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Giant Baba

1938 - 1999

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Shohei Baba (馬場 正平, Baba Shōhei, January 23, 1938 – January 31, 1999), best known by his ring name Giant Baba (ジャイアント馬場, Jaianto Baba), was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter, and professional baseball player. He is best known as a co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), a promotion he founded in 1972 along with Mitsuo Momota and Yoshihiro Momota, the sons of his mentor Rikidōzan. For the first 10 years of its existence, Baba was the top star of All Japan, while also serving as the booker, promoter, head trainer and president of the promotion from its inception in 1972 till his death in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giant Baba has received more than 1,032,307 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Giant Baba is the 19th most popular wrestler (up from 21st in 2019), the 632nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 610th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Giant Baba ranks 19 out of 1,027. Before him are The Undertaker, Rikidōzan, Aleksandr Medved, Bruno Sammartino, Terry Funk, and El Santo. After him are Triple H, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Ric Flair, Rocky Johnson, The Miz, and Isao Inokuma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Giant Baba ranks 153. Before him are Willy Claes, Angelo Amato, Aslan Abashidze, Mohammed Gammoudi, Lill-Babs, and Amfilohije Radović. After him are Tengiz Kitovani, Beata Tyszkiewicz, David Baltimore, Igor Sergeyev, Sergei Novikov, and Jean Eustache. Among people deceased in 1999, Giant Baba ranks 78. Before him are Paul Bowles, Ri Jong-ok, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, András Hegedüs, Viacheslav Chornovil, and Phaedon Gizikis. After him are Michel Petrucciani, Peko Dapčević, Victor Mature, Alf Ramsey, Sylvia Sidney, and Shankar Dayal Sharma.

Others Born in 1938

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Giant Baba ranks 632 out of 6,245. Before him are Kyōka Izumi (1873), Nobuyuki Kato (1920), Tadao Takayama (1904), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Koji Miyata (1923), and Chiang Wei-kuo (1916). After him are Monkey Punch (1937), Masashi Kishimoto (1974), Takashi Mizuno (1931), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), and Masatoshi Nakayama (1913).

Others born in Japan

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Giant Baba ranks 3. Before him are Antonio Inoki (1943), and Masahiko Kimura (1917). After him are Isao Inokuma (1938), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), 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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