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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 achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band X Japan from 1987 to 1997 and a solo artist from 1993 onward. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hide has received more than 199,841 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Hide is the 780th most popular musician (up from 814th in 2019), the 850th most popular biography from Japan (up from 865th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hide ranks 780 out of 2,662. Before him are Billie Joe Armstrong, Bernhard Romberg, Gerd Albrecht, Theodore Thomas, Jim Croce, and Mischa Elman. After him are Desmond Dekker, Jan Johansson, Tommy Dorsey, Dave Grohl, Mulatu Astatke, and Julian Bream.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Hide ranks 122. Before him are Andrew Niccol, H.P. Baxxter, John Norum, Heike Drechsler, Rosen Plevneliev, and Rob Lowe. After him are Jeff Hanneman, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Doro, Joss Whedon, Ian Ziering, and Kerry King. Among people deceased in 1998, Hide ranks 117. Before him are Beatrice Wood, Anatoly Rybakov, Joan Brossa, Olivier Gendebien, Yuri Artyukhin, and Lia Manoliu. After him are Haroun Tazieff, Sani Abacha, Qian Zhongshu, Jack Lord, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Jean Leray.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hide ranks 850 out of 6,048. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Kozo Arai (1950), Shunsuke Nakamura (1978), Takeo Takahashi (1947), and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570). After him are Takeo Arishima (1878), Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Kabayama Sukenori (1837), Akashi Motojiro (1864), Morihiro Saito (1928), and Fumiko Hayashi (1903).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Hide ranks 6. Before him are Joe Hisaishi (1950), Kitarō (1953), Isao Tomita (1932), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), and Mitsuko Uchida (1948). After him are Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), and Gackt (1973).

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