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Kitarō

1953 - Today

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kitarō ranks 193 out of 2,662Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kitarō ranks 41Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kitarō ranks 163 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Kitarō ranks 2Before 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).

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