COMEDIAN

Ken Shimura

1950 - 2020

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Yasunori Shimura (志村 康徳, Shimura Yasunori, February 20, 1950 – March 29, 2020), known professionally as Ken Shimura (志村 けん, Shimura Ken), was a Japanese comedian. He was born in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. He started his career as an assistant to the comedy band The Drifters, led by Chōsuke Ikariya. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Shimura has received more than 564,713 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Shimura is the 33rd most popular comedian (down from 29th in 2019), the 905th most popular biography from Japan (down from 744th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Comedian.

Ken Shimura is most famous for his work on the manga series "Urusei Yatsura" which ran from 1978 to 1987.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Ken Shimura ranks 33 out of 98. Before him are Jerry Seinfeld, Zach Galifianakis, Mary Tyler Moore, Tina Fey, Bernie Mac, and Lenny Bruce. After him are Ronald Golias, Jackie Gleason, Kevin Hart, Albert Brooks, Jonathan Winters, and Louis C.K..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ken Shimura ranks 202. Before him are Derek de Lint, Carl Palmer, Ken Robinson, Luigi Delneri, Arthur D. Levinson, and Erri De Luca. After him are Princess Nora of Liechtenstein, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Seid Memić Vajta, Li Zhanshu, Bill Irwin, and Wei Jingsheng. Among people deceased in 2020, Ken Shimura ranks 231. Before him are Robert Fisk, Annie Cordy, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Ken Robinson, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, and Gisèle Halimi. After him are Rubem Fonseca, Nexhmije Pagarusha, Nina Bocharova, Julian Bream, Alfred Körner, and Marlene Ahrens.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ken Shimura ranks 905 out of 6,245. Before him are Keiko Abe (1937), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Masaki Yokotani (1952), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), Kirin Kiki (1943), and Aritatsu Ogi (1942). After him are Ichiro Suzuki (1973), Hideo Shinojima (1910), Konoe Sakihisa (1536), Naomi Osaka (1997), Haruomi Hosono (1947), and Saigō Jūdō (1843).

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Among COMEDIANS In Japan

Among comedians born in Japan, Ken Shimura ranks 1. 

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