1967 - 2015
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenji Goto has received more than 612,727 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenji Goto is the 89th most popular journalist (down from 84th in 2019), the 1,347th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,321st in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Journalist.
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Among journalists, Kenji Goto ranks 89 out of 127. Before him are Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Salima Ghezali, Jon Ola Sand, Diane Sawyer, Chingiz Mustafayev, and Joseph Ruttenberg. After him are James Foley, Vladimir Solovyov, Joseph Roffo, Sara Carbonero, Piers Morgan, and Frances Benjamin Johnston.
1893 - 1964
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 83
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 84
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 85
1945 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 86
1960 - 1992
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 87
1889 - 1983
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 88
1967 - 2015
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 89
1973 - 2014
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 90
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 91
1879 - 1933
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 92
1984 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 93
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 94
1864 - 1952
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 95
Among people born in 1967, Kenji Goto ranks 260. Before him are Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Marisa Monte, Quentin Meillassoux, Julio Dely Valdés, Mia Sara, and Ali Babacan. After him are Ardem Patapoutian, Chris Barnes, DJ Yella, Mille Petrozza, Gil Bellows, and Meg Cabot. Among people deceased in 2015, Kenji Goto ranks 354. Before him are Héctor Salva, Karin Söder, Rico Rodriguez, R. K. Laxman, Dave Mackay, and Csaba Fenyvesi. After him are Coleen Gray, Dominique Dropsy, Ernst Larsen, Martin Litchfield West, Loris Campana, and Michael Blake.
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 254
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 255
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 256
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 257
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 258
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 259
1967 - 2015
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 260
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 261
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 262
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 263
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 264
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 265
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 266
1939 - 2015
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 348
1928 - 2015
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 349
1934 - 2015
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 350
1921 - 2015
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 351
1934 - 2015
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 352
1943 - 2015
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 353
1967 - 2015
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 354
1922 - 2015
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 355
1951 - 2015
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 356
1926 - 2015
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 357
1937 - 2015
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 358
1926 - 2015
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 359
1945 - 2015
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 360
Among people born in Japan, Kenji Goto ranks 1,347 out of 6,048. Before him are Hiroyuki Takei (1972), Rie Kugimiya (1979), Chieko Homma (1964), Kimiko Shiratori (1968), Yūki Kaji (1985), and Nanako Matsushima (1973). After him are Junichi Inamoto (1979), Brian Tee (1977), Koto Matsudaira (1903), Yuichi Nakamura (1980), Shinobu Ikeda (1962), and Katsuyuki Konishi (1973).
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 1,341
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 1,342
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 1,343
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 1,344
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 1,345
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 1,346
1967 - 2015
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 1,347
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 1,348
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 1,349
1903 - 1994
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 1,350
1980 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 1,351
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 1,352
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 1,353
Among journalists born in Japan, Kenji Goto ranks 1. After him are Kenji Nagai (1957).