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Kenji Nagai

1957 - 2007

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Kenji Nagai (長井 健司, Nagai Kenji, August 27, 1957 – September 27, 2007) was a Japanese photojournalist who took many assignments to conflict zones and dangerous areas around the world. He was shot dead in Myanmar during the Saffron Revolution while filming. Nagai continued to take photographs as he lay wounded on the ground, later dying from gunshot injuries to the chest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenji Nagai has received more than 96,938 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kenji Nagai is the 119th most popular journalist (down from 108th in 2019), the 1,660th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,632nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Journalist.

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  • 97k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Kenji Nagai ranks 119 out of 196. Before him are Jill Dando, Catherine Leroy, Dorothy Thompson, Daniel Schneidermann, Chingiz Mustafayev, and Peter Jennings. After him are Megyn Kelly, Samantha Power, Sydney Schanberg, Hu Shuli, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, and Peter Arnett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Kenji Nagai ranks 491. Before him are Geri Allen, Donny Osmond, Piet Wildschut, Enrico Ruggeri, Viktor Markin, and Pierre Laurent. After him are Kenny Acheson, Gul Mohammed, Ľubomír Ftáčnik, Héctor Zelada, Mike Bossy, and Sílvia Munt. Among people deceased in 2007, Kenji Nagai ranks 370. Before him are David Halberstam, Jeong Da-bin, Mehmed Uzun, Alice Ghostley, Andrew Hill, and Herb McKenley. After him are Dusty Anderson, Yelena Romanova, Dadullah, Yelena Petushkova, Bob Clark, and Tillie Olsen.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenji Nagai ranks 1,660 out of 6,245. Before him are Takayuki Suzuki (1976), Bunji Kimura (1944), Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (1939), Maaya Sakamoto (1980), Yuji Sakakura (1967), and Kazuki Nakajima (1985). After him are Sayuri Yamaguchi (1966), Hisakichi Toyoda (1912), Takeshi Kusao (1965), Yukio Edano (1964), Rie Miyazawa (1973), and Shunkichi Hamada (1910).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Japan

Among journalists born in Japan, Kenji Nagai ranks 4. Before him are Kanno Sugako (1881), Kenji Goto (1967), and Tsuneko Sasamoto (1914). After him are Mika Yamamoto (1967).

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