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Toshihiko Koga

1967 - 2021

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Toshihiko Koga (古賀 稔彦, Koga Toshihiko, 21 November 1967 – 24 March 2021) was a Japanese judoka, 9th degree black belt and Olympic champion who competed in the –71 kg and –78 kg divisions. Koga is regarded as having perhaps the greatest ippon seoi nage ever. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toshihiko Koga has received more than 116,726 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Toshihiko Koga is the 283rd most popular wrestler (down from 225th in 2019), the 1,771st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,585th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

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  • 41.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Toshihiko Koga ranks 283 out of 1,027Before him are Frank Andersson, George Steele, Daniel Bryan, Santiago Lange, Viscera, and Thierry Rey. After him are Kazimierz Lipień, Goldust, Sheamus, Big Boss Man, Shohei Ono, and Jeff Jarrett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Toshihiko Koga ranks 439Before him are Anderson Cooper, Tim McGraw, Ainars Bagatskis, Alberto García Aspe, Alain Roche, and Renata Litvinova. After him are Alan Gilbert, Nobuhiro Takeda, Alberto Otárola, Jeff Jarrett, Anita Wachter, and Joseph M. Acaba. Among people deceased in 2021, Toshihiko Koga ranks 625Before him are Bertil Johansson, T. B. Joshua, Samuel E. Wright, Catherine Tizard, Félix Salinas, and Raúl Rivero. After him are Igor Nikulin, Bernd Nickel, Yury Sharov, Jane Withers, Mike Enzi, and Georgi Dimitrov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toshihiko Koga ranks 1,771 out of 6,245Before him are Kinuko Tanida (1939), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (1986), Takashi Inui (1988), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), Shinji Nakano (1971), and Koda Kumi (1982). After him are Katsura Hoshino (1980), Nobuhiro Takeda (1967), Yutaka Ikeuchi (1961), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), Ai Sugiyama (1975), and Hideki Tsukamoto (1973).

Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Toshihiko Koga ranks 24Before him are Jushin Liger (1964), Tadahiro Nomura (1974), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), Hitoshi Saito (1961), Shinsuke Nakamura (1980), and Takanohana Kōji (1972). After him are Shohei Ono (1992), Naoya Ogawa (1968), Ryoko Tani (1975), Saori Yoshida (1982), Kaori Icho (1984), and Kiyomi Kato (1948).