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Masashi Hamauzu

1971 - Today

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Masashi Hamauzu (浜渦 正志, Hamauzu Masashi, born September 20, 1971) is a Japanese composer, pianist, and lyricist. Hamauzu, who was employed at Square Enix from 1996 to 2010, was best known during that time for his work on the Final Fantasy and SaGa video game series. Born into a musical family in Germany, Hamauzu was raised in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masashi Hamauzu has received more than 348,598 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Masashi Hamauzu is the 1,422nd most popular composer (down from 1,322nd in 2019), the 6,121st most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,175th in 2019) and the 180th most popular German Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 1,422 out of 1,451. Before him are Marc Shaiman, Randall Thompson, Elisabeth Lutyens, Malcolm Williamson, Brett Dean, and Ēriks Ešenvalds. After him are Ola Gjeilo, Frederik Magle, Shoji Meguro, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Eric Whitacre, and Judith Weir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 646. Before him are Marina de Van, Calpernia Addams, Pablo Trapero, Mikel Lasa, Leisha Hailey, and Gustavo Méndez. After him are Joel Casamayor, Pia Olsen Dyhr, Raül Romeva, Kiran Desai, Bobby Lee, and François Bégaudeau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 6,121 out of 7,253. Before him are Erik Möller (1979), Henning Fritz (1974), Dhurata Dora (1992), Jacqueline Börner (1965), Volker Wissing (1970), and David Raum (1998). After him are Steffi Martin (1962), Marco Werner (1966), Marius Wolf (1995), Tron (1972), Stefan Kretzschmar (1973), and Gloria Siebert (1964).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 180. Before him are Udo Zimmermann (1943), Hauschka (1966), Alexander Goehr (1932), Samuel Adler (1928), Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), and Gus Kahn (1886).

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