COMPOSER

Koichi Sugiyama

1931 - 2021

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Koichi Sugiyama (すぎやま こういち, Sugiyama Kōichi, April 11, 1931 – September 30, 2021) was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was best known for composing the music for the Dragon Quest franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, television shows, and pop songs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koichi Sugiyama has received more than 516,298 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Koichi Sugiyama is the 790th most popular composer (down from 414th in 2019), the 870th most popular biography from Japan (down from 405th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Koichi Sugiyamas by language

Over the past year Koichi Sugiyama has had the most page views in the with 239,606 views, followed by English (62,130), and Chinese (6,826). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (114.36%), Southern Azerbaijani (30.54%), and Thai (29.71%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 790 out of 1,451. Before him are Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Moritz Hauptmann, Sigismondo d'India, Nicola Fago, Wim Mertens, and Thomas Newman. After him are Carlos Chávez, Johann Rosenmüller, Jan Václav Voříšek, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Alexander Spendiaryan, and Emil Paur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 216. Before him are Chuck Feeney, Sven Tumba, Galina Zybina, Camillo Ruini, Klas Lestander, and Dean Jones. After him are Caroline Graham, David Janssen, Joseph Joffo, Bridget Riley, Ladislav Novák, and Yulian Semyonov. Among people deceased in 2021, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 214. Before him are Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, Leon Spinks, Ng Man-tat, Hilton Valentine, Isadore Singer, and John Miles. After him are Branko Mamula, Lars Norén, Clive Sinclair, Kjell Askildsen, Marc Ferro, and Yury Vlasov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 870 out of 6,245. Before him are Juzo Itami (1933), Arima Harunobu (1567), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956), Koichi Tohei (1920), and Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434). After him are Tadao Horie (1913), Yoshito Usui (1958), Shigeyoshi Inoue (1889), Kyuichi Tokuda (1894), Koji Kondo (1961), and Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 8. Before him are Ichirou Mizuki (1948), Toru Takemitsu (1930), Miki Matsubara (1959), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Kenji Kawai (1957), and Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933). After him are Koji Kondo (1961), Keiko Abe (1937), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Akira Ifukube (1914), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), and Shirō Sagisu (1957).

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