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Kengo Kuma

1954 - Today

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Kengo Kuma (隈 研吾, Kuma Kengo, born 1954) is a Japanese architect and emeritus professor in the Department of Architecture (Graduate School of Engineering) at the University of Tokyo. Frequently compared to contemporaries Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima, Kuma is also noted for his prolific writings. He is the designer of the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, which was built for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kengo Kuma has received more than 463,915 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kengo Kuma is the 254th most popular architect (up from 315th in 2019), the 774th most popular biography from Japan (up from 919th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Architect.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kengo Kumas by language

Over the past year Kengo Kuma has had the most page views in the with 238,551 views, followed by English (63,775), and Chinese (44,859). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (234.12%), Greek (170.16%), and Thai (83.11%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Kengo Kuma ranks 254 out of 518. Before him are Kevin A. Lynch, Max Fabiani, Josef Frank, William Kent, Hermann Tilke, and Édouard André. After him are Lambert Lombard, Vittorio Gregotti, Josep Maria Jujol, Ralph Erskine, Augustus Pugin, and Domenico Trezzini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Kengo Kuma ranks 136. Before him are Lee Chang-dong, Morten P. Meldal, Catherine Samba-Panza, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, David Lee Roth, and Hermann Tilke. After him are Giancarlo Antognoni, Anish Kapoor, Patty Hearst, Luis Arconada, Kim Jung-sook, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr..

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kengo Kuma ranks 774 out of 6,245. Before him are Matsudaira Katamori (1836), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Shō Hashi (1371), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Motoo Tatsuhara (1913), and Banana Yoshimoto (1964). After him are Koji Sasaki (1936), Seijun Suzuki (1923), Daidō Moriyama (1938), Ichiji Otani (1912), Sho Kosugi (1948), and Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Japan

Among architects born in Japan, Kengo Kuma ranks 8. Before him are Kenzō Tange (1913), Arata Isozaki (1931), Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Shigeru Ban (1957), and Kazuyo Sejima (1956). After him are Kunio Maekawa (1905), Kiyonori Kikutake (1928), and Ryue Nishizawa (1966).

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