VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

Masae Kasai

1933 - 2013

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Masae Kasai (河西 昌枝 Kasai Masae, 14 July 1933 – 3 October 2013) was a volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team, Oriental Witches, that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Masae Kasai was born in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi, and started playing volleyball when the sport was still played with nine players a side in Japan (six are used internationally). She joined the Nichibo fiber spinning company right out of high school, first playing for corporation's Ashikaga (Tochigi) team, later for the one from Kaizuka (Osaka). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masae Kasai has received more than 24,207 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Masae Kasai is the 8th most popular volleyball player (down from 7th in 2019), the 1,424th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,245th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Volleyball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Masae Kasai ranks 8 out of 199. Before her are Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Giba, Bernardo Rezende, Lang Ping, Josef Musil, and Andrea Anastasi. After her are Nikola Grbić, Yuriy Poyarkov, Vladimir Grbić, Yuri Chesnokov, Yekaterina Gamova, and Earvin N'Gapeth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Masae Kasai ranks 416. Before her are Viktor Kapitonov, Per Wästberg, Murray Halberg, Brigitte Reimann, Tim Conway, and Conway Twitty. After her are Nicette Bruno, Lee Calhoun, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Irina Beglyakova, Valéria Gyenge, and Franco Marini. Among people deceased in 2013, Masae Kasai ranks 375. Before her are Nigel Davenport, Stanisław Nagy, Armen Alchian, Abdul Quader Molla, Amar Bose, and Arthur Wightman. After her are Luis Ubiña, Ersilio Tonini, Regina Bianchi, Bob Kurland, Carlos Graça, and Paul Bearer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masae Kasai ranks 1,424 out of 6,245. Before her are Heath (1968), Akira Amano (1973), Tatsuhiko Seta (1952), Norio Sasaki (1958), Masi Oka (1974), and Yōichi Masuzoe (1948). After her are Sachiko Hidari (1930), Michio Mado (1909), Rikiya Koyama (1963), Takao Doi (1954), Hiroshi Ochiai (1946), and Ai Iijima (1972).

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among volleyball players born in Japan, Masae Kasai ranks 1. After her are Takako Shirai (1952), Yoshie Takeshita (1978), Saori Kimura (1986), Miyuki Takahashi (1978), and Erika Araki (1984).

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