MUSICIAN

Hiro Yamamoto

1961 - Today

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Hiro D. Yamamoto (born April 13, 1961) is a Japanese-American bassist who was a founding member of grunge band Soundgarden, along with Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell in 1984. He left the band in 1989, and two years later, he started the independent rock band Truly together with Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerel and Robert Roth from The Storybook Krooks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiro Yamamoto has received more than 1,205,712 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hiro Yamamoto is the 2,036th most popular musician (down from 2,027th in 2019), the 10,579th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,566th in 2019) and the 802nd most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hiro Yamamoto ranks 2,036 out of 3,175. Before him are Roger Miller, Salil Chowdhury, Tony Thompson, David Gates, Hiromi Uehara, and Jimmy Webb. After him are Iva Bittová, Paul Winter, Necrobutcher, Tabea Zimmermann, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, and Roy Bittan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Hiro Yamamoto ranks 468. Before him are Tawny Kitaen, Werner Kogler, Eva Grimaldi, Mark Messier, Pravind Jugnauth, and Brit Pettersen. After him are John Lynch, Rudy Dhaenens, Martín Lasarte, Irene Sáez, Noriyuki Abe, and Alan Pardew.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hiro Yamamoto ranks 10,579 out of 20,380. Before him are Beatrice Mintz (1921), Frank Church (1924), Mario Savio (1942), Jimmy Webb (1946), David Souter (1939), and Ron Eldard (1965). After him are Marilee Stepan (1935), Anthony Doerr (1973), Chelsea Charms (1976), Jon-Erik Hexum (1957), Virginia Davis (1918), and Len Wein (1948).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Hiro Yamamoto ranks 802. Before him are Slim Whitman (1923), David Lindley (1944), Roger Miller (1936), Tony Thompson (1954), David Gates (1940), and Jimmy Webb (1946). After him are Paul Winter (1939), Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), Roy Bittan (1949), Andrew Hill (1931), T Bone Burnett (1948), and Geri Allen (1957).

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