SINGER

Kōji Wada

1974 - 2016

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Kōji Wada (和田 光司, Wada Kōji, January 29, 1974 – April 3, 2016) was a Japanese pop singer. He was best known for performing theme songs for several installments of the Digimon anime television series, including his recording debut in 1999 with his first and most famous single, "Butter-Fly", the theme song of the anime Digimon Adventure. He was signed with the Lantis recording label. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kōji Wada has received more than 467,675 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Kōji Wada is the 1,922nd most popular singer (up from 1,937th in 2019), the 1,618th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,545th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kōji Wada ranks 1,922 out of 4,381. Before him are Sergej Ćetković, Mark Murphy, Apl.de.ap, Haha, Oumou Sangaré, and Joey Belladonna. After him are Christer Björkman, Liv Kristine, Jacek Kaczmarski, Sherine, Seija Simola, and Christy Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Kōji Wada ranks 240. Before him are Karim Bagheri, Iulian Filipescu, Eduardo Verástegui, Kostas Chalkias, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, and Apl.de.ap. After him are Takahiro Sakurai, Reki Kawahara, Thomas Enqvist, Natassia Malthe, Olivier Dacourt, and Marta Jandová. Among people deceased in 2016, Kōji Wada ranks 492. Before him are Federico Edwards, Väinö Huhtala, William Christopher, Müzahir Sille, Jerry Doyle, and Gloria DeHaven. After him are Mose Allison, Antonina Seredina, Cléber Santana, Medea Jugeli, Rod Temperton, and Erwin Hahn.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōji Wada ranks 1,618 out of 6,245. Before him are Satoshi Tezuka (1958), Akemi Okamura (1969), Masahiko Harada (1968), Shuntaro Furukawa (1972), Aya Hisakawa (1968), and Makoto Yukimura (1976). After him are Takahiro Sakurai (1974), Kei Okami (1859), Moyoco Anno (1971), Takashi Ishimoto (1935), Shun Oguri (1982), and Haruma Miura (1990).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Kōji Wada ranks 23. Before him are Masashi Tashiro (1956), Anri (1961), Yutaka Ozaki (1965), Nikka Costa (1972), Mika Nakashima (1983), and Tomohisa Yamashita (1985). After him are Momo Hirai (1996), Kyōko Koizumi (1966), Sana (1996), Yui (1987), Tak Matsumoto (1961), and Koshi Inaba (1964).

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