1980 - Today
Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野 弘之, Sawano Hiroyuki, born September 12, 1980) is a Japanese composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, and music producer best known for his work on many anime series, video games, television dramas, and movies. His works include the musical scores for Attack on Titan, The Seven Deadly Sins, Solo Leveling, Sengoku Basara, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Blue Exorcist, Seraph of the End, Guilty Crown, and Kill la Kill. In addition to his role on the soundtrack, Sawano also composes many opening and ending theme songs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroyuki Sawano has received more than 2,034,721 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hiroyuki Sawano is the 1,186th most popular composer (down from 1,111th in 2019), the 1,235th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,224th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Composer.
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Among composers, Hiroyuki Sawano ranks 1,186 out of 1,216. Before him are Andrei Eshpai, Lepo Sumera, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Yasuharu Takanashi, David Diamond, and Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov. After him are Junkie XL, Paul Creston, Wenzel Müller, Brad Fiedel, Maurice Greene, and Horatio Parker.
1925 - 2015
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 1,180
1950 - 2000
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 1,181
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 1,182
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 1,183
1915 - 2005
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 1,184
1936 - 2019
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 1,185
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 1,186
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 1,187
1906 - 1985
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 1,188
1767 - 1835
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 1,189
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 1,190
1696 - 1755
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 1,191
1863 - 1919
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 1,192
Among people born in 1980, Hiroyuki Sawano ranks 96. Before him are Matthew Gray Gubler, Jessica Simpson, Yasuhito Endō, María de Villota, Zachary Levi, and Tom Boonen. After him are Ben Foster, Chris Owen, Kareena Kapoor, Gotye, Rachel Nichols, and Emir Spahić.
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 90
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 91
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 92
1980 - 2013
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 93
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 94
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 95
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 96
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 97
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 98
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 99
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 100
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 101
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 102
Among people born in Japan, Hiroyuki Sawano ranks 1,235 out of 6,048. Before him are Yoko Tawada (1960), Naohiro Ikeda (1940), Masashi Tashiro (1956), Katsuya Okada (1953), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), and Akihiko Hoshide (1968). After him are Kenyu Horiuchi (1957), Daisuke Ono (1978), Romi Park (1972), Yu Suzuki (1958), Takeshi Urata (1947), and Sumi Shimamoto (1954).
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 1,229
1940 - 2021
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 1,230
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 1,231
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 1,232
1933 - Present
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 1,233
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 1,234
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 1,235
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 1,236
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 1,237
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 1,238
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 1,239
1947 - 2012
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 1,240
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 1,241
Among composers born in Japan, Hiroyuki Sawano ranks 16. Before him are Akira Ifukube (1914), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Koji Kondo (1961), and Akira Yamaoka (1968). After him are Junichi Masuda (1968), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), Masaaki Suzuki (1954), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), Kazumi Totaka (1967), and Hitoshi Sakimoto (1969).
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 10
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 11
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 12
1914 - 1955
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 13
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 14
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 15
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 16
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 17
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 18
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 19
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 20
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 21
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.20
Rank: 22