1967 - Today
Kazuyoshi Miura (三浦 知良, Miura Kazuyoshi, born 26 February 1967), often known simply as Kazu (nicknamed "King Kazu"), is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Yokohama FC in the J1 League. He played for the Japan national team from 1990 to 2000, and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Footballer of the Year award. Miura, whose rise to fame in Japan coincided with the launch of the J.League in 1993, was arguably Japan's first superstar in football. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kazuyoshi Miura has received more than 1,255,778 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Kazuyoshi Miura is the 248th most popular soccer player (up from 272nd in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Japan (up from 346th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Japanese Soccer Player.
Kazuyoshi Miura is most famous for being the oldest professional footballer in the world. He is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Yokohama F. Marinos.
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Among soccer players, Kazuyoshi Miura ranks 248 out of 16,923. Before him are Jupp Derwall, Masanori Tokita, Pedro Cea, Tamotsu Asakura, Yochanan Vollach, and Yukio Tsuda. After him are Takehiko Kawanishi, José Luis Chilavert, Sepp Piontek, Osvaldo Ardiles, Roberto Mancini, and Lee Yoo-hyung.
1927 - 2007
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 242
1925 - 2004
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 243
1900 - 1970
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 244
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 245
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 246
1917 - 1979
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 247
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 248
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 249
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 250
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 251
1952 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 252
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 253
1911 - 2003
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 254
Among people born in 1967, Kazuyoshi Miura ranks 22. Before him are Benicio del Toro, Carla Bruni, Matt LeBlanc, Boris Becker, Mike Portnoy, and Mark Ruffalo. After him are Mikheil Saakashvili, Massimiliano Allegri, Laura Dern, Carrie-Anne Moss, Iván Zamorano, and Javier Sotomayor.
1967 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 16
1967 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 17
1967 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 18
1967 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 19
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 20
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 21
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 22
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 23
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 24
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 25
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 26
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 27
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 28
Among people born in Japan, Kazuyoshi Miura ranks 258 out of 5,560. Before him are Mōri Motonari (1497), Tamotsu Asakura (null), Yukio Tsuda (1917), Tsugumi Ohba (1950), Terauchi Masatake (1852), and Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684). After him are Takehiko Kawanishi (1938), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), and Nobuyuki Abe (1875).
1497 - 1571
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 252
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 253
1917 - 1979
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 254
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 255
1852 - 1919
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 256
1684 - 1751
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 257
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 258
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 259
1892 - 1942
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 260
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 261
1561 - 1611
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 262
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 263
1875 - 1953
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 264
Among soccer players born in Japan, Kazuyoshi Miura ranks 41. Before him are Osamu Yamaji (1929), Shoichi Nishimura (1912), Toshio Hirabayashi (null), Masanori Tokita (1925), Tamotsu Asakura (null), and Yukio Tsuda (1917). After him are Takehiko Kawanishi (1938), Yoshio Fujiwara (null), Ken Noritake (1922), Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), Ko Takamoro (1907), and Kazuko Hironaka (1950).
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 35
1912 - 1998
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 36
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 37
1925 - 2004
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 38
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 39
1917 - 1979
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 40
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 41
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 42
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 43
1922 - 1994
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 44
1940 - 2011
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 45
1907 - 1995
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 46
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 47