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Noriaki Kasai

1972 - Today

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Noriaki Kasai (葛西 紀明, Kasai Noriaki, born 6 June 1972) is a Japanese ski jumper. His career achievements include a gold medal at the 1992 Ski Flying World Championships, winning the 1999 Nordic Tournament, individual silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two individual bronze medals at the 2003 Ski Jumping World Championships. During his career, Kasai has broken numerous ski jumping records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Noriaki Kasai has received more than 445,809 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Noriaki Kasai is the 16th most popular skier (up from 26th in 2019), the 886th most popular biography from Japan (up from 936th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Skier.

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  • 450k

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  • 52.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Noriaki Kasai ranks 16 out of 817. Before him are Birger Ruud, Eddie the Eagle, Jiří Raška, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Bjørn Wirkola, and Sixten Jernberg. After him are Hermann Maier, Heinrich Messner, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Antti Hyvärinen, Gustav Thöni, and Toralf Engan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Noriaki Kasai ranks 67. Before him are Nikki Haley, Asghar Farhadi, Marlon Wayans, Željko Joksimović, Steve McManaman, and Sundar Pichai. After him are Juanes, Hermann Maier, Lee Jung-jae, Manfred Weber, Garou, and Sami Al-Jaber.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Noriaki Kasai ranks 886 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuki Fushimi (1950), Kishin Shinoyama (1940), Kazumi Takada (1951), Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), Mitsuo Watanabe (1953), and Keisuke Honda (1986). After him are Kazuo Sakamaki (1918), Kabayama Sukenori (1837), Saburō Kurusu (1886), Hiroshi Katayama (1940), Rihei Sano (1912), and Sachi Kagawa (null).

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Among SKIERS In Japan

Among skiers born in Japan, Noriaki Kasai ranks 1. After him are Yukio Kasaya (1943), Chiharu Igaya (1931), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Masahiko Harada (1968), Seiji Aochi (1942), Takanobu Okabe (1970), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Akito Watabe (1988), Hirokazu Yagi (1959), Hiroya Saitō (1970), and Taku Takeuchi (1987).

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