VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

Takako Shirai

1952 - Today

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Takako Shirai (白井貴子 Shirai Takako, Korean: 윤정순, Hanja: 尹貞順, born 18 July 1952) is a former volleyball player from Japan and two-time Olympian who was a member of the Japanese women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Shirai also helped Japan win the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takako Shirai has received more than 12,366 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Takako Shirai is the 40th most popular volleyball player (up from 48th in 2019), the 1,989th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,860th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Volleyball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Takako Shirai ranks 40 out of 199. Before her are Kim Yeon-koung, Peter Blangé, Dante Amaral, Andrea Gardini, Jenia Grebennikov, and Magaly Carvajal. After her are Murilo Endres, Bas van de Goor, Clayton Stanley, Gustavo Endres, Bartosz Kurek, and Regla Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Takako Shirai ranks 710. Before her are Stephen South, Marco Aurélio, Don Was, Tatyana Goyshchik, Viv Richards, and Michael Brook. After her are Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Kage Baker, Veronika Schmidt, Anastase Murekezi, Ute Hommola, and John Carl Buechler.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takako Shirai ranks 1,989 out of 6,245. Before her are Hisanori Shirasawa (1964), Kamijo (1975), Jin Akanishi (1984), Nobunaga Shimazaki (1988), Asami Sugiura (1985), and Harue Sato (1976). After her are Naomi Shindō (1972), Toshihiro Hattori (1973), Gaku Shibasaki (1992), Harumi Kori (1953), Shoya Tomizawa (1990), and Michiru Yamane (1963).

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among volleyball players born in Japan, Takako Shirai ranks 2. Before her are Masae Kasai (1933). After her are Yoshie Takeshita (1978), Saori Kimura (1986), Miyuki Takahashi (1978), and Erika Araki (1984).

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