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Ryo Kawasaki

1947 - 2020

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Ryo Kawasaki (川崎 燎, Kawasaki Ryō, February 25, 1947 – April 13, 2020) was a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer and band leader, best known as one of the first musicians to develop and popularise the fusion genre and for helping to develop the guitar synthesizer in collaboration with Roland Corporation and Korg. His album Ryo Kawasaki and the Golden Dragon Live was one of the first all-digital recordings and he created the Kawasaki Synthesizer for the Commodore 64. During the 1960s, he played with various Japanese jazz groups and also formed his own bands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryo Kawasaki has received more than 208,015 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ryo Kawasaki is the 1,648th most popular musician (down from 1,321st in 2019), the 1,412th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,162nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ryo Kawasaki ranks 1,648 out of 3,175. Before her are Iryna Bilyk, Peter Buck, Baaba Maal, Tomatito, Rob Bourdon, and Richard Palmer-James. After her are Digital Underground, Maxi Jazz, Heath, Erykah Badu, ASAP Rocky, and Maxim Vengerov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ryo Kawasaki ranks 602. Before her are Ricardo Delgado, Blagoje Paunović, David Rigert, Ephraïm Inoni, Abdulhashim Mutalov, and Richard Palmer-James. After her are José Luis Cuerda, Gennadiy Seleznyov, Gregory Chaitin, Thomas Christopher Collins, Richard Overy, and René Desaeyere. Among people deceased in 2020, Ryo Kawasaki ranks 523. Before her are Jacques Beurlet, Marcelino dos Santos, Vladimir Andreyev, Lorenza Mazzetti, Vladislav Krapivin, and Ignacio Trelles. After her are Jasraj, José Luis Cuerda, Tommy Docherty, Irina Kirichenko, Laisenia Qarase, and Albert Salvadó.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryo Kawasaki ranks 1,412 out of 6,245. Before her are Masaru Furukawa (1936), Masami Ihara (1967), Hiroshi Nanami (1972), Hideki Kamiya (1970), Momoko Sakura (1965), and Tsutomu Nihei (1971). After her are Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Maho Shimizu (1960), Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), Daichi Kamada (1996), Takao Kobayashi (1961), and Hiromi Hara (1958).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Ryo Kawasaki ranks 21. Before her are Hyde (1969), Mana (1969), Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), Nujabes (1974), Miyavi (1981), and Nobuko Imai (1943). After her are Heath (1968), Nigo (1970), Yoko Shimomura (1967), Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), and Ringo Sheena (1978).

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