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Junko Tabei

1939 - 2016

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Junko Tabei (Japanese: 田部井 淳子, Hepburn: Tabei Junko, née Ishibashi; 22 September 1939 – 20 October 2016) was a Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Junko Tabei has received more than 1,705,497 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Junko Tabei is the 7th most popular mountaineer, the 155th most popular biography from Japan (down from 134th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Mountaineer.

Junko Tabei is most famous for her work on the manga "Kimi ni Todoke" which was later adapted into an anime series.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 62.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Junko Tabei ranks 7 out of 56. Before her are Edmund Hillary, Reinhold Messner, Tenzing Norgay, Heinrich Harrer, George Mallory, and Horace Bénédict de Saussure. After her are Jerzy Kukuczka, Edward Whymper, Hermann Buhl, Jacques Balmat, Walter Bonatti, and Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Junko Tabei ranks 46. Before her are Mark Margolis, Ray Manzarek, Wes Craven, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Cimino, and Kenzō Takada. After her are Henry Mintzberg, Phil Spector, Harry Kroto, Claude François, Joel Schumacher, and Pak Pong-ju. Among people deceased in 2016, Junko Tabei ranks 53. Before her are George Martin, Michael Cimino, Michel Galabru, Ahmed Zewail, Michèle Morgan, and George Gaynes. After her are Viktor Korchnoi, Ettore Scola, Harry Kroto, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and Reinhard Selten.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Junko Tabei ranks 155 out of 6,245. Before her are Emperor Kōrei (-341), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Issey Miyake (1938), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Kenzō Takada (1939), and Kazuyoshi Miura (1967). After her are Kobayashi Issa (1763), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Iwane Matsui (1878), Ken Watanabe (1959), Shoko Asahara (1955), and Osamu Yamaji (1929).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Japan

Among mountaineers born in Japan, Junko Tabei ranks 1. 

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