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Atsushi Sakurai

1966 - 2023

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Atsushi Sakurai (Japanese: 櫻井 敦司, Hepburn: Sakurai Atsushi, March 7, 1966 – October 19, 2023) was a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Buck-Tick from 1985 until his death in 2023. Initially joining as their drummer in 1983, Sakurai fronted the band for 38 years and 23 studio albums, nearly all of which reached the top ten on Japan's Oricon chart. They are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Atsushi Sakurai has received more than 543,228 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Atsushi Sakurai is the 1,222nd most popular singer, the 1,202nd most popular biography from Japan and the 10th most popular Japanese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Atsushi Sakurai ranks 1,222 out of 4,381. Before him are Chayanne, Eddy Wally, Playboi Carti, Barney McKenna, Roland Orzabal, and Betty Curtis. After him are Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Lhasa de Sela, Carlos Vives, Helmut Lotti, Izumi Sakai, and V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Atsushi Sakurai ranks 167. Before him are Ramón Medina Bello, Indira Radić, Trine Hattestad, Linn Ullmann, Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, and Jason Patric. After him are Miljenko Jergović, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, Ergin Ataman, Tom Henning Øvrebø, Najwa Karam, and Dmitry Rybolovlev. Among people deceased in 2023, Atsushi Sakurai ranks 403. Before him are Grace Bumbry, Charles Simic, Theodoros Pangalos, Irma Serrano, Darío Jara Saguier, and Klaus Bonsack. After him are Marie Kovářová, Pascoal Mocumbi, Erwin Olaf, Remigijus Valiulis, Pedro Solbes, and Paweł Huelle.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Atsushi Sakurai ranks 1,202 out of 6,245. Before him are Shoko Hamada (1950), Shirō Sagisu (1957), Yōichi Takahashi (1960), Yukio Ozaki (1858), Katsuhiro Kusaki (1962), and Takuma Sato (1977). After him are Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Kenichi Ogata (1942), Izumi Sakai (1967), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), Hiroshi Kamiya (1975), and Tetsuo Sugamata (1957).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Atsushi Sakurai ranks 10. Before him are Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Miyuki Nakajima (1952), Seiko Matsuda (1962), Joji (1992), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), and Namie Amuro (1977). After him are Izumi Sakai (1967), Akina Nakamori (1965), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), Yoko Kanno (1963), Hironobu Kageyama (1961), and Toshi (1965).

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