1965 - Today
Toshimitsu Deyama (Japanese: 出山 利三, Hepburn: Deyama Toshimitsu, born October 10, 1965), known exclusively by his stage name Toshi, is a Japanese singer who is the lead vocalist and a co-founder of the rock band X Japan, who rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s and is credited as founders of the visual kei movement. Toshi began an extensive solo career in 1992 before leaving X Japan at the end of 1997. Toshi laments he was "brainwashed" by a group called Home of Heart, whose leader would control his musical output for the next 12 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toshi has received more than 23,835 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Toshi is the 1,286th most popular singer (up from 1,324th in 2019), the 1,138th most popular biography from Japan (down from 977th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Singer.
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Among singers, Toshi ranks 1,286 out of 3,541. Before him are Amy Macdonald, Alissa White-Gluz, Ray Wilson, 6ix9ine, Shirley Manson, and Missy Elliott. After him are Grigory Leps, Ellen Winther, Enzo Ghinazzi, Jessica Simpson, Dany Dauberson, and Barney McKenna.
1987 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,280
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,281
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,282
1996 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,283
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,284
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,285
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,286
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,287
1933 - 2011
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,288
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,289
1980 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,290
1925 - 1979
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,291
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,292
Among people born in 1965, Toshi ranks 211. Before him are David Reimer, Steve Coogan, Patrik Sjöberg, John Jensen, Booker T, and Shinichirō Watanabe. After him are Mick Foley, Toninho, Doug Liman, Rob Pilatus, Andrew Stanton, and Tomas Alfredson.
1965 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 205
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 206
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 207
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 208
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 209
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 210
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 211
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 212
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 213
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 214
1965 - 1998
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 215
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 216
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 217
Among people born in Japan, Toshi ranks 1,138 out of 5,560. Before him are Minami Takayama (1964), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Daisuke Gōri (1952), Yoshinori Ishigami (1957), and Takashi Tezuka (1960). After him are Ken Akamatsu (1968), Toshio Suzuki (1955), Yukio Kasaya (1943), Nujabes (1974), Takumi Minamino (1995), and Tomoko Ohara (1957).
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,132
1917 - 1996
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,133
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,134
1952 - 2010
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,135
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,136
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,137
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,138
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,139
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 1,140
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 1,141
1974 - 2010
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 1,142
1995 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 1,143
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,144
Among singers born in Japan, Toshi ranks 15. Before him are Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Izumi Sakai (1967), Yoko Kanno (1963), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), Hironobu Kageyama (1961), and Namie Amuro (1977). After him are Nikka Costa (1972), Kōji Wada (1974), Damo Suzuki (1950), Yutaka Ozaki (1965), Joji (1992), and Mika Nakashima (1983).
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 9
1967 - 2007
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 10
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 12
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 13
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 14
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 15
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 16
1974 - 2016
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 17
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 18
1965 - 1992
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 19
1992 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 20
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 21