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Shigeru Umebayashi

1951 - Today

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Shigeru Umebayashi (梅林茂, Umebayashi Shigeru, [ɯmebajaɕi ɕiɡeɾɯ]) (born February 19, 1951) is a Japanese composer. Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, composer Shigeru Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credit and is perhaps best known in the West for "Yumeji's Theme" (originally from Seijun Suzuki's Yumeji), included in director Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shigeru Umebayashi has received more than 354,396 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Shigeru Umebayashi is the 865th most popular musician (up from 952nd in 2019), the 895th most popular biography from Japan (up from 947th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Musician.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Shigeru Umebayashi ranks 865 out of 2,662. Before him are Arturo Sandoval, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Vlado Perlemuter, Jadranka Stojaković, Sally Oldfield, and Hank Jones. After him are Tommy Emmanuel, Ted Nugent, Daron Malakian, Pierre Baillot, Eduard Nápravník, and Agathe Backer Grøndahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Shigeru Umebayashi ranks 180. Before him are Geir Haarde, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Muhammed Faris, François Bayrou, Jacques Villeret, and William Katt. After him are Harry Hamlin, Lee Nak-yeon, Bernardo Atxaga, Mary McAleese, Gediminas Kirkilas, and Jean Smart.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigeru Umebayashi ranks 895 out of 6,048. Before him are On Kawara (1932), Yoshito Usui (1958), Masashi Watanabe (1936), Kunio Yanagita (1875), Shoji Nishio (1927), and Kiyoshi Shiga (1871). After him are Tokugawa Nariaki (1800), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Hisashi Owada (1932), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Tadao Kobayashi (1930), and Tokutaro Ukon (1913).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Shigeru Umebayashi ranks 7. Before him are Joe Hisaishi (1950), Kitarō (1953), Isao Tomita (1932), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), and Hide (1964). After him are Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), Gackt (1973), and LiSA (1987).

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