1972 - Today
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 442,480 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Noriaki Kasai is the 26th most popular skier (up from 33rd in 2019), the 939th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,051st in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Skier.
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Among skiers, Noriaki Kasai ranks 26 out of 541. Before him are Galina Kulakova, Hanni Wenzel, Karl Schranz, Simon Ammann, Pirmin Zurbriggen, and Kjetil André Aamodt. After him are Janne Ahonen, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Sonja Edström, Tormod Knutsen, Bernhard Russi, and Christl Cranz.
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 20
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 21
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 22
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 23
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 24
1971 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 25
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 26
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 27
1950 - 2006
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 28
1930 - 2020
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 29
1932 - 2021
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 30
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 31
1914 - 2004
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 32
Among people born in 1972, Noriaki Kasai ranks 82. Before him are Wil Wheaton, Alejandro Amenábar, Sundar Pichai, Rebecca Romijn, The Great Khali, and Julie Benz. After him are Eric Dane, Jennie Garth, Željko Joksimović, Takuya Kimura, Kate del Castillo, and Thandie Newton.
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 76
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 77
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 78
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 79
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 80
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 81
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 82
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 83
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 84
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 85
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 86
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 87
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 88
Among people born in Japan, Noriaki Kasai ranks 939 out of 6,048. Before him are Hiroshi Katayama (1940), Mitsuo Kamata (1937), Toru Iwatani (1955), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Abe Masahiro (1819), and Nobuko Yoshiya (1896). After him are Uesugi Harunori (1751), Unkei (1151), Kanō Motonobu (1476), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Megumi Hayashibara (1967), and Sekiryo Kaneda (1901).
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 933
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 934
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 935
1961 - 2022
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 936
1819 - 1857
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 937
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 938
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 939
1751 - 1822
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 940
1151 - 1223
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 941
1476 - 1559
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 942
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 943
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 944
1901 - 1949
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 945
Among skiers born in Japan, Noriaki Kasai ranks 1. After him are Yukio Kasaya (1943), Chiharu Igaya (1931), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Masahiko Harada (1968), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Takanobu Okabe (1970), Daiki Ito (1985), Sara Takanashi (1996), Tae Satoya (1976), Hiroya Saitō (1970), and Akito Watabe (1988).
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 2
1931 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 3
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 4
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 5
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.52
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.46
Rank: 8
1996 - Present
HPI: 33.27
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.07
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 31.77
Rank: 11
1988 - Present
HPI: 30.71
Rank: 12