SINGER

Damo Suzuki

1950 - 2024

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Kenji Suzuki (鈴木健次, Suzuki Kenji, 16 January 1950 – 9 February 2024), known as Damo Suzuki (ダモ鈴木), was a Japanese musician best known as the vocalist for the German Krautrock group Can between 1970 and 1973. Born in 1950 in Kobe, Japan, he moved to Europe in the late 1960s where he was spotted busking in Munich, West Germany, by Can bassist Holger Czukay and drummer Jaki Liebezeit. Can had just split with their vocalist Malcolm Mooney, and asked Suzuki to sing over tracks from their 1970 compilation album Soundtracks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damo Suzuki has received more than 715,536 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Damo Suzuki is the 900th most popular singer (up from 1,437th in 2019), the 1,018th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,260th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Singer.

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  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Damo Suzuki ranks 900 out of 4,381. Before him are Kirsti Sparboe, Alain Bashung, Kićo Slabinac, Randy Meisner, Neneh Cherry, and Theo Adam. After him are Hande Yener, Luiz Gonzaga, Éva Marton, Benny Moré, Vince Neil, and Loretta Lynn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Damo Suzuki ranks 244. Before him are Luis Alberto Spinetta, Rick Perry, Kenny Ortega, Marián Masný, Robert Z'Dar, and Seyla Benhabib. After him are Rosi Mittermaier, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Jerry Zucker, Christine Lahti, Tatsumi Kimishima, and Dee Dee Bridgewater. Among people deceased in 2024, Damo Suzuki ranks 218. Before him are Stefan Abadzhiev, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, John Bruton, Muhammed Faris, Paul Alexander, and Yukio Kasaya. After him are Jorge Griffa, Edna O'Brien, Mihaela Peneș, Helen Fisher, Michael Verhoeven, and Mísia.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Damo Suzuki ranks 1,018 out of 6,245. Before him are Kunio Yanagita (1875), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), Toshio Furukawa (1946), Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), and Katsukawa Shunshō (1726). After him are Homare Sawa (1978), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Ogyū Sorai (1666), Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Moto Hagio (1949), and Hisashi Owada (1932).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Damo Suzuki ranks 3. Before him are Kyu Sakamoto (1941), and Mariya Takeuchi (1955). After him are Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Miyuki Nakajima (1952), Seiko Matsuda (1962), Joji (1992), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Namie Amuro (1977), Atsushi Sakurai (1966), Izumi Sakai (1967), and Akina Nakamori (1965).

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