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Kōji Yakusho

1956 - Today

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Kōji Hashimoto (橋本 広司, Hashimoto Kōji, born 1 January 1956), known professionally as Kōji Yakusho (役所 広司, Yakusho Kōji), is a Japanese actor. He is known internationally for his starring roles in Shall We Dance? (1996), 13 Assassins (2010), The Third Murder (2017), The Blood of Wolves (2018), Under the Open Sky (2020) and The Days (2023). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kōji Yakusho has received more than 579,330 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kōji Yakusho is the 3,180th most popular actor (up from 3,607th in 2019), the 987th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,022nd in 2019) and the 41st most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kōji Yakusho ranks 3,180 out of 9,996Before him are Jim Hutton, Patsy Kensit, Lulu, Art Carney, Yevgeny Morgunov, and Madeleine Carroll. After him are Kyle Chandler, Ken Ogata, Dick Powell, Jimmy Fallon, Kathryn Morris, and Patrick J. Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Kōji Yakusho ranks 179Before him are Marta Kauffman, Laura Morante, Jerry Hall, Chris Carter, Akio Toyoda, and Jean-Pierre Thiollet. After him are Jamie Hyneman, Keith David, Catherine Frot, Said Belqola, Mark St. John, and Choi Soon-sil.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōji Yakusho ranks 987 out of 6,048Before him are Masaki Yokotani (1952), Akina Nakamori (1965), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Ken Naganuma (1930), Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), and Miho Kaneda (1950). After him are Ken Ogata (1937), Tadanobu Asano (1973), Eiji Okada (1920), Hisako, Princess Takamado (1953), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), and Shojiro Sugimura (1905).

Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Kōji Yakusho ranks 41Before him are Haruo Nakajima (1929), Kyōko Kagawa (1931), Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), Takuya Kimura (1972), and Rentarō Mikuni (1923). After him are Ken Ogata (1937), Tadanobu Asano (1973), Eiji Okada (1920), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Isao Kimura (1923), and Ichirō Nagai (1931).

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