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Hikaru Nakamura

1987 - Today

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Christopher Hikaru Nakamura (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15, the youngest American at the time to do so. With a peak rating of 2816, Nakamura is the tenth-highest-rated player in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hikaru Nakamura has received more than 4,483,091 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Hikaru Nakamura is the 192nd most popular chess player (up from 208th in 2019), the 1,462nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,539th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Chess Player.

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  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 192 out of 374Before him are Predrag Nikolić, Robert Byrne, Oleg Romanishin, Julio Bolbochán, Eros Riccio, and Albin Planinc. After him are Larissa Volpert, Alexander Grischuk, Nick de Firmian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Fabiano Caruana, and Boris Gulko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 123Before him are Mara Wilson, Esteban Granero, Candice King, Magdalena Neuner, Marcelo Martins Moreno, and Luisana Lopilato. After him are Jenna Presley, Mackenzie Davis, Ott Tänak, Matthew Daddario, Fabio Fognini, and Jon Jones.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 1,462 out of 6,048Before him are Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (1939), Kumiko Okae (1956), Norihiro Yagi (1968), Masaaki Shirakawa (1949), Yuji Naka (1965), and Jong Tae-se (1984). After him are Toshiaki Imai (1954), Asuka (1981), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Takao Sakurai (1941), Yoshinori Ishigami (1957), and Yumi Watanabe (1970).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Japan

Among chess players born in Japan, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 1

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