ATHLETE

Kenjiro Shinozuka

1948 - 2024

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Kenjiro Shinozuka (篠塚 建次郎, Shinozuka Kenjirō, November 20, 1948 – March 18, 2024) was a Japanese rally driver. After his debut in 1967, his greatest successes were as a works driver for Mitsubishi Motors. Behind the wheel of a Galant VR-4 he won the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in 1988 and scored consecutive victories in the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire Bandama in 1991 and 1992, when it was a round of the World Rally Championship, making him the first Japanese competitor to win a WRC event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenjiro Shinozuka has received more than 59,922 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenjiro Shinozuka is the 1,524th most popular athlete, the 1,547th most popular biography from Japan and the 22nd most popular Japanese Athlete.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 1,524 out of 6,025. Before him are Norair Nurikyan, Mária Gulácsy, Juris Silovs, Emilio Lunghi, Paul Günther, and Louis Hostin. After him are Curtis Stevens, Joaquín Capilla, Igor Paklin, Don Finlay, Maurice Verdonck, and Béla Szepes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 606. Before him are John Gray, Viktor Matviyenko, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Norair Nurikyan, Persis Khambatta, and Eizo Kenmotsu. After him are Adam Musiał, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Roelof Wunderink, István Tarlós, Viktor Krovopuskov, and Kristina Lugn. Among people deceased in 2024, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 385. Before him are Janis Paige, Roberto Chale, Shigeharu Ueki, Choi Dae-shik, Moacir Rodrigues Santos, and Arvo Valton. After him are Robert Coover, Bruce Ames, Comunardo Niccolai, Ivan Charota, Alexander Goehr, and Domingo Pérez.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 1,547 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), Yoshiharu Horii (1953), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Tomoji Abe (1903), and Eizo Kenmotsu (1948). After him are Norihiro Yagi (1968), Musashi Mizushima (1964), Yoshihiro Akiyama (1975), Masahiro Ando (1972), Yuji Takada (1954), and Takehiro Tomiyasu (1998).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 22. Before him are Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), Haruki Uemura (1951), Shuhei Nishida (1910), Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936), Kim Eui-tae (1941), and Shunpei Uto (1918). After him are Yoshihiro Akiyama (1975), Takao Sakurai (1941), Masanori Yusa (1915), Akitsugu Konno (1944), Takashi Ishimoto (1935), and Beatriz (null).

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