1981 - Today
Shizuka Arakawa (荒川 静香, Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic champion and the 2004 World champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shizuka Arakawa has received more than 273,669 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Shizuka Arakawa is the 163rd most popular skater (down from 135th in 2019), the 1,569th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,688th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Skater.
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Among skaters, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 163 out of 315. Before her are Martina Sáblíková, Emese Hunyady, Evgeni Platov, Anna Levandi, Bam Margera, and Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich. After her are Gabriella Papadakis, Dorothy Hamill, Kamila Valieva, Nils van der Poel, Maribel Vinson, and Ken Henry.
1987 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 157
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 158
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 159
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 160
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 161
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 162
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 163
1995 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 164
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 165
2006 - Present
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 166
1996 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 167
1911 - 1961
HPI: 39.85
Rank: 168
1929 - 2009
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 169
Among people born in 1981, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 229. Before her are Émilie Dequenne, Taufik Hidayat, Kiera Cass, Cristian Zaccardo, Fandango, and Giourkas Seitaridis. After her are Afonso Alves, Lee Chun-soo, Devendra Banhart, Jürgen Melzer, Willy William, and Jung Ryeo-won.
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 223
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 224
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 225
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 226
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 227
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 228
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 229
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 230
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 231
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 232
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 233
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 234
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.03
Rank: 235
Among people born in Japan, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 1,569 out of 6,048. Before her are Eri Fukatsu (1973), Haruka Ayase (1985), Satoshi Tsunami (1961), Joe Odagiri (1976), Shin Koyamada (1982), and Masahiro Nakai (1972). After her are Samaire Armstrong (1980), Shigeharu Ueki (1954), Shigemitsu Sudo (1956), One (1986), Mamiko Noto (1980), and Yui (1987).
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 1,563
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.32
Rank: 1,564
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 1,565
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 1,566
1982 - Present
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 1,567
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 1,568
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 1,569
1980 - Present
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 1,570
1954 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 1,571
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 1,572
1986 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 1,573
1980 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 1,574
1987 - Present
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 1,575
Among skaters born in Japan, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 3. Before her are Yuzuru Hanyu (1994) and Midori Ito (1969). After her are Mao Asada (1990), Shoma Uno (1997), Miki Ando (1987), Daisuke Takahashi (1986), Akira Kuroiwa (1961), Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Nao Kodaira (1986), and Fumie Suguri (1980).
1994 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 1
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 2
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 3
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 4
1997 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 5
1987 - Present
HPI: 36.16
Rank: 6
1986 - Present
HPI: 36.04
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 35.71
Rank: 8
1974 - Present
HPI: 35.36
Rank: 9
1981 - Present
HPI: 34.82
Rank: 10
1986 - Present
HPI: 33.64
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 32.41
Rank: 12