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Koji Murofushi

1974 - Today

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Koji Alexander Murofushi, (広治アレクサンダー室伏, Kōji Arekusandā Murofushi, born October 8, 1974) is a former Japanese hammer thrower and sports scientist. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was the 2004 Olympic champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koji Murofushi has received more than 150,477 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Koji Murofushi is the 2,412th most popular athlete (down from 1,665th in 2019), the 1,923rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,660th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Japanese Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Koji Murofushis by language

Over the past year Koji Murofushi has had the most page views in the with 323,916 views, followed by English (14,643), and Chinese (3,544). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (55.65%), Ukrainian (49.79%), and Slovak (45.65%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Koji Murofushi ranks 2,412 out of 6,025Before him are Hans van Helden, Viorica Ioja, György Sarlós, Galina Malchugina, Igor Romishevsky, and Erhard Wunderlich. After him are Vyacheslav Ivanenko, Norvel Lee, Sabine Braun, Corneliu Ion, Julius Kariuki, and Jesús Ángel García Bragado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Koji Murofushi ranks 400Before him are José Clayton, Jason Mewes, Julian Rachlin, Vladimir Beschastnykh, Malena Alterio, and Kenneth Perez. After him are Elbrus Tedeyev, Joonas Kolkka, J Dilla, Ulises de la Cruz, Florian David Fitz, and Tomislav Butina.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koji Murofushi ranks 1,923 out of 6,245Before him are Kazuko Sawamatsu (1951), Nagaru Tanigawa (1970), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Daisuke Oku (1976), Hiroshi Hirakawa (1965), and Rui Hachimura (1998). After him are Sui Ishida (1986), Daizen Maeda (1997), Katsumi Oenoki (1965), Masanao Sasaki (1962), Yuya Kubo (1993), and Daiki Iwamasa (1982).

Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Koji Murofushi ranks 36Before him are Masushi Ouchi (1943), Shinji Hosokawa (1960), Toru Goto (1934), Naohiro Ikeda (1940), Mayumi Aoki (1953), and Nobutaka Taguchi (1951). After him are Naoko Takahashi (1972), Hideaki Tomiyama (1957), Hiroshi Yamamoto (1962), Yuko Arimori (1966), Masato (1979), and Mizuki Noguchi (1978).