COMPOSER

Nobuo Uematsu

1959 - Today

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Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫, Uematsu Nobuo, born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his contributions to the Final Fantasy video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton John as one of his biggest influences in pursuing a musical career. Uematsu joined Square in 1986, where he first met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nobuo Uematsu has received more than 1,763,707 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Nobuo Uematsu is the 906th most popular composer (down from 839th in 2019), the 976th most popular biography from Japan (down from 863rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Composer.

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  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nobuo Uematsu ranks 906 out of 1,451. Before him are Giaches de Wert, Anton Stamitz, Hans von Koessler, Antonio Bertali, Cathy Berberian, and Alberto Franchetti. After him are Maximilian Steinberg, Johann Jacob Bach, Lev Knipper, Ary Barroso, Carlo Rustichelli, and Elliott Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Nobuo Uematsu ranks 154. Before him are Michel Onfray, Majid Majidi, Toni Servillo, Pete Burns, Gustavo Cerati, and Abdul Ahad Mohmand. After him are Jason Alexander, Giovanna Amati, Erwin Vandenbergh, Gilmar Rinaldi, Kevin Nash, and John Magufuli.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobuo Uematsu ranks 976 out of 6,245. Before him are Sayako Kuroda (1969), Hiroshi Ninomiya (1937), Akashi Motojiro (1864), Ennin (793), Kazuo Koike (1936), and Abe Masahiro (1819). After him are Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Shinji Mikami (1965), Machiko Hasegawa (1920), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Yoko Shimada (1953), and Yukio Goto (null).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Nobuo Uematsu ranks 11. Before him are Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Kenji Kawai (1957), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Koichi Sugiyama (1931), Koji Kondo (1961), and Keiko Abe (1937). After him are Akira Ifukube (1914), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Shirō Sagisu (1957), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Akira Yamaoka (1968), and Hiroyuki Sawano (1980).

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