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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 624,176 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Chiyonofuji Mitsugu is the 47th most popular wrestler (down from 34th in 2019), the 986th most popular biography from Japan (down from 857th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 47 out of 1,027. Before him are Ibrahim Moustafa, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Chris Benoit, Brock Lesnar, Rudolf Svensson, and Wilfried Dietrich. After him are Kevin Nash, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Stephanos Christopoulos, Bill Goldberg, Axel Cadier, and Roddy Piper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 189. Before him are Tomas Arana, Antje Jackelén, Svetozar Marović, Simon Yam, Lena Endre, and Şivan Perwer. After him are Jimmy Smits, Gilbert Gottfried, Maxime Bossis, Fernando Trueba, Anupam Kher, and Matteo Zuppi. Among people deceased in 2016, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 221. Before him are Paulo Evaristo Arns, Jamshid Amouzegar, Yang Jiang, Jon Polito, Martin Gray, and Abu Ali al-Anbari. After him are Bill Mollison, Paul Kantner, Antonin Scalia, Slobodan Santrač, Vladimir Zeldin, and Doris Roberts.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 986 out of 6,245. Before him are Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Yoko Shimada (1953), Yukio Goto (null), Yasuhiko Okudera (1952), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), and Tarō Okamoto (1911). After him are Makino Nobuaki (1861), Kyōko Kagawa (1931), Akira Ifukube (1914), Nagayasu Honda (null), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), and Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 5. Before him are Antonio Inoki (1943), Masahiko Kimura (1917), Giant Baba (1938), and Isao Inokuma (1938). After him are Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Shozo Sasahara (1929), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Osamu Watanabe (1940), Takehide Nakatani (1941), Asuka (1981), and Atsuji Miyahara (1958).

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