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Johnny Kitagawa

1931 - 2019

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John Hiromu Kitagawa (Japanese name Hiromu Kitagawa (喜多川 擴, Kitagawa Hiromu); October 23, 1931 – July 9, 2019), known professionally as Johnny Kitagawa (ジャニー喜多川, Janī Kitagawa), was a Japanese business magnate, promoter and record producer. He was best known as the founder of Johnny & Associates, a talent agency for numerous popular boy bands in Japan. He held the Guinness World Records for the most No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Kitagawa has received more than 674,954 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Johnny Kitagawa is the 162nd most popular businessperson, the 1,782nd most popular biography from United States and the 51st most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Johnny Kitagawa ranks 162 out of 847. Before him are Melitta Bentz, Henry Ford II, Lorenzo Sanz, Fredrik Idestam, Malcolm Glazer, and Karl Albrecht. After him are Tomáš Baťa, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Paul Elvstrøm, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Shin Kyuk-ho, and Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Johnny Kitagawa ranks 88. Before him are Ferenc Mádl, Stephen Boyd, Takashi Takabayashi, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Sergio Sebastiani, and Nikolai Chernykh. After him are Anthony de Mello, Samir Amin, Tomi Ungerer, Jack Swigert, John Charles, and Juan Goytisolo. Among people deceased in 2019, Johnny Kitagawa ranks 85. Before him are André Previn, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Lee Iacocca, Šaban Šaulić, Roger Etchegaray, and Alan García. After him are Yukiya Amano, Tomi Ungerer, Jonas Mekas, Köbi Kuhn, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, and Valery Bykovsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Kitagawa ranks 1,782 out of 20,380. Before him are Malcolm Glazer (1928), Frank Wilczek (1951), Asa Gray (1810), Robert J. Flaherty (1884), Ian Somerhalder (1978), and Spiro Agnew (1918). After him are Sterling Hayden (1916), Clark L. Hull (1884), William Walker (1824), Mary McDonnell (1952), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), and Gregg Popovich (1949).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Johnny Kitagawa ranks 51. Before him are Phil Knight (1938), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Lee Iacocca (1924), Henry Ford II (1917), and Malcolm Glazer (1928). After him are Jack Daniel (1850), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Johns Hopkins (1795), Bernard Baruch (1870), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), and Ted Turner (1938).

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