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Torakusu Yamaha

1851 - 1916

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Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠, Yamaha Torakusu, 20 April 1851 – 8 August 1916) was a Japanese businessman and entrepreneur known as the founder of the Yamaha Corporation. Yamaha was the first Japanese manufacturer of the reed organ and established Nippon Gakki Co Ltd in Hamamatsu to produce organs and other musical instruments including pianos and harmonicas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torakusu Yamaha has received more than 238,705 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Torakusu Yamaha is the 167th most popular businessperson (down from 151st in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from Japan (up from 384th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Torakusu Yamaha ranks 167 out of 601. Before him are Lady Bird Johnson, Charles Simonyi, Masayoshi Son, Phil Knight, Karl Albrecht, and Stanley Ho. After him are Tomáš Baťa, Steve Chen, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Theodor de Bry, Malcolm Glazer, and Edsel Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Torakusu Yamaha ranks 20. Before him are Friedrich von Wieser, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adolf von Harnack, Knut Wicksell, Vincent d'Indy, and Isabella, Princess of Asturias. After him are Asa Griggs Candler, Alexander, Prince of Orange, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, George Francis FitzGerald, Bernardino Machado, and Doc Holliday. Among people deceased in 1916, Torakusu Yamaha ranks 47. Before him are Joseph Gallieni, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Hans Richter, Hugo Münsterberg, and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. After him are Ōyama Iwao, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Oswald Boelcke, Hiram Maxim, and Max Immelmann.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Torakusu Yamaha ranks 361 out of 6,048. Before him are Oichi (1547), Akira Nozawa (1914), Empress Masako (1963), Emperor Uda (867), Azai Nagamasa (1545), and Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855). After him are Kenichi Fukui (1918), Hirohiko Araki (1960), Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), Keizō Obuchi (1937), Masao Takada (null), and Hishikawa Moronobu (1618).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Torakusu Yamaha ranks 7. Before him are Soichiro Honda (1906), Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Akio Morita (1921), Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), and Masayoshi Son (1957). After him are Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), Tadashi Yanai (1949), Norio Ohga (1930), and Tatsumi Kimishima (1950).

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