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Ken Ogata

1937 - 2008

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Akinobu Ogata (緒形 明伸, Ogata Akinobu, 20 July 1937 – 5 October 2008), better known by his stage name Ken Ogata (緒形 拳, Ogata Ken), was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 movies and 25 television series. For his merits and contribution to arts in 2000 received Japan's Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon.Among many movie awards and nominations, he received three times Japan Academy Film Prize award for Best Actor for The Demon (1978), The Ballad of Narayama (1983) and House on Fire (1986), and in addition Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for The Catch and Okinawan Boys (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Ogata has received more than 156,069 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Ogata is the 3,182nd most popular actor (down from 2,695th in 2019), the 988th most popular biography from Japan (down from 910th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Japanese Actor.

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  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ken Ogata ranks 3,182 out of 9,996Before him are Lulu, Art Carney, Yevgeny Morgunov, Madeleine Carroll, Kōji Yakusho, and Kyle Chandler. After him are Dick Powell, Jimmy Fallon, Kathryn Morris, Patrick J. Adams, Tadanobu Asano, and Eiji Okada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ken Ogata ranks 253Before him are Carlo Mazzone, Irina Solovyova, Harry Wu, Bobby Driscoll, Richard Marquand, and Givi Chokheli. After him are Gary Hocking, Ludvík Daněk, Ada Rogovtseva, Loretta Swit, Clodovil Hernandes, and Richard Petty. Among people deceased in 2008, Ken Ogata ranks 176Before him are Simon Hantaï, John Templeton, Antonio Innocenti, Raúl Reyes, Ken Naganuma, and Vija Artmane. After him are Evelyn Keyes, Jürgen Ehlers, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Géza Kalocsay, Alfred Pfaff, and Galyani Vadhana.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ken Ogata ranks 988 out of 6,048Before him are Akina Nakamori (1965), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Ken Naganuma (1930), Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Miho Kaneda (1950), and Kōji Yakusho (1956). After him are Tadanobu Asano (1973), Eiji Okada (1920), Hisako, Princess Takamado (1953), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Shojiro Sugimura (1905), and Naoemon Shimizu (null).

Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Ken Ogata ranks 42Before him are Kyōko Kagawa (1931), Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), Takuya Kimura (1972), Rentarō Mikuni (1923), and Kōji Yakusho (1956). After him are Tadanobu Asano (1973), Eiji Okada (1920), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Isao Kimura (1923), Ichirō Nagai (1931), and Kōichi Yamadera (1961).

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