ATHLETE

Hirooki Arai

1988 - Today

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Hirooki Arai (荒井 広宙, Arai Hirooki, born 18 May 1988) is a male Japanese racewalker. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. He finished third in the 50-kilometre race walk event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but was subsequently disqualified following his collision in the final kilometres with Evan Dunfee of Canada, who then moved up from fourth place to claim the bronze medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hirooki Arai has received more than 23,811 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hirooki Arai is the 7,054th most popular athlete (down from 4,343rd in 2019), the 4,807th most popular biography from Japan (up from 4,854th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hirooki Arai ranks 7,054 out of 6,025. Before him are Oleh Kolodiy, Qiu Qiyuan, Tayavek Gallizzi, Tommy Fleetwood, Alessandro Sibilio, and Gemma Gibbons. After him are Mostafa El Gamel, Ana Camila Pirelli, Wiktor Głazunow, Fredrik Bjerrehuus, Keely Hodgkinson, and Jakob Schneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Hirooki Arai ranks 1,544. Before him are İsmail Keleş, Masakazu Tashiro, Jack Collison, Christopher Linke, Darrell Arthur, and Ryota Kobayashi. After him are Mostafa El Gamel, Giles Barnes, Eunice Sum, Kohei Kiyama, Hidetaka Kanazono, and Taciana Cesar.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hirooki Arai ranks 4,807 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuji Yabu (1984), Hisahito Inaba (1985), Shoma Mizunaga (1985), Ryota Kobayashi (1988), Sho Asuke (1985), and Keiya Sento (1994). After him are Ren Sengoku (1990), Shinichiro Kuwada (1986), Masahiro Kano (1977), Daisuke Ishizu (1990), Tomoki Muramatsu (1990), and Shion Inoue (1997).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Hirooki Arai ranks 129. Before him are Eri Yamada (1984), Koki Ikeda (1998), Yumi Suzuki (1991), Kokona Hiraki (2008), Yuki Ishikawa (1987), and Sky Brown (2008). After him are Miki Kanie (1988), Nozomi Satō (1986), Ayana Onozuka (1988), Mikko Korhonen (1980), Yuko Takahashi (1991), and Hiroki Muto (1997).

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