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Mako

1933 - 2006

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Makoto Iwamatsu (岩松 信, Iwamatsu Makoto, December 10, 1933 – July 21, 2006) was a Japanese-American actor, credited mononymously in almost all of his acting roles as simply Mako (マコ). His career in film, on television, and on stage spanned nearly fifty years and 165 productions, from 1959 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mako has received more than 202,246 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Mako is the 1,378th most popular actor (up from 1,755th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Japan (up from 708th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mako ranks 1,378 out of 9,996. Before him are Marina Berti, Barbara Hershey, Lindsay Wagner, Steve Guttenberg, Richard Bull, and Francesca Annis. After him are Mark Dacascos, Paul Bettany, Emilia Clarke, John Glover, Andrew Lincoln, and Martin Freeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Mako ranks 131. Before him are Luis Bacalov, Saleh Al-Fawzan, Gregory III Laham, Waichiro Omura, Hannelore Kohl, and Lubomyr Husar. After him are Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Maurice André, Eddie Adams, Will Sampson, Gloria Foster, and Otto Barić. Among people deceased in 2006, Mako ranks 93. Before him are Walerian Borowczyk, Robert Plutchik, Peter Norman, Prince George William of Hanover, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, and Igor Sergeyev. After him are Milan Babić, Pierre Clostermann, Allan Kaprow, Trevor Berbick, Tina Aumont, and Ali Farka Touré.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mako ranks 537 out of 6,048. Before him are Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880), Emperor Junnin (733), and Naoki Urasawa (1960). After him are Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Mariya Takeuchi (1955), Tatsuya Shiji (1938), Toshio Suzuki (1948), Shinran (1173), and Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Mako ranks 17. Before him are Masako Nozawa (1936), Ken Takakura (1931), Hibari Misora (1937), Machiko Kyō (1924), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), and Kinuyo Tanaka (1909). After him are Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Momoko Kōchi (1932), Victoria Principal (1950), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Mie Hama (1943), and Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933).

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