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Osamu Watanabe

1940 - 2022

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Osamu Watanabe (渡辺 長武, Watanabe Osamu, October 21, 1940 – October 1, 2022) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In 1962, he debuted internationally and retired shortly after the 1964 Olympics. During his brief career Watanabe won all his few hundred bouts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Osamu Watanabe has received more than 40,803 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Osamu Watanabe is the 108th most popular wrestler, the 1,269th most popular biography from Japan and the 9th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Osamu Watanabe ranks 108 out of 1,027. Before him are Pedro Morales, Big John Studd, Väinö Kokkinen, Stu Hart, Buvaisar Saitiev, and Owen Hart. After him are Shota Chochishvili, Kustaa Pihlajamäki, Alfred Asikainen, Akebono Tarō, CM Punk, and Roman Reigns.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Osamu Watanabe ranks 380. Before him are Arati Saha, Albert Razin, Kurt Ahrens Jr., John Castle, István Csom, and Marshall Berman. After him are Jean-Paul Proust, Jimmy Ellis, Richard Marcinko, Pauli Nevala, Viktor Pavlov, and Richard Corben. Among people deceased in 2022, Osamu Watanabe ranks 364. Before him are Anatoly Mikhaylov, Guy Lafleur, Renée Colliard, Frédérick Tristan, Mark Lanegan, and Charles Greene. After him are Yves Coppens, Louie Anderson, Dieter Henrich, Gheorghe Berceanu, Hans-Jürgen Dörner, and Norman Mineta.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Osamu Watanabe ranks 1,269 out of 6,245. Before him are Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1931), Kotono Mitsuishi (1967), Chikage Awashima (1924), Junichi Suwabe (1972), and Satoshi Furukawa (1964). After him are Chūhei Nambu (1904), Nobuyo Fujishiro (1960), Keiko Takemiya (1950), Shoichi Sakata (1911), Ted Fujita (1920), and Akira Endo (1933).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Osamu Watanabe ranks 9. Before him are Giant Baba (1938), Isao Inokuma (1938), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Shozo Sasahara (1929), and Shinobu Sekine (1943). After him are Takehide Nakatani (1941), Asuka (1981), Atsuji Miyahara (1958), Yuji Takada (1954), Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), and Jiichiro Date (1952).

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