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Shizuka Arakawa

1981 - Today

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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 288,297 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Shizuka Arakawa is the 199th most popular skater (down from 163rd in 2019), the 2,013th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,565th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Skater.

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  • 46.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 199 out of 483. Before her are Philippe Candeloro, Evgeni Platov, Oksana Grishuk, Javier Fernández, André Hoffmann, and Robin Cousins. After her are Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Denis Ten, Gabi Zange, Mao Asada, and James Grogan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 376. Before her are Julien Benneteau, David Lafata, Germán Denis, Mikael Forssell, Vitalii Kim, and Synyster Gates. After her are Ali Abbasi, Allison Tolman, Murilo Endres, Julia Dietze, Humberto Suazo, and Kwak Tae-hwi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 2,013 out of 6,245. Before her are Rimi Natsukawa (1973), Masaharu Suzuki (1970), Aya Ueto (1985), Ai Kayano (1987), Kana Ueda (1980), and Asako Takakura (1968). After her are Goichi Suda (1968), Ryuji Sato (1977), Saori Hara (1988), Toshihide Saito (1973), Hiroshi Tamaki (1980), and Megumi Igarashi (1972).

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Among SKATERS In Japan

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), Yuka Sato (1973), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Miki Ando (1987), Shoma Uno (1997), Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974), Akira Kuroiwa (1961), Daisuke Takahashi (1986), and Nobunari Oda (1987).

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