1948 - Today
Sho Kosugi (ショー・コスギ, Shō Kosugi, born Shōichi Kosugi (小杉 正一, Kosugi Shōichi) on June 17, 1948) is a Japanese martial artist, actor, filmmaker and writer with extensive training in Shindō jinen-ryū Karate, Kendo, Judo, Iaido, Kobudo, Aikido and Ninjutsu. A former All Japan Karate Champion, he gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, often playing ninjas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sho Kosugi has received more than 528,885 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sho Kosugi is the 2,073rd most popular actor (down from 1,953rd in 2019), the 797th most popular biography from Japan (down from 716th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Actor.
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Among actors, Sho Kosugi ranks 2,073 out of 10,030. Before him are Úrsula Corberó, Aaron Paul, Jonathan Groff, Melina Kanakaredes, Yuen Wah, and Edmund Kean. After him are Edith González, Hannelore Elsner, Movita Castaneda, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Nouri, and Luke Evans.
1989 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 2,067
1979 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 2,068
1985 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 2,069
1967 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 2,070
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,071
1787 - 1833
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,072
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,073
1964 - 2019
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,074
1942 - 2019
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,075
1916 - 2015
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,076
1977 - Present
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 2,077
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 2,078
1979 - Present
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 2,079
Among people born in 1948, Sho Kosugi ranks 181. Before him are Siim Kallas, Kemal Monteno, Gunnar Nilsson, Yuriy Yekhanurov, Ram Baran Yadav, and Kristina Lugn. After him are Javier Irureta, Gerry Adams, Dee Wallace, Steve Winwood, Pietro Anastasi, and Vladimír Remek.
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 175
1948 - 2015
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 176
1948 - 1978
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 177
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 178
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 179
1948 - 2020
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 180
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 181
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 182
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 183
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 184
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 185
1948 - 2020
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 186
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 187
Among people born in Japan, Sho Kosugi ranks 797 out of 5,560. Before him are Matsudaira Katamori (1836), Tokutaro Ukon (1913), Heisuke Hironaka (1931), Sakuma Shōzan (1811), Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956), and Takao Orii (1950). After him are Saigō Jūdō (1843), Mitsuo Watanabe (1953), Mitsuo Kato (1953), Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), Shō Shin (1465), and Hiroji Imamura (1949).
1836 - 1893
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 791
1913 - 1944
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 792
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 793
1811 - 1864
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 794
1956 - Present
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 795
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 796
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 797
1843 - 1902
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 798
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 799
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 800
1386 - 1428
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 801
1465 - 1526
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 802
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 803
Among actors born in Japan, Sho Kosugi ranks 24. Before him are Kirin Kiki (1943), Mako (1933), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), and Meiko Kaji (1947). After him are Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), Chieko Baisho (1941), Chishū Ryū (1904), Mayumi Tanaka (1955), Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), and Kyōko Kagawa (1931).
1943 - 2018
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 18
1933 - 2006
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 19
1931 - 1997
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 20
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 21
1909 - 1977
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 22
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 23
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 24
1896 - 1982
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 25
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 26
1904 - 1993
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 27
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 28
1928 - 1996
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 29
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 30