 8. Before him are Midori Ito (1969), Shizuka Arakawa (1981), Mao Asada (1990), Shoma Uno (1997), Miki Ando (1987), and Daisuke Takahashi (1986). After him are Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Nao Kodaira (1986), Fumie Suguri (1980), Miho Takagi (1994), and Kaori Sakamoto (2000).

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