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Heath

1968 - 2023

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Hiroshi Morie (Japanese: 森江 博, Hepburn: Morie Hiroshi, January 22, 1968 – October 29, 2023), known exclusively by his stage name Heath, was a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He was best known as bass guitarist of the rock band X Japan from 1992 to 1997, and again from 2007 until his death in 2023. After performing in bands such as Paranoia and Media Youth, Heath joined X Japan in August 1992, replacing Taiji who had left earlier in the year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heath has received more than 962,905 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Heath is the 2,240th most popular musician (down from 2,105th in 2019), the 1,707th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,538th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Japanese Musician.

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  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Heath ranks 2,240 out of 2,662Before him are Jim Byrnes, Aurora, Jung Yong-hwa, Jonne Järvelä, Chris Frantz, and Fedde Le Grand. After him are DJ Sammy, Marina Tchebourkina, Sylvain Sylvain, Regina Spektor, DJ Lethal, and Bob Wills.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Heath ranks 462Before him are Guinevere Turner, Ivan Sokolov, Ioan Sabău, Antonio Rossi, Alexandre del Valle, and James Toney. After him are Georgi Gospodinov, Kathleen Hanna, Dragan Škrbić, Igor Kolyvanov, Lisa Angell, and Jon Drummond. Among people deceased in 2023, Heath ranks 380Before him are Coco Lee, Inga Swenson, Richard G. Hovannisian, Bill Hayden, Odd Børre, and Terry McDermott. After him are Dick Savitt, François Bracci, Bert I. Gordon, Bob Knight, John Devitt, and Vani Jairam.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Heath ranks 1,707 out of 6,048Before him are Yoko Takahagi (1969), Nobuyuki Kojima (1966), Koichi Hashiratani (1961), Michie Tomizawa (1961), Takashi Sekizuka (1960), and Tatsuma Yoshida (1974). After him are Seigo Narazaki (1976), Junko Minagawa (1975), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Arina Tanemura (1978), Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006), and Michiko Neya (1965).

Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Heath ranks 36Before him are Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), Cornelius (1969), Tsunku (1968), Hiromi Uehara (1979), Pata (1965), and Jin Akanishi (1984). After him are Mai Kuraki (1982), Naomi Munakata (1955), Ai Otsuka (1982), Takahiro Moriuchi (1988), Kamijo (1975), and Ben Shepherd (1968).