1948 - 2022
Toshio Hayakawa (早川 俊夫, Hayakawa Toshio, January 7, 1948 – December 6, 2022), better known by his stage name Ichirou Mizuki (水木 一郎, Mizuki Ichirō), was a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 50 years, he had recorded over 1,200 songs for Japanese film, television, video and video games. He was referred to by fans and fellow performers alike as the Aniki (アニキ, "big brother") of the anison, or anime music genre. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ichirou Mizuki has received more than 213,194 page views. His biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia. Ichirou Mizuki is the 432nd most popular composer (up from 433rd in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 437th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Composer.
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Among composers, Ichirou Mizuki ranks 432 out of 1,216. Before him are Mykola Lysenko, Ferdinand Hiller, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Nikolai Medtner, Claudio Merulo, and Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe. After him are William Walton, Ariel Ramírez, Vasily Kalinnikov, Pēteris Vasks, Franz Schreker, and Francesco Maria Veracini.
1842 - 1912
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 426
1811 - 1885
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 427
1802 - 1870
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 428
1879 - 1951
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 429
1533 - 1604
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 430
1640 - 1700
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 431
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 432
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 433
1921 - 2010
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 434
1866 - 1900
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 435
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 436
1878 - 1934
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 437
1690 - 1768
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 438
Among people born in 1948, Ichirou Mizuki ranks 114. Before him are Joschka Fischer, Michel Suleiman, Hartmut Michel, Alia Al-Hussein, James Ellroy, and Roger Williamson. After him are Christopher A. Pissarides, Mark Phillips, Jimmy Choo, Amadou Toumani Touré, Carel Struycken, and Christa McAuliffe. Among people deceased in 2022, Ichirou Mizuki ranks 102. Before him are Jean-Claude Mézières, Ruggero Deodato, Yuri Averbakh, David Warner, Borislav Ivkov, and Mino Raiola. After him are Richard Leakey, Javier Marías, Ronnie Hellström, Fatma Girik, Máté Fenyvesi, and George Crumb.
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 108
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 109
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 110
1948 - 1977
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 111
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 112
1948 - 1973
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 113
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 114
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 115
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 116
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 117
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 118
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 119
1948 - 1986
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 120
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 96
1939 - 2022
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 97
1922 - 2022
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 98
1941 - 2022
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 99
1933 - 2022
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 100
1967 - 2022
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 101
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 102
1944 - 2022
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 103
1951 - 2022
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 104
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 105
1942 - 2022
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 106
1933 - 2022
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 107
1929 - 2022
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 108
Among people born in Japan, Ichirou Mizuki ranks 432 out of 6,048. Before him are Satoshi Kon (1963), Emperor Daigo (885), Emperor Shijō (1231), Ono no Komachi (825), Nobuo Matsunaga (1921), and Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009). After him are Eiichiro Oda (1975), Takeo Fukuda (1905), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Shoichi Nishimura (1912), Shiro Azumi (null), and Ryū Murakami (1952).
1963 - 2010
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 426
885 - 930
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 427
1231 - 1242
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 428
825 - 900
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 429
1921 - 2007
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 430
1009 - 1045
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 431
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 432
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 433
1905 - 1995
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 434
1419 - 1471
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 435
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 436
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 437
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 438
Among composers born in Japan, Ichirou Mizuki ranks 4. Before him are Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952), Toru Takemitsu (1930), and Koichi Sugiyama (1931). After him are Miki Matsubara (1959), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Keiko Abe (1937), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Kenji Kawai (1957), Akira Ifukube (1914), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), and Yasushi Akutagawa (1925).
1952 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 1
1930 - 1996
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 2
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 3
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 4
1959 - 2004
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 5
1931 - 2021
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 8
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 9
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 10
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 11
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 12