SOCCER PLAYER

Ken Naganuma

1930 - 2008

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Ken Naganuma (長沼 健, Naganuma Ken, 5 September 1930 – 2 June 2008) was a Japanese football player and manager. A forward, he earned four caps for the Japan national team between 1954 and 1961 and later also served as the team's manager. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Naganuma has received more than 23,758 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Naganuma is the 1,194th most popular soccer player (up from 1,449th in 2019), the 860th most popular biography from Japan (up from 981st in 2019) and the 140th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ken Naganuma ranks 1,194 out of 21,273. Before him are Taizo Kawamoto, Takeshi Kamo, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Ichiro Hosotani, Müller, and Max Abegglen. After him are Sven Tumba, Douglas Costa, Silvio Marzolini, Umberto Caligaris, Mehmet Scholl, and Josef Posipal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ken Naganuma ranks 232. Before him are The Big Bopper, Bora Kostić, Jacques Hamel, Ross Perot, Liliana Segre, and Norio Ohga. After him are Frederick Wiseman, Adile Naşit, Roy E. Disney, Jim Hall, Gastone Nencini, and Jim Rohn. Among people deceased in 2008, Ken Naganuma ranks 135. Before him are Marie Smith Jones, Nonna Mordyukova, Anthony Mamo, Majel Barrett, Lazare Ponticelli, and Baba Amte. After him are Mikel Laboa, David Foster Wallace, Edna Parker, Bernie Mac, Sarla Thakral, and Philipp von Boeselager.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ken Naganuma ranks 860 out of 6,245. Before him are Michio Ashikaga (1950), Rintaro (1941), Taizo Kawamoto (1914), Takeshi Kamo (1915), Ichiro Hosotani (1946), and Akio Toyoda (1956). After him are Asakura Yoshikage (1533), Yutaka Taniyama (1927), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Juzo Itami (1933), Arima Harunobu (1567), and Utagawa Toyokuni (1769).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Ken Naganuma ranks 140. Before him are Takeshi Natori (null), Shiro Teshima (1907), Michio Ashikaga (1950), Taizo Kawamoto (1914), Takeshi Kamo (1915), and Ichiro Hosotani (1946). After him are Tadao Horie (1913), Nobuyuki Oishi (1939), Yuki Fushimi (1950), Kazumi Takada (1951), Mitsuo Watanabe (1953), and Keisuke Honda (1986).

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