1941 - 1985
Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 九, Hepburn: Sakamoto Kyū, born Hisashi Sakamoto (坂本 九, Sakamoto Hisashi) and raised as Hisashi Ōshima (大島 九, Ōshima Hisashi), 10 December 1941 – 12 August 1985) was a Japanese singer and actor. He was best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō" (known as "Sukiyaki" in English-speaking markets), which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies. It reached number one in the United States Billboard Hot 100 in June 1963, making Sakamoto the first Asian recording artist to have a number one song on the chart. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kyu Sakamoto has received more than 1,245,752 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Kyu Sakamoto is the 203rd most popular singer (down from 192nd in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Japan (down from 194th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Singer.
Kyū Sakamoto is most famous for the song "Sukiyaki," which was the first Japanese-language song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Among singers, Kyu Sakamoto ranks 203 out of 3,528. Before him are Mariska Veres, Lara Fabian, Mario Del Monaco, Chavela Vargas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Cass Elliot. After him are Lola Flores, Kenny Rogers, Tom Morello, Dionne Warwick, Rob Halford, and Valery Leontiev.
1947 - 2006
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 197
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 198
1915 - 1982
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 199
1919 - 2012
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 200
1921 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 201
1941 - 1974
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 202
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 203
1923 - 1995
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 204
1938 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 205
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 206
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 207
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 208
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 209
Among people born in 1941, Kyu Sakamoto ranks 81. Before him are Vladimir Voronin, Theodor W. Hänsch, Gérson, Jacques Perrin, Michael Stuart Brown, and Cass Elliot. After him are Graham Chapman, Linda McCartney, Martin Evans, Aimé Jacquet, Bertrand Tavernier, and Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.. Among people deceased in 1985, Kyu Sakamoto ranks 32. Before him are Paul Flory, Elsa Morante, Rodney Robert Porter, James Hadley Chase, Robert Graves, and George Pólya. After him are Donald O. Hebb, Macfarlane Burnet, The Singing Nun, Tage Erlander, Méret Oppenheim, and Tjalling Koopmans.
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 75
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 76
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 77
1941 - 2022
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 78
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 79
1941 - 1974
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 80
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 81
1941 - 1989
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 82
1941 - 1998
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 83
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 84
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 85
1941 - 2021
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 86
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 87
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 26
1912 - 1985
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 27
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 28
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 29
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 30
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 31
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 32
1904 - 1985
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 33
1899 - 1985
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 34
1933 - 1985
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 35
1901 - 1985
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 36
1913 - 1985
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 37
1910 - 1985
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 38
Among people born in Japan, Kyu Sakamoto ranks 209 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Chūai (149), Empress Jingū (169), Takashi Shimura (1905), Masahiko Kimura (1917), Saburō Sakai (1916), and Yukio Hatoyama (1947). After him are Emperor Ankō (401), Okita Sōji (1842), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), and Sada Abe (1905).
149 - 200
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 203
169 - 269
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 204
1905 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 205
1917 - 1993
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 206
1916 - 2000
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 207
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 208
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 209
401 - 456
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 210
1842 - 1868
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 211
1305 - 1358
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 212
1868 - 1948
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 213
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 214
1905 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 215
Among singers born in Japan, Kyu Sakamoto ranks 1. After him are Mariya Takeuchi (1955), Seiko Matsuda (1962), Yoko Kanno (1963), Akina Nakamori (1965), Miyuki Nakajima (1952), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Daimaou Kosaka (1973), Izumi Sakai (1967), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), and Namie Amuro (1977).
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 2
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 4
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 7
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 8
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 9
1967 - 2007
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 10
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 11
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 12