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Koda Kumi

1982 - Today

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Kumiko Kōda (神田 來未子, Kōda Kumiko, born November 13, 1982), known professionally as Koda Kumi (倖田 來未, Kōda Kumi), is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. After debuting with the single "Take Back" in December 2000, Koda gained fame in March 2003 when the songs from her seventh single, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", were used as themes for the video game Final Fantasy X-2. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koda Kumi has received more than 469,600 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Koda Kumi is the 2,176th most popular singer (down from 1,961st in 2019), the 1,770th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,556th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Japanese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Koda Kumi ranks 2,176 out of 4,381. Before her are Paula Fernandes, Raekwon, Maria Radner, Paul Jones, Frank Ocean, and Jason Derulo. After her are Käärijä, Benji Madden, Lee Sung-min, Kwon Eun-bi, Gaitana, and Eunhyuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Koda Kumi ranks 222. Before her are Yoo In-na, Sakon Yamamoto, Hildur Guðnadóttir, André Greipel, Susan Francia, and Tuncay Şanlı. After her are Sun Li, Houssine Kharja, Ján Mucha, Simon Rolfes, Mark Salling, and Joshua Kennedy.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koda Kumi ranks 1,770 out of 6,245. Before her are Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Kinuko Tanida (1939), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (1986), Takashi Inui (1988), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), and Shinji Nakano (1971). After her are Toshihiko Koga (1967), Katsura Hoshino (1980), Nobuhiro Takeda (1967), Yutaka Ikeuchi (1961), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), and Ai Sugiyama (1975).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Koda Kumi ranks 31. Before her are Kyōko Koizumi (1966), Sana (1996), Yui (1987), Tak Matsumoto (1961), Koshi Inaba (1964), and Sakura Miyawaki (1998). After her are Daimaou Kosaka (1973), Ken Hirai (1972), Kenshi Yonezu (1991), Angela Aki (1977), Misia (1978), and Tetsuya (1969).

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