1934 - 2007
Kisho Kurokawa (黒川 紀章, Kurokawa Kishō) (April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kisho Kurokawa has received more than 215,357 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Kisho Kurokawa is the 177th most popular architect (down from 155th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Japan (down from 399th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Architect.
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Among architects, Kisho Kurokawa ranks 177 out of 424. Before him are Paul Troost, Pietro Lombardo, Gottfried Böhm, Fumihiko Maki, Juan de Herrera, and Adolphe Appia. After him are Henri Labrouste, Hans Poelzig, Mart Stam, Mikhail Eisenstein, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, and William Le Baron Jenney.
1878 - 1934
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 171
1435 - 1515
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 172
1920 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 173
1928 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 174
1530 - 1593
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 175
1862 - 1928
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 176
1934 - 2007
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 177
1801 - 1875
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 178
1869 - 1936
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 179
1899 - 1986
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 180
1867 - 1920
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 181
1447 - 1522
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 182
1832 - 1907
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 183
Among people born in 1934, Kisho Kurokawa ranks 110. Before him are Omar Karami, Allen Carr, Bingu wa Mutharika, Fredric Jameson, Jean Sorel, and Wilford Brimley. After him are Alan Bates, Paul Cohen, Freddie King, George Segal, Gloria Steinem, and Howard Martin Temin. Among people deceased in 2007, Kisho Kurokawa ranks 84. Before him are Kiichi Miyazawa, Petar Stambolić, Hrant Dink, Maria Gripe, Jean-Pierre Vernant, and Aaron Russo. After him are Michael Jackson, Paul Cohen, Ian Stevenson, Delbert Mann, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, and Steve Fossett.
1934 - 2015
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 104
1934 - 2006
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 105
1934 - 2012
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 106
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 107
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 108
1934 - 2020
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 109
1934 - 2007
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 110
1934 - 2003
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 111
1934 - 2007
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 112
1934 - 1976
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 113
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 114
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 115
1934 - 1994
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 116
1919 - 2007
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 78
1912 - 2007
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 79
1954 - 2007
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 80
1923 - 2007
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 81
1914 - 2007
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 82
1943 - 2007
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 83
1934 - 2007
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 84
1942 - 2007
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 85
1934 - 2007
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 86
1918 - 2007
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 87
1920 - 2007
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 88
1914 - 2007
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 89
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 90
Among people born in Japan, Kisho Kurokawa ranks 510 out of 5,560. Before him are Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Emperor Yōzei (867), Yoshihiko Noda (1957), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), and Yuriko Koike (1952). After him are Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Koji Sasaki (1936), Akira Yoshino (1948), Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435), and Rei Kawakubo (1942).
1793 - 1853
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 504
1885 - 1948
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 505
867 - 949
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 506
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 507
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 508
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 509
1934 - 2007
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 510
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 511
1835 - 1924
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 512
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 513
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 514
1435 - 1490
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 515
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 516
Among architects born in Japan, Kisho Kurokawa ranks 5. Before him are Tadao Ando (1941), Kenzō Tange (1913), Arata Isozaki (1931), and Fumihiko Maki (1928). After him are Shigeru Ban (1957), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Kengo Kuma (1954), Kunio Maekawa (1905), and Ryue Nishizawa (1966).
1941 - Present
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 1
1913 - 2005
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 2
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 3
1928 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 4
1934 - 2007
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 6
1956 - Present
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 7
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 8
1905 - 1986
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 10