JOURNALIST

Kenji Goto

1967 - 2015

Photo of Kenji Goto

Icon of person Kenji Goto

Kenji Goto (後藤 健二, Gotō Kenji, 23 October 1967 – c. 31 January 2015) was a Japanese freelance video journalist covering wars and conflicts, refugees, poverty, AIDS, and child education around the world. In October 2014, he was captured and held hostage by Islamic State (IS) militants after entering Syria in the hopes of rescuing Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa. On 31 January 2015, he was beheaded by his captors led by Kuwaiti-British militant Jihadi John following the breakdown of negotiations for his release. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenji Goto has received more than 671,553 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kenji Goto is the 92nd most popular journalist (down from 89th in 2019), the 1,367th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,344th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Kenji Goto ranks 92 out of 196. Before him are James Nachtwey, Pauline Pfeiffer, James Foley, Malcolm Browne, Murray Walker, and Jon Ola Sand. After him are Carol Thatcher, Tsuneko Sasamoto, Bianca Maria Piccinino, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Harriet Quimby, and Diane Sawyer.

Most Popular Journalists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Kenji Goto ranks 232. Before him are Gustavo Zapata, Maxim, Igor Dobrovolski, Alejandro Aravena, Albert Rösti, and Scott Weiland. After him are Junkie XL, Nicola Berti, Juhi Chawla, José Padilha, Lee Unkrich, and Kajsa Ollongren. Among people deceased in 2015, Kenji Goto ranks 352. Before him are Dominique Dropsy, Nirmala Joshi, James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, Dave Mackay, Nurlan Balgimbayev, and Scott Weiland. After him are Pál Várhidi, Guru Josh, Jerry Weintraub, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Zhanna Yorkina, and Alena Vrzáňová.

Others Born in 1967

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2015

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenji Goto ranks 1,367 out of 6,245. Before him are William Phillips (null), Kaz Hirai (1960), Hiroki Kosai (1933), Anri (1961), Hirofumi Nakasone (1945), and Kozo Tashima (1957). After him are Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), Masafumi Yokoyama (1956), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Masanori Suzuki (1968), Yasuhito Suzuki (1959), and Toru Yoshikawa (1961).

Others born in Japan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among JOURNALISTS In Japan

Among journalists born in Japan, Kenji Goto ranks 2. Before him are Kanno Sugako (1881). After him are Tsuneko Sasamoto (1914), Kenji Nagai (1957), and Mika Yamamoto (1967).

Japanese born Journalists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous