1971 - Today
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 319,753 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Masashi Hamauzu is the 1,324th most popular composer (down from 1,187th in 2019), the 5,193rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,518th in 2019) and the 171st most popular German Composer.
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Among composers, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 1,324 out of 1,216. Before him are Arturo Rodas, Steve Roach, Marc Shaiman, Walter Murphy, Olga Neuwirth, and Gian Francesco Malipiero. After him are William Alwyn, Ludovic Bource, Justin Hurwitz, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Malcolm Williamson, and Alan Bush.
1954 - Present
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 1,318
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 1,319
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 1,320
1952 - Present
HPI: 36.98
Rank: 1,321
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 1,322
1882 - 1973
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 1,323
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 1,324
1905 - 1985
HPI: 36.75
Rank: 1,325
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 1,326
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 1,327
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.20
Rank: 1,328
1931 - 2003
HPI: 36.11
Rank: 1,329
1900 - 1995
HPI: 36.05
Rank: 1,330
Among people born in 1971, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 501. Before him are Mark Knowles, Russell Allen, Dean Smith, Naoko Mori, Gena Lee Nolin, and Diego Torres. After him are Joann Sfar, Bertrand Crasson, Arnon Grunberg, Jim Butcher, D. B. Weiss, and Calogero.
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 495
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.83
Rank: 496
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 497
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 498
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 499
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.78
Rank: 500
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 501
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.75
Rank: 502
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.75
Rank: 503
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 504
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 505
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 506
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 507
Among people born in Germany, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 5,193 out of 6,142. Before him are Roland Brückner (1955), Odisseas Vlachodimos (1994), Daniel Caligiuri (1988), Bernd Dreher (1966), Denise Herrmann (1988), and Lars Klingbeil (1978). After him are Jochen Schümann (1954), Frank Luck (1967), Ilse Aigner (1964), Rob Thomas (1972), Sandro Schwarz (1978), and Klara Geywitz (1976).
1955 - Present
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 5,187
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.80
Rank: 5,188
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.80
Rank: 5,189
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 5,190
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 5,191
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.78
Rank: 5,192
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 5,193
1954 - Present
HPI: 36.75
Rank: 5,194
1967 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 5,195
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.65
Rank: 5,196
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 5,197
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 5,198
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 5,199
Among composers born in Germany, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 171. Before him are Lukas Foss (1922), Melchior Vulpius (1570), Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), Alexander Goehr (1932), Samuel Adler (1928), and Gus Kahn (1886).
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 165
1570 - 1615
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 166
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 167
1932 - Present
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 168
1928 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 169
1886 - 1941
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 170
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 171