WRITER

Hirokazu Kanazawa

1931 - 2019

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Hirokazu Kanazawa (金澤 弘和, Kanazawa Hirokazu, 3 May 1931 – 8 December 2019) was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was the Chief instructor and President of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation, an organisation he founded after he left the Japan Karate Association (JKA). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hirokazu Kanazawa has received more than 207,227 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Hirokazu Kanazawa is the 1,942nd most popular writer (down from 1,870th in 2019), the 589th most popular biography from Japan (down from 541st in 2019) and the 39th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Karate My Life
2003
Dynamic power of karate
Karate
1986
Nunchaku. Entraînement Dynamique
1983
Kanku-dai
1969
Karate
2009
Nunchaku
Nunchaku
1982

Page views of Hirokazu Kanazawas by language

Over the past year Hirokazu Kanazawa has had the most page views in the with 19,483 views, followed by German (9,469), and Japanese (9,370). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (112.87%), Macedonian (59.22%), and Japanese (43.27%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 1,942 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Ko Un, Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Vazha-Pshavela, and Avitus of Vienne. After him are Nicholas Sparks, André Brink, Constantine of Preslav, Bernard Palissy, Jón Arason, and Eugenio Barba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 137. Before him are Shadia, Claire Bloom, Ken Takakura, Rip Torn, John Milnor, and Pierre Nora. After him are Kang Song-san, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Sébastien Japrisot, Vaino Väljas, Barbara Eden, and Josep Lluís Núñez. Among people deceased in 2019, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 115. Before him are Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Frank Lucas, Rip Torn, Eddie Money, Emanuel Ungaro, and Andrés Gimeno. After him are James Ingram, Katherine Helmond, Gershon Kingsley, Jean Starobinski, Dawda Jawara, and John C. Bogle.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 589 out of 6,245. Before him are Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), Nitobe Inazō (1862), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Emperor Reizei (949), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), and Toshio Iwatani (1925). After him are Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), Taro Kagawa (1922), Akira Nishino (1955), Sawao Kato (1946), and Hiroshi Saeki (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 39. Before him are Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Doppo Kunikida (1871), and Eiji Tsuburaya (1901). After him are Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Keigo Higashino (1958), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Katsu Kaishū (1823), and Saigyō (1118).

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