MUSICIAN

Pata

1965 - Today

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Tomoaki Ishizuka (Japanese: 石塚 智昭, Hepburn: Ishizuka Tomoaki, born November 4, 1965, in Chiba), known exclusively by his stage name Pata, is a Japanese musician. He is best known as rhythm guitarist of the visual kei rock band X Japan. He joined the band in 1987, stayed with them until their dissolution in 1997, and rejoined when the band reunited in 2007. A year after their breakup, he formed the short-lived duo P.A.F. with singer NoB and created the band Dope HEADz with X Japan bassist Heath and former Spread Beaver percussionist/programmer I.N.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pata has received more than 66,562 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pata is the 2,093rd most popular musician (up from 2,204th in 2019), the 1,687th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,662nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 67k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pata ranks 2,093 out of 3,175. Before him are WestBam, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Mathew Knowles, Slide Hampton, Billy Higgins, and Stone Gossard. After him are Hubert von Goisern, Frank Peterson, Konstrakta, Mike Starr, Rudolf Koelman, and Sarah McLachlan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Pata ranks 430. Before him are Dan Abnett, WestBam, Gerhard Rodax, Nigel Short, Micky Ward, and Zaza Urushadze. After him are Marguerite MacIntyre, Rei Sakuma, Karel Nováček, Brad Armstrong, Wakana Yamazaki, and Gregor Foitek.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Pata ranks 1,687 out of 6,245. Before him are Chris Horner (1971), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Brian Tee (1977), Jushin Liger (1964), Tomokazu Sugita (1980), and Shiro Hashizume (1928). After him are Shigemitsu Sudo (1956), Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972), Tomomi Inada (1959), Rei Sakuma (1965), Yuji Sugano (1961), and Ritsu Doan (1998).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Pata ranks 35. Before him are Keiko Matsui (1961), Midori (1971), Toshio Masuda (1959), Taiji (1966), Hiromi Uehara (1979), and Sugizo (1969). After him are Tsunku (1968), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), Naomi Munakata (1955), Cornelius (1969), Takahiro Moriuchi (1988), and Kamijo (1975).

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