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Banjō Ginga

1948 - Today

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Banjō Ginga (銀河 万丈, Ginga Banjō, born November 12, 1948), sometimes credited as his real name Takashi Tanaka (田中 崇, Tanaka Takashi), is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was born in Kofu, Yamanashi. Ginga is affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to voice actress Gara Takashima. Known for his deep baritone voice, his most well-known roles include Gihren Zabi (Mobile Suit Gundam), Crocodine (Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken), Jean Paul Rocchina (Armored Trooper Votoms), Shōhei Harada (Touch), Souther (Fist of the North Star, original 1980s series), Babbo (MÄR), Bayman in the Dead or Alive series, Heihachi Mishima and the various models of Jack in the Tekken series, and Liquid Snake and Zero in the Metal Gear series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Banjō Ginga has received more than 208,113 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Banjō Ginga is the 4,004th most popular actor, the 1,173rd most popular biography from Japan and the 75th most popular Japanese Actor.

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  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Banjō Ginga ranks 4,004 out of 13,578. Before him are Andrew Divoff, Ingrid Pitt, Eddie Cantor, Renée Adorée, Gina Carano, and Joseph Grimaldi. After him are Brigitte Horney, Monique van de Ven, Margarita Xirgu, James Marsters, Charles Shaughnessy, and Ossie Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Banjō Ginga ranks 387. Before him are Martin Birch, Efraim Zuroff, Paquito D'Rivera, Donald Fagen, Armando Calderón Sol, and Nikola Šainović. After him are Bernd Stange, Rula Ghani, Rainer Zobel, Ratko Rudić, Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, and Leo Makkonen.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Banjō Ginga ranks 1,173 out of 6,245. Before him are Ikuo Matsumoto (1941), Yumiko Igarashi (1950), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Namie Amuro (1977), Takumi Minamino (1995), and Noriko Ohara (1935). After him are Kiichiro Higuchi (1888), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Kunio Maekawa (1905), and Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Banjō Ginga ranks 75. Before him are Isao Kimura (1923), Kappei Yamaguchi (1965), Hiroshi Abe (1964), Ayako Wakao (1933), Kenjiro Tsuda (1971), and Noriko Ohara (1935). After him are Tura Satana (1938), Minami Takayama (1964), Kenichi Ogata (1942), Hiroshi Kamiya (1975), Hōchū Ōtsuka (1954), and Momoe Yamaguchi (1959).

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