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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 449,225 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kōji Wada is the 1,943rd most popular singer (down from 1,479th in 2019), the 1,549th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,248th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kōji Wada ranks 1,943 out of 3,528. Before him are Laura Alonso, Joyce DiDonato, Grégory Lemarchal, Hera Björk, Tak Matsumoto, and Black Francis. After him are Neil Finn, Ilse DeLange, Mitch Miller, Madison Beer, Marianne Mendt, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Kōji Wada ranks 262. Before him are Hichem Mechichi, Rasheed Wallace, J Dilla, David Faustino, Krisztina Egerszegi, and Stephen Merchant. After him are Christopher Gorham, Randall Park, Pablo Pineda, Lezley Zen, Thomas Enqvist, and Daniel Negreanu. Among people deceased in 2016, Kōji Wada ranks 470. Before him are Gardnar Mulloy, Gloria DeHaven, Tommy Kono, Lou Pearlman, Sydney Schanberg, and Elizaveta Glinka. After him are Heinz Ulzheimer, Vince Boryla, Ashot Anastasian, Jo Cox, M. Balamuralikrishna, and Reinhard Häfner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōji Wada ranks 1,549 out of 6,048. Before him are Toshiya Miura (1963), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), Jared Taylor (1951), Tak Matsumoto (1961), Masakiyo Maezono (1973), and Saori Hayami (1991). After him are Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972), Akihiro Nishimura (1958), Ken Hirai (1972), Kazunori Yamauchi (1967), Naoki Soma (1971), and Eiji Ueda (1953).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Kōji Wada ranks 25. Before him are Mika Nakashima (1983), Nikka Costa (1972), Sana (1996), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Kyōko Koizumi (1966), and Tak Matsumoto (1961). After him are Ken Hirai (1972), Koda Kumi (1982), Yui (1987), Momo Hirai (1996), Koshi Inaba (1964), and Misia (1978).

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