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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 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Giant Baba ranks 21 out of 700Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Giant Baba ranks 152Before 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 83Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Giant Baba ranks 612 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Giant Baba ranks 4Before 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).