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Kengo Kuma

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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 469,724 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Kengo Kuma is the 316th most popular architect (up from 340th in 2019), the 922nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 993rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Architect.

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  • 470k

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  • 50.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Kengo Kuma ranks 316 out of 424. Before him are Juan Bautista de Toledo, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Benedetto Antelami, David Chipperfield, Dominique Perrault, and Antonio Rinaldi. After him are Miklós Ybl, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Marian Spychalski, Giovanni da Udine, Thomas Telford, and Moisei Ginzburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Kengo Kuma ranks 168. Before him are Sam J. Jones, Kazuhiko Inoue, Roddy Piper, Anish Kapoor, Gerd Faltings, and Wolfgang Becker. After him are Jonathan Pollard, Will Patton, Sam Allardyce, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, and Patsy Reddy.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kengo Kuma ranks 922 out of 6,048. Before him are Akira Matsunaga (1948), Minoru Kobata (1946), Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), and Sunao Tawara (1873). After him are Kiyonao Ichiki (1892), Shigemi Ishii (1951), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), and Haruo Nakajima (1929).

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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) and Ryue Nishizawa (1966).

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