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Takeshi Kaneshiro

1973 - Today

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Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城 武, Kaneshiro Takeshi, born October 11, 1973) is a Japanese actor and singer based in Taiwan. Beginning his career as a pop idol, he has since moved his focus from music to film. Kaneshiro has worked with renowned directors throughout East Asia, including Wong Kar-wai (Chungking Express and Fallen Angels), Peter Chan (Perhaps Love, The Warlords, and Wuxia), Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers) and John Woo (Red Cliff and The Crossing I and II), resulting in collaborations that have achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takeshi Kaneshiro has received more than 2,172,163 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Takeshi Kaneshiro is the 582nd most popular singer (up from 664th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Taiwan (down from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Taiwanese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Takeshi Kaneshiros by language

Over the past year Takeshi Kaneshiro has had the most page views in the with 337,587 views, followed by Japanese (334,374), and English (292,178). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Min Dong (400.00%), Cantonese (114.94%), and Southern Azerbaijani (106.88%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Takeshi Kaneshiro ranks 582 out of 4,381. Before him are Marlena Shaw, Jean Ferrat, Isabelle Aubret, Lusine Zakaryan, Lili Ivanova, and James Blunt. After him are J-Hope, Jennifer Rush, Ceca, George Dalaras, Anna Vissi, and Esther Ofarim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Takeshi Kaneshiro ranks 57. Before him are Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Roberto Ayala, Juliette Lewis, Guillaume Canet, Pauleta, and Haile Gebrselassie. After him are Li Bingbing, Ceca, Giancarlo Fisichella, Federica Mogherini, Roberto Martínez, and Edgars Rinkēvičs.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Takeshi Kaneshiro ranks 14 out of 116. Before him are Yuan T. Lee (1936), Terry Gou (1950), Chen Chien-jen (1951), Teruo Nakamura (1919), Shu Qi (1976), and Zheng Keshuang (1670). After him are Jensen Huang (1963), Brigitte Lin (1954), Su Tseng-chang (1947), Joan Lin (1953), Hou Yu-ih (1956), and Ko Wen-je (1960).

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Among SINGERS In Taiwan

Among singers born in Taiwan, Takeshi Kaneshiro ranks 2. Before him are Teresa Teng (1953). After him are Sally Yeh (1961), A-Mei (1972), Chou Tzu-yu (1999), Wu Bai (1968), Elva Hsiao (1979), Ken Chu (1979), Hebe Tien (1983), Angela Zhang (1982), and Aska Yang (1978).

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