1953 - Today
Kitarō (喜多郎), born Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則) (February 4, 1953), is a Japanese recording artist, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic-instrumental music, and is often associated with and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of new-age music. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for Thinking of You (1999), with a record 16 nominations in the same category. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kitarō has received more than 703,012 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Kitarō is the 193rd most popular musician (up from 194th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Japan and the 2nd most popular Japanese Musician.
Kitarō is most famous for his tales of yōkai, which are creatures from Japanese folklore.
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Among musicians, Kitarō ranks 193 out of 2,662. Before him are Jerry Lee Lewis, Alicia Keys, Paolo Conte, Muddy Waters, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Amy Winehouse. After him are Alfred Cortot, Alfred Brendel, Nikolai Rubinstein, Gidon Kremer, Jaco Pastorius, and Violeta Parra.
1935 - 2022
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 187
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 188
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 189
1913 - 1983
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 190
1920 - 1995
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 191
1983 - 2011
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 192
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 193
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 194
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 195
1835 - 1881
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 196
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 197
1951 - 1987
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 198
1917 - 1967
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 199
Among people born in 1953, Kitarō ranks 41. Before him are Andrew Wiles, Armen Sarkissian, James Horner, Cyndi Lauper, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Daniel Passarella. After him are Ron Jeremy, Bill Pullman, Tess Gerritsen, Felix Magath, Paul Krugman, and Alisher Usmanov.
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 35
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 36
1953 - 2015
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 37
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 38
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 39
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 40
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 41
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 42
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 43
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 44
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 45
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 46
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 47
Among people born in Japan, Kitarō ranks 163 out of 6,048. Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Fujiko Fujio (1934), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Mikao Usui (1865), and Emperor Ōjin (210). After him are Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Emperor Tenji (626), Akira Suzuki (1930), and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952).
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 157
1878 - 1967
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 158
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 159
1604 - 1651
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 160
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 161
210 - 310
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 162
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 163
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 164
1548 - 1610
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 165
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 166
626 - 672
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 167
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 168
1952 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 169
Among musicians born in Japan, Kitarō ranks 2. Before him are Joe Hisaishi (1950). After him are Isao Tomita (1932), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Hide (1964), Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), and Gackt (1973).
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 1
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 2
1932 - 2016
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 3
1898 - 1998
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 4
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 5
1964 - 1998
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 12