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Chiyonofuji Mitsugu

1955 - 2016

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Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (Japanese: 千代の富士 貢, June 1, 1955 – July 31, 2016), born Mitsugu Akimoto (秋元 貢, Akimoto Mitsugu), was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. Following his retirement as a wrestler, he was the stable master of Kokonoe stable until the time of his death. Chiyonofuji was considered one of the greatest yokozuna of recent times, winning 31 yūshō or tournament championships, second at the time only to Taihō. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chiyonofuji Mitsugu has received more than 585,859 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Chiyonofuji Mitsugu is the 34th most popular wrestler (up from 55th in 2019), the 860th most popular biography from Japan (up from 969th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 34 out of 700. Before him are The Miz, Chris Benoit, Gholamreza Takhti, Randy Savage, Brock Lesnar, and Bret Hart. After him are Bill Goldberg, Ivar Johansson, Yaşar Doğu, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, and Eduard Pütsep.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 157. Before him are Joaquín Caparrós, Svetozar Marović, Khalid al-Islambouli, Alberto Iglesias, Horacio Pagani, and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. After him are Jane Kaczmarek, Judy Davis, Billy Blanks, Svante Pääbo, Steve Jones, and Kelsey Grammer. Among people deceased in 2016, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 196. Before him are Željko Čajkovski, Vilmos Zsigmond, Yang Jiang, Klim Churyumov, Ann Morgan Guilbert, and Bernard Fox. After him are Antonin Scalia, Frank Finlay, Lars Gustafsson, Papa Wemba, Ramón Castro Ruz, and Roberto Perfumo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 860 out of 6,048. Before him are Akashi Motojiro (1864), Morihiro Saito (1928), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Tomomi Seo (1950), and Takizawa Bakin (1767). After him are Kusumoto Ine (1827), Tarō Kōno (1963), Norio Ohga (1930), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Koichi Tohei (1920), and Nobuo Uematsu (1959).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 5. Before him are Masahiko Kimura (1917), Antonio Inoki (1943), Isao Inokuma (1938), and Giant Baba (1938). After him are Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Takehide Nakatani (1941), Asuka (1981), Shinsuke Nakamura (1980), Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), and Toshihiko Koga (1967).

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