COMPOSER

Junichi Masuda

1968 - Today

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Junichi Masuda (増田 順一, Masuda Jun'ichi, born January 12, 1968) is a Japanese video game composer, director, designer, producer, singer, programmer and trombonist, best known for his work in the Pokémon franchise. He was a member of Game Freak where he was an employee and executive at the company since 1989 when he founded it alongside Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Junichi Masuda has received more than 938,497 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Junichi Masuda is the 1,264th most popular composer (down from 1,221st in 2019), the 1,435th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,319th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 940k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Junichi Masuda ranks 1,264 out of 1,451. Before him are Karel Husa, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Vladimir Martynov, Mariano Mores, David Raksin, and Samuel Arnold. After him are Virgil Thomson, John Ireland, Fartein Valen, Thomas Weelkes, Paul Le Flem, and Paul Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Junichi Masuda ranks 269. Before him are Johann Olav Koss, Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Carina Wiese, Shantel, Jamie Hewlett, and Lisa Marie. After him are Rica Matsumoto, Jaume Balagueró, Temur Ketsbaia, Cecilia Malmström, Matt Le Tissier, and Parker Posey.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Junichi Masuda ranks 1,435 out of 6,245. Before him are Takao Doi (1954), Hiroshi Ochiai (1946), Ai Iijima (1972), Yoshimasa Hayashi (1961), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), and Sanae Mishima (1957). After him are Yōjirō Takita (1955), Rica Matsumoto (1968), Kouta Hirano (1973), Sueo Ōe (1914), Marie Kondo (1984), and Nigo (1970).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Junichi Masuda ranks 19. Before him are Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Shirō Sagisu (1957), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), and Masaaki Suzuki (1954). After him are Toshio Hosokawa (1955), Kaoru Wada (1962), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), Kazumi Totaka (1967), Michiru Yamane (1963), and Hitoshi Sakimoto (1969).

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