1938 - 1999
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 923,137 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Giant Baba is the 21st most popular wrestler (down from 18th in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from Japan (up from 646th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Giant Baba ranks 21 out of 700. Before him are Ric Flair, Ivan Poddubny, Bruno Sammartino, Rikidōzan, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Isao Inokuma. After him are El Santo, Eddie Guerrero, George Hackenschmidt, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, and Wim Ruska.
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 15
1871 - 1949
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 16
1935 - 2018
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 17
1924 - 1963
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 18
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 19
1938 - 2001
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 20
1938 - 1999
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 21
1917 - 1984
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 22
1967 - 2005
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 23
1877 - 1968
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 24
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 25
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 26
1940 - 2015
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 27
Among people born in 1938, Giant Baba ranks 152. Before him are Isao Inokuma, Ieronymos II of Athens, Roger Hunt, Goh Kun, Beata Tyszkiewicz, and Richard Beymer. After him are Sjaak Swart, Bernadette Lafont, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Patrick Bauchau, and Benjamin Mkapa. Among people deceased in 1999, Giant Baba ranks 83. Before him are Leon Štukelj, Yuri Knorozov, Kazuo Sakamaki, Maurice Couve de Murville, Joseph Heller, and Kisshomaru Ueshiba. After him are Michel Petrucciani, Pierre Clémenti, Heinz G. Konsalik, Aldo van Eyck, Alf Ramsey, and Viacheslav Chornovil.
1938 - 2001
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 146
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 147
1938 - 2021
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 148
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 149
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 150
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 151
1938 - 1999
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 152
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 153
1938 - 2013
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 154
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 155
1938 - 2023
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 156
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 157
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 158
1898 - 1999
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 77
1922 - 1999
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 78
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 79
1907 - 1999
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 80
1923 - 1999
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 81
1921 - 1999
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 82
1938 - 1999
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 83
1962 - 1999
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 84
1942 - 1999
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 85
1921 - 1999
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 86
1918 - 1999
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 87
1920 - 1999
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 88
1937 - 1999
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 89
Among people born in Japan, Giant Baba ranks 612 out of 6,048. Before him are Koji Sasaki (1936), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), Yasuo Suzuki (1913), Kiyosi Itô (1915), Emperor Kameyama (1249), and Doppo Kunikida (1871). After him are Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Tadao Takayama (1904), Sakae Takahashi (null), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Takeo Miki (1907), and Setsu Sawagata (null).
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 606
1921 - 1999
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 607
1913 - 2000
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 608
1915 - 2008
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 609
1249 - 1305
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 610
1871 - 1908
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 611
1938 - 1999
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 612
1283 - 1350
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 613
1904 - 1980
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 614
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 615
1162 - 1241
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 616
1907 - 1988
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 617
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 618
Among wrestlers born in Japan, Giant Baba ranks 4. Before him are Masahiko Kimura (1917), Antonio Inoki (1943), and Isao Inokuma (1938). After him are Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Takehide Nakatani (1941), Asuka (1981), Shinsuke Nakamura (1980), Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), and Toshihiko Koga (1967).
1917 - 1993
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1
1943 - 2022
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 2
1938 - 2001
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 3
1938 - 1999
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 4
1955 - 2016
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 6
1943 - 2018
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 8
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 9
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 11
1967 - 2021
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 12