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Akira Yamaoka

1968 - Today

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Akira Yamaoka (山岡 晃, Yamaoka Akira, born February 6, 1968) is a Japanese composer and music producer. He is best known for composing music for several video games in the Silent Hill series by Konami, among other games. Yamaoka also worked as a producer on the series, as well as composing for the Silent Hill film and its sequel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akira Yamaoka has received more than 681,852 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Akira Yamaoka is the 1,135th most popular composer (down from 1,089th in 2019), the 1,166th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,147th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Composer.

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  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Akira Yamaoka ranks 1,135 out of 1,216. Before him are Robert Planquette, Andrey Petrov, John Corigliano, Thomas Linley the younger, Eduard Künneke, and Leonard Rosenman. After him are Lukas Foss, Eddie Meduza, Melchior Vulpius, William Sterndale Bennett, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, and Arthur Bliss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Akira Yamaoka ranks 179. Before him are Molly Ringwald, Brian Steen Nielsen, Mike Patton, Ståle Solbakken, Andi Herzog, and Ishtar. After him are Gordon Bajnai, Zacarias Moussaoui, Seth Gilliam, Mari Kiviniemi, Vlade Divac, and Sebastian Bach.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Yamaoka ranks 1,166 out of 6,048. Before him are Kikuko Inoue (1964), Takayuki Kuwata (1941), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), LiSA (1987), and Ryo Kawasaki (1947). After him are Toshiyuki Morikawa (1967), Kaori Momoi (1951), Junko Takeuchi (1972), Yuto Nagatomo (1986), Hirotugu Akaike (1927), and Yasushi Akashi (1931).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Akira Yamaoka ranks 15. Before him are Kenji Kawai (1957), Akira Ifukube (1914), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), and Koji Kondo (1961). After him are Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Junichi Masuda (1968), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), Masaaki Suzuki (1954), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), and Kazumi Totaka (1967).

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