1960 - Today
Hiroyuki Sanada (真田 広之, Sanada Hiroyuki, 12 October 1960) is a Japanese actor and martial artist. He is best known to international audiences for his roles as Genbu in Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982), Ryuji Takayama in Ring (1998), Seibei Iguchi in The Twilight Samurai (2002), Ujio in The Last Samurai (2003), Kenji in Rush Hour 3 (2007), and Scorpion in Mortal Kombat (2021). His role as 'The Fool' in the Shakespeare play King Lear also gave him notable theatrical notice in the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroyuki Sanada has received more than 5,435,863 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Hiroyuki Sanada is the 810th most popular actor (up from 1,142nd in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Japan (up from 483rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Actor.
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Among actors, Hiroyuki Sanada ranks 810 out of 9,996. Before him are Richard Schiff, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Balsam, George Takei, Nathalie Baye, and Patrick McGoohan. After him are Charles Chaplin Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Denholm Elliott, Bekim Fehmiu, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, and Virginia Cherrill.
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 804
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 805
1919 - 1996
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 806
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 807
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 808
1928 - 2009
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 809
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 810
1925 - 1968
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 811
1913 - 1998
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 812
1922 - 1992
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 813
1936 - 2010
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 814
1920 - 2014
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 815
1908 - 1996
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 816
Among people born in 1960, Hiroyuki Sanada ranks 42. Before him are Sarah Brightman, David Duchovny, Nena, Stanley Tucci, Barham Salih, and Hassan Nasrallah. After him are Richard Ramirez, Reed Hastings, John F. Kennedy Jr., Kim Wilde, Jennifer Grey, and Anne Parillaud.
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 36
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 37
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 38
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 39
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 40
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 41
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 42
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 43
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 44
1960 - 1999
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 45
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 46
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 47
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 48
Among people born in Japan, Hiroyuki Sanada ranks 250 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Masaru Ibuka (1908), and Hōjō Tokimune (1251). After him are Yozo Aoki (1929), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Emperor Sutoku (1119), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Emperor Shōmu (701), and Emperor Ingyō (376).
1596 - 1680
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 244
1887 - 1981
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 245
1464 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 246
1621 - 1638
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 247
1908 - 1997
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 248
1251 - 1284
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 249
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 250
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 251
1892 - 1942
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 252
1119 - 1164
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 253
1886 - 1968
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 254
701 - 756
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 255
376 - 453
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 256
Among actors born in Japan, Hiroyuki Sanada ranks 7. Before him are Olivia de Havilland (1916), Joan Fontaine (1917), Liv Ullmann (1938), Sonny Chiba (1939), Ken Watanabe (1959), and Takashi Shimura (1905). After him are Setsuko Hara (1920), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), Masako Nozawa (1936), Ken Takakura (1931), and Hibari Misora (1937).
1916 - 2020
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 1
1917 - 2013
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 2
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 3
1939 - 2021
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 5
1905 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 6
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 7
1920 - 2015
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 8
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 9
1932 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 10
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 11
1931 - 2014
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 12
1937 - 1989
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 13