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Mineko Iwasaki

1949 - Today

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Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎 峰子/岩崎 究香, Iwasaki Mineko, born Masako Tanaka (田中 政子), 2 November 1949) is a Japanese businesswoman, author and former geisha. Iwasaki was the most famous geisha in Japan until her sudden retirement at the age of 29. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mineko Iwasaki has received more than 733,869 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mineko Iwasaki is the 238th most popular businessperson, the 621st most popular biography from Japan and the 9th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mineko Iwasaki ranks 238 out of 847Before her are Srettha Thavisin, Max Factor, David Icke, John C. Bogle, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, and Josep Maria Bartomeu. After her are Mike Markkula, Bill Hewlett, Meyer Guggenheim, Henry Flagler, Kirk Kerkorian, and Edsel Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Mineko Iwasaki ranks 160Before her are Christopher Hitchens, Trevor Horn, Thierry Sabine, Aurelio De Laurentiis, Pam Grier, and Dusty Hill. After her are Horst Seehofer, Tommy Ramone, Phil Lynott, Anne Schedeen, Matthew Festing, and Ric Flair.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mineko Iwasaki ranks 621 out of 6,245Before her are Daigoro Kondo (1907), Hitoshi Ashida (1887), Shigeru Ban (1957), Hasui Kawase (1883), Zenkō Suzuki (1911), and Kaneto Shindo (1912). After her are Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Senjūrō Hayashi (1876), Yuriko Koike (1952), Keigo Higashino (1958), Kyōka Izumi (1873), and Nobuyuki Kato (1920).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Mineko Iwasaki ranks 9Before her are Akio Morita (1921), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Masayoshi Son (1957), and Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859). After her are Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), Tadashi Yanai (1949), Norio Ohga (1930), and Akio Toyoda (1956).