CHESS PLAYER

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 5,159,565 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Hikaru Nakamura is the 177th most popular chess player (up from 192nd in 2019), the 1,491st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,459th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 177 out of 461. Before him are Milunka Lazarević, Ruslan Ponomariov, Ding Liren, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Adolf Schwarz, and Herman Steiner. After him are Amos Burn, Max Weiss, Mir Sultan Khan, Albin Planinc, Győző Forintos, and Juan Corzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 108. Before him are Nico Hülkenberg, Mădălina Diana Ghenea, Skin Diamond, Kevin Gameiro, Eljero Elia, and Candice King. After him are Ott Tänak, Esteban Granero, Tarra White, Wiz Khalifa, Nina Kraviz, and Déborah François.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 1,491 out of 6,245. Before him are Norifumi Abe (1975), Junichi Inamoto (1979), Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), Toru Kamikawa (1963), Naoji Ito (1959), and Tokiharu Abe (1911). After him are Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), Toshiaki Imai (1954), Nikka Costa (1972), Hikaru Midorikawa (1968), Lynn Okamoto (1970), and Mitsuko Horie (1957).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Japan

Among chess players born in Japan, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 1. 

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