1972 - Today
Ken Hirai (平井 堅, Hirai Ken, born January 17, 1972) is a Japanese R&B and pop singer. Since his debut, Hirai has worked as a model, actor, composer, lyricist, singer, and brand ambassador. During his career, Hirai has released 45 singles and nine studio albums as of January 2019. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Hirai has received more than 250,891 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Hirai is the 1,953rd most popular singer (down from 1,672nd in 2019), the 1,552nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,352nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Japanese Singer.
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Among singers, Ken Hirai ranks 1,953 out of 3,528. Before him are Mitch Miller, Madison Beer, Marianne Mendt, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tiffany Young, and Anita Baker. After him are Patty Smyth, Lena Philipsson, Sergej Ćetković, Beth Ditto, Park Bom, and Jimmy Dean.
1911 - 2010
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 1,947
1999 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 1,948
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 1,949
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 1,950
1989 - Present
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 1,951
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 1,952
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 1,953
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 1,954
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 1,955
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 1,956
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.50
Rank: 1,957
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 1,958
1928 - 2010
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 1,959
Among people born in 1972, Ken Hirai ranks 338. Before him are Yasunori Mitsuda, Hera Björk, Hasim Rahman, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Robbie McEwen, and DJ Ashba. After him are Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, John Abraham, Željko Rebrača, A-Mei, Serhiy Skachenko, and Cung Le.
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 332
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 333
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 334
1972 - 2019
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 335
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 336
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 337
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 338
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 339
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.42
Rank: 340
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 341
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 342
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 343
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 344
Among people born in Japan, Ken Hirai ranks 1,552 out of 6,048. Before him are Tak Matsumoto (1961), Masakiyo Maezono (1973), Saori Hayami (1991), Kōji Wada (1974), Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972), and Akihiro Nishimura (1958). After him are Kazunori Yamauchi (1967), Naoki Soma (1971), Eiji Ueda (1953), Satoshi Tezuka (1958), Keiko Kitagawa (1986), and Leisha Hailey (1971).
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,546
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,547
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,548
1974 - 2016
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 1,549
1972 - 2019
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 1,550
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 1,551
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 1,552
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 1,553
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 1,554
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 1,555
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 1,556
1986 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 1,557
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 1,558
Among singers born in Japan, Ken Hirai ranks 27. Before him are Nikka Costa (1972), Sana (1996), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Kyōko Koizumi (1966), Tak Matsumoto (1961), and Kōji Wada (1974). After him are Koda Kumi (1982), Masahiro Nakai (1972), Yui (1987), Momo Hirai (1996), Koshi Inaba (1964), and Misia (1978).
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 21
1996 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 22
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 23
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 24
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 25
1974 - 2016
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 26
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 27
1982 - Present
HPI: 40.42
Rank: 28
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 29
1987 - Present
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 30
1996 - Present
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 31
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 32
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 33