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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 (also known as Burma) during the Saffron Revolution. 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 69,263 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenji Nagai is the 109th most popular journalist (down from 92nd in 2019), the 1,636th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,435th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 69k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Kenji Nagai ranks 109 out of 127. Before him are Arbana Xharra, Anja Niedringhaus, Amy Goodman, Peter Jennings, Tucker Carlson, and Muntadhar al-Zaidi. After him are Margarita Simonyan, Yvonne Ridley, Pavel Sheremet, Khadija Ismayilova, Samantha Power, and Rosanna Marani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Kenji Nagai ranks 497. Before him are Katie Couric, Geri Allen, Wilfried Hannes, Claude Onesta, Jon Gries, and Hipólito Rincón. After him are Dani Levy, Klaus Lindenberger, Jean-François Domergue, Alberto Alesina, Paul Sereno, and Road Warrior Hawk. Among people deceased in 2007, Kenji Nagai ranks 346. Before him are Hans Mild, Andrew Hill, Tillie Olsen, Yelena Romanova, Robert Taylor, and Jeong Da-bin. After him are John Inman, Ruth Graham, Janet Blair, Kelly Johnson, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, and Herb McKenley.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenji Nagai ranks 1,636 out of 6,048. Before him are Wakana Yamazaki (1965), Fumiko Orikasa (1974), Tetsuji Hashiratani (1964), Naoki Matsuda (1977), Byron Howard (1968), and Yōko Hikasa (1985). After him are Masahiro Fukuda (1966), Masahiko Harada (1968), Misia (1978), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Yoshitoshi ABe (1971), and Phyllis A. Whitney (1903).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Japan

Among journalists born in Japan, Kenji Nagai ranks 2. Before him are Kenji Goto (1967).

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