1909 - 1996
Hideo Sakai (堺井 秀雄, Sakai Hideo, June 10, 1909 – June 3, 1996) was a Japanese football player. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hideo Sakai has received more than 8,424 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Hideo Sakai is the 186th most popular soccer player (down from 184th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Japan (up from 229th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.
Hideo Sakai is most famous for being the first Japanese American to be awarded the Medal of Honor. In 1944, he was serving as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was captured by the Japanese and held as a prisoner of war. He was tortured and starved. He was finally rescued and returned to the U.S. in 1945.
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Among soccer players, Hideo Sakai ranks 186 out of 16,923. Before him are Shiro Misaki, Dennis Bergkamp, Felix Magath, Michel Hidalgo, Yoshio Furukawa, and Tostão. After him are Careca, Jiro Miyake, Xavi, Raymond Domenech, Masao Takada, and Joaquín Peiró.
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 180
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 181
1953 - Present
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 182
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 183
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 184
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 185
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 186
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 187
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 188
1980 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 189
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 190
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 191
1936 - 2020
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 192
Among people born in 1909, Hideo Sakai ranks 43. Before him are Matt Busby, Yiannis Ritsos, Virginia Apgar, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Norberto Bobbio, and Edward Tatum. After him are James Mason, Ernst vom Rath, Rollo May, Indro Montanelli, Otto Kumm, and László Rajk. Among people deceased in 1996, Hideo Sakai ranks 44. Before him are Nevill Francis Mott, Masaki Kobayashi, António de Spínola, Virginia Henderson, Victor Ambartsumian, and Georges Duby. After him are Virginia Cherrill, Martin Balsam, Mohammad Najibullah, Greer Garson, Rafael Kubelík, and Leonor Fini.
1909 - 1994
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 37
1909 - 1990
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 38
1909 - 1974
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 39
1909 - 1966
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 40
1909 - 2004
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 41
1909 - 1975
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 42
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 43
1909 - 1984
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 44
1909 - 1938
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 45
1909 - 1994
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 46
1909 - 2001
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 47
1909 - 2004
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 48
1909 - 1949
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 49
1905 - 1996
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 38
1916 - 1996
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 39
1910 - 1996
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 40
1897 - 1996
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 41
1908 - 1996
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 42
1919 - 1996
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 43
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 44
1908 - 1996
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 45
1919 - 1996
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 46
1947 - 1996
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 47
1904 - 1996
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 48
1914 - 1996
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 49
1907 - 1996
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 50
Among people born in Japan, Hideo Sakai ranks 210 out of 5,560. Before him are Emperor Antoku (1178), Yosa Buson (1716), Shiro Misaki (null), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Setsuko Hara (1920), and Yoshio Furukawa (1934). After him are Jiro Miyake (1900), Shoko Asahara (1955), Masao Takada (null), Takashi Kawanishi (1899), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), and Hiroto Muraoka (1931).
1178 - 1185
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 204
1716 - 1783
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 205
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 206
1659 - 1719
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 207
1920 - 2015
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 208
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 209
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 210
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 211
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 212
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 213
1899 - Present
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 214
1887 - 1945
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 215
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 216
Among soccer players born in Japan, Hideo Sakai ranks 19. Before him are Nagayasu Honda (null), Kenzo Ohashi (1934), Kiyoo Kanda (1900), Yoshio Okada (1926), Shiro Misaki (null), and Yoshio Furukawa (1934). After him are Jiro Miyake (1900), Masao Takada (null), Takashi Kawanishi (1899), Hiroto Muraoka (1931), Shiro Teshima (1907), and Shigeo Sugimoto (1926).
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 13
1934 - 2015
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 14
1900 - 1970
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 15
1926 - 2002
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 16
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 17
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 18
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 19
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 20
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 21
1899 - Present
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 22
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 23
1907 - 1982
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 24
1926 - 2002
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 25