1989 - Today
Shinji Kagawa (Japanese: 香川 真司, Kagawa Shinji [kaꜜɡawa ɕiꜜndʑi]; born 17 March 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka. He is widely regarded as one of the best Japanese players of all time.Kagawa began his professional career in his homeland with Cerezo Osaka before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2010. After two years with Dortmund, Kagawa signed for Manchester United on a four-year contract. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shinji Kagawa has received more than 3,783,815 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 70 in 2019). Shinji Kagawa is the 1,304th most popular soccer player (up from 1,506th in 2019), the 946th most popular biography from Japan (up from 952nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Shinji Kagawa ranks 1,304 out of 16,880. Before him are Essam El Hadary, Joaquín, Maxi López, Wynton Rufer, Marcelino Martínez, and Ramón de la Fuente Leal. After him are Fahrudin Jusufi, Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Pierino Prati, David Seaman, José Costa, and Blagoje Marjanović.
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 1,298
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 1,299
1984 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 1,300
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 1,301
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 1,302
1907 - 1973
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 1,303
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 1,304
1939 - 2019
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 1,305
1831 - 1924
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 1,306
1946 - 2020
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 1,307
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 1,308
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 1,309
1907 - 1984
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1,310
Among people born in 1989, Shinji Kagawa ranks 25. Before him are Ivan Perišić, Valtteri Bottas, César Azpilicueta, Simon Kjær, Axel Witsel, and Isaiah Thomas. After him are Nina Dobrev, Lee Jong-suk, Daniel Ricciardo, Jules Bianchi, Brie Larson, and Ander Herrera.
1989 - Present
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 19
1989 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 20
1989 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 21
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 22
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 23
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 24
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 25
1989 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 26
1989 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 27
1989 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 28
1989 - 2015
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 29
1989 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 30
1989 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 31
Among people born in Japan, Shinji Kagawa ranks 946 out of 6,048. Before him are Uesugi Harunori (1751), Unkei (1151), Kanō Motonobu (1476), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Megumi Hayashibara (1967), and Sekiryo Kaneda (1901). After him are Kenji Kawai (1957), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Sion Sono (1961), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Shigesato Itoi (1948), and Misuzu Kaneko (1903).
1751 - 1822
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 940
1151 - 1223
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 941
1476 - 1559
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 942
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 943
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 944
1901 - 1949
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 945
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 946
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 947
1928 - 2009
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 948
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 949
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 950
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 951
1903 - 1930
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 952
Among soccer players born in Japan, Shinji Kagawa ranks 154. Before him are Minoru Kobata (1946), Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), Shigemi Ishii (1951), Yasuhiko Okudera (1952), Hiroshi Katayama (1940), and Mitsuo Kamata (1937). After him are Megumi Torigoe (1950), Mitsuo Watanabe (1953), Isao Iwabuchi (1933), Hidemaro Watanabe (1924), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), and Goro Yamada (1894).
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 148
1933 - 2011
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 149
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 150
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 151
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 152
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 153
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 154
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 155
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 156
1933 - 2003
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 157
1924 - 2011
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 158
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 159
1894 - 1958
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 160