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Nobuyoshi Araki

1940 - Today

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Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木 経惟, Araki Nobuyoshi, born May 25, 1940), professionally known by the mononym Arākii (アラーキー), is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nobuyoshi Araki has received more than 509,461 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Nobuyoshi Araki is the 17th most popular photographer, the 308th most popular biography from Japan (down from 239th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Nobuyoshi Araki ranks 17 out of 148. Before him are Elliott Erwitt, Julia Margaret Cameron, Gunter Sachs, Felice Beato, Wilhelm von Gloeden, and André Kertész. After him are Brassaï, Annie Leibovitz, Diane Arbus, Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Koudelka, and Richard Avedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Nobuyoshi Araki ranks 96. Before him are Jean-Luc Nancy, Vittorio Storaro, Gojko Mitić, Rudi Dutschke, James Brolin, and Mamnoon Hussain. After him are Edward C. Prescott, Thomas A. Steitz, Joseph L. Goldstein, Sepp Piontek, Mate Boban, and Frida Boccara.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobuyoshi Araki ranks 308 out of 6,245. Before him are Akira Kitaguchi (1935), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442), Emperor Sushun (520), Empress Teimei (1884), and Ikkyū (1394). After him are Saitō Hajime (1844), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), Emperor Fushimi (1265), Waichiro Omura (1933), Go Nagai (1945), and Jiroemon Kimura (1897).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Japan

Among photographers born in Japan, Nobuyoshi Araki ranks 1. After him are Daidō Moriyama (1938), Kishin Shinoyama (1940), and Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948).

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