1955 - Today
Toshio Hosokawa (細川 俊夫, Hosokawa Toshio, born 23 October 1955) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Germany but returned to Japan, finding a personal style inspired by classical Japanese music and culture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toshio Hosokawa has received more than 81,606 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Toshio Hosokawa is the 1,237th most popular composer, the 1,361st most popular biography from Japan and the 18th most popular Japanese Composer.
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Among composers, Toshio Hosokawa ranks 1,237 out of 1,216. Before him are Geirr Tveitt, Lowell Mason, Shivkumar Sharma, Alexandre Levy, Jocelyn Pook, and Christopher Young. After him are Georg Friedrich Haas, David Raksin, Mark Mancina, Vincent Youmans, Vicente Amigo, and John Wilbye.
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 1,231
1792 - 1872
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,232
1938 - 2022
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,233
1864 - 1892
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 1,234
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 1,235
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 1,236
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 1,237
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 1,238
1912 - 2004
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 1,239
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 1,240
1898 - 1946
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 1,241
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 1,242
1574 - 1638
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 1,243
Among people born in 1955, Toshio Hosokawa ranks 356. Before him are Batista, Pascal Dusapin, Güler Sabancı, Dennis Christopher, Pavel Cebanu, and Butch Vig. After him are Apisai Ielemia, Annette Schavan, Ole von Beust, Matthias Behr, Ken Salazar, and Ethan Phillips.
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 350
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 351
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 352
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 353
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 354
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 355
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 356
1955 - 2018
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 357
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 358
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 359
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 360
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 361
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 362
Among people born in Japan, Toshio Hosokawa ranks 1,361 out of 6,048. Before him are Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), Kenta Hasegawa (1965), Noriko Hidaka (1962), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), Nobuko Jashima (1959), and Kouta Hirano (1973). After him are Kono Yasui (1880), Tooru Fujisawa (1967), Nana Mizuki (1980), Eiji Aonuma (1963), Yukari Tamura (1978), and Haruhisa Hasegawa (1957).
1939 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,355
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 1,356
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 1,357
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 1,358
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 1,359
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 1,360
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 1,361
1880 - 1971
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 1,362
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 1,363
1980 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 1,364
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 1,365
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 1,366
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 1,367
Among composers born in Japan, Toshio Hosokawa ranks 18. Before him are Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Koji Kondo (1961), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), and Junichi Masuda (1968). After him are Masaaki Suzuki (1954), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), Kazumi Totaka (1967), and Hitoshi Sakimoto (1969).
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 12
1914 - 1955
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 13
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 14
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 15
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 16
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 17
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 18
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 19
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 20
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 21
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.20
Rank: 22