SINGER

Ken Hirai

1972 - Today

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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 273,089 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Hirai is the 2,222nd most popular singer (down from 1,946th in 2019), the 1,805th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,548th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Japanese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ken Hirais by language

Over the past year Ken Hirai has had the most page views in the with 274,324 views, followed by Chinese (38,659), and English (25,659). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cantonese (100.64%), Min Nan (94.92%), and Egyptian Arabic (55.28%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ken Hirai ranks 2,222 out of 4,381. Before him are Tasmin Archer, Dahyun, Marta Sánchez, Redfoo, Kitty Kallen, and Hank Williams Jr.. After him are Hayley Williams, Frederik Ndoci, Daesung, Glen Hansard, Fontella Bass, and Mikael Åkerfeldt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Ken Hirai ranks 425. Before him are Grant Hill, Katie Barberi, R-Truth, Christophe Beck, Steffen Baumgart, and Olivér Várhelyi. After him are Manny Ramirez, Karla Álvarez, Kae Nishina, Cléber Eduardo Arado, David Charvet, and Maki Haneta.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ken Hirai ranks 1,805 out of 6,245. Before him are Naoki Soma (1971), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), Saki Kumagai (1990), Atsuhiro Miura (1974), Takanobu Okabe (1970), and Yoshito Ōkubo (1982). After him are Norio Omura (1969), Masayuki Yanai (1959), Naoya Ogawa (1968), Emi Shinohara (1963), Tomimaru Okuni (1931), and Kae Nishina (1972).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Ken Hirai ranks 33. Before him are Yui (1987), Tak Matsumoto (1961), Koshi Inaba (1964), Sakura Miyawaki (1998), Koda Kumi (1982), and Daimaou Kosaka (1973). After him are Kenshi Yonezu (1991), Angela Aki (1977), Misia (1978), Tetsuya (1969), Satoshi Ohno (1980), and Rimi Natsukawa (1973).

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