MUSICIAN

Tomoyasu Hotei

1962 - Today

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Tomoyasu Hotei (布袋 寅泰, Hotei Tomoyasu, born February 1, 1962), also known simply as Hotei ( HOH-tay), is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and actor. With a career spanning more than 40 years, Hotei claims record sales of over 40 million copies and has collaborated with artists from around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomoyasu Hotei has received more than 331,614 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tomoyasu Hotei is the 1,785th most popular musician (down from 1,662nd in 2019), the 1,487th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,322nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tomoyasu Hotei ranks 1,785 out of 3,175. Before him are A. R. Rahman, Andraé Crouch, Dave Edmunds, Earl Wild, Laurent Garnier, and Mel Tormé. After him are Ray Evans, Brian Downey, Joe South, Dave Hill, Elizabeth Cotten, and Chris Hillman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Tomoyasu Hotei ranks 370. Before him are Ivan Jovanović, Marc Cherry, Sabine Busch, François Delecour, Vlado Bučkovski, and Daniel Levy. After him are Nélson Luís Kerchner, Buck Angel, Miho Mosulishvili, Nikolai Yevmenov, Garth Brooks, and Abdeslam Laghrissi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tomoyasu Hotei ranks 1,487 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuo Ozaki (1960), Satoshi Miyauchi (1959), Akihiro Nishimura (1958), Toshio Matsuura (1955), Norifumi Abe (1975), and Junichi Inamoto (1979). After him are Toru Kamikawa (1963), Naoji Ito (1959), Tokiharu Abe (1911), Hikaru Nakamura (1987), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), and Toshiaki Imai (1954).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Tomoyasu Hotei ranks 25. Before him are Miyavi (1981), Nobuko Imai (1943), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Heath (1968), Nigo (1970), and Yoko Shimomura (1967). After him are Takanori Nishikawa (1970), Ringo Sheena (1978), Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), Keiko Matsui (1961), Midori (1971), and Toshio Masuda (1959).

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