MUSICIAN

Hide

1964 - 1998

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Hideto Matsumoto (Japanese: 松本 秀人, Hepburn: Matsumoto Hideto, December 13, 1964 – May 2, 1998), known professionally as hide, was a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He not only achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band X Japan from 1987 to 1997 but also rose to prominence in Asia as a solo artist from 1993 to 1998, until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hide has received more than 210,952 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hide is the 699th most popular musician (up from 777th in 2019), the 822nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 847th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hide ranks 699 out of 3,175. Before him are Âşık Veysel, Lee Morgan, Rufus Wainwright, Steve Lukather, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, and Louis Prima. After him are Rick Davies, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Buckley, Eric Dolphy, Robert Hausmann, and Elmore James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Hide ranks 106. Before him are Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Jeff Hanneman, Lars Mikkelsen, Gore Verbinski, Eddie Vedder, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. After him are Rob Lowe, Sertab Erener, Francesca Neri, Crispin Glover, Tracy Chapman, and Dan Sullivan. Among people deceased in 1998, Hide ranks 111. Before him are Sani Abacha, Barry Goldwater, Benjamin Spock, Mary Cartwright, Joan Hickson, and Birger Ruud. After him are Clara Rockmore, Anatoly Rybakov, Genrich Altshuller, Mancur Olson, Jean Leray, and Bahi Ladgham.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hide ranks 822 out of 6,245. Before him are Teruki Miyamoto (1940), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), and Kamo no Chōmei (1155). After him are Takehiko Inoue (1967), Michio Yasuda (1949), Takashi Ono (1931), Kuroki Tamemoto (1844), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), and Tadashi Yanai (1949).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Hide ranks 7. Before him are Joe Hisaishi (1950), Kitarō (1953), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Isao Tomita (1932), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), and Yoshiki (1965). After him are Haruomi Hosono (1947), Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Mitski (1990), Yuki Kajiura (1965), and LiSA (1987).

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