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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 62,803 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Pata is the 2,212th most popular musician (down from 2,016th in 2019), the 1,666th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,476th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Japanese Musician.

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  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pata ranks 2,212 out of 2,662Before him are Christina Perri, Andraé Crouch, Kelly Johnson, Jim Corr, Mark Kelly, and Nolwenn Leroy. After him are Floyd Cramer, Pat O'Brien, Jeff Loomis, Greg K., Alexander Vedernikov, and Jin Akanishi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Pata ranks 466Before him are Mario Frick, Michael Goldenberg, Bouli Lanners, Voula Patoulidou, Hassan Nader, and Lou Ye. After him are Martin Sonneborn, Peter O'Neill, Kevin Poulsen, José Oscar Herrera, Jeremy Ratchford, and Ignatius Aphrem II.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Pata ranks 1,666 out of 6,048Before him are Nobuhiro Takeda (1967), Mao Asada (1990), Makoto Yukimura (1976), Toshinobu Katsuya (1961), Koji Murofushi (1974), and Tōru Hashimoto (1969). After him are Ryoichi Kawakatsu (1958), Yoshinori Kitase (1966), Ryōta Murata (1986), Tadahiro Nomura (1974), Shinichi Morishita (1960), and Shoya Tomizawa (1990).

Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Pata ranks 34Before him are Toshio Masuda (1959), Taiji (1966), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), Cornelius (1969), Tsunku (1968), and Hiromi Uehara (1979). After him are Jin Akanishi (1984), Heath (1968), Mai Kuraki (1982), Naomi Munakata (1955), Ai Otsuka (1982), and Takahiro Moriuchi (1988).

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