1956 - Today
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.
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Among actors, Kōji Yakusho ranks 3,180 out of 9,996. Before 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.
1934 - 1979
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,174
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,175
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,176
1918 - 2003
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,177
1927 - 1999
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,178
1906 - 1987
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,179
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,180
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,181
1937 - 2008
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 3,182
1904 - 1963
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 3,183
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 3,184
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 3,185
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 3,186
Among people born in 1956, Kōji Yakusho ranks 179. Before 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.
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 173
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 174
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 175
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 176
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 177
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 178
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 179
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 180
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 181
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 182
1956 - 2002
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 183
1956 - 2007
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 184
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 185
Among people born in Japan, Kōji Yakusho ranks 987 out of 6,048. Before 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).
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 981
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 982
1905 - 1986
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 983
1930 - 2008
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 984
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 985
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 986
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 987
1937 - 2008
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 988
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 989
1920 - 1995
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 990
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 991
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 992
1905 - 1975
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 993
Among actors born in Japan, Kōji Yakusho ranks 41. Before 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).
1929 - 2017
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 35
1931 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 36
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 37
1928 - 1996
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 38
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 39
1923 - 2013
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 40
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 41
1937 - 2008
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 42
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 43
1920 - 1995
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 44
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 45
1923 - 1981
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 46
1931 - 2014
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 47