1968 - Today
Mitsuo Terada (寺田 光男, Terada Mitsuo, born October 29, 1968), known professionally as Tsunku (つんく♂), is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q. As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Coconuts Musume, Berryz Kobo, Cute, V-u-den, Aya Matsuura, and Maki Goto. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsunku has received more than 206,941 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Tsunku is the 2,102nd most popular musician (down from 1,988th in 2019), the 1,598th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,463rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Japanese Musician.
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Among musicians, Tsunku ranks 2,102 out of 2,662. Before him are David Murray, Pierre Bastien, Andrew Hill, Roope Latvala, Sonny Fortune, and Lorenz Hart. After him are Les Claypool, Peter Christopherson, John Glascock, Jesper Strömblad, Carl W. Stalling, and David Silveria.
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 2,096
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 2,097
1931 - 2007
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 2,098
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 2,099
1939 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 2,100
1895 - 1943
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 2,101
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 2,102
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 2,103
1955 - 2010
HPI: 39.85
Rank: 2,104
1951 - 1979
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 2,105
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 2,106
1891 - 1972
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 2,107
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 2,108
Among people born in 1968, Tsunku ranks 392. Before him are McG, Arvind Kejriwal, Bill Burr, Tiken Jah Fakoly, José Luis Sierra, and Oleh Luzhny. After him are Lorenzo Bernardi, Mustafa Şentop, Robert Korzeniowski, Nobutoshi Canna, Svetlana Masterkova, and Salvatore Licitra.
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 386
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.01
Rank: 387
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 388
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 389
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 390
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 391
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 392
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 393
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 394
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 395
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 396
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 397
1968 - 2011
HPI: 39.68
Rank: 398
Among people born in Japan, Tsunku ranks 1,598 out of 6,048. Before him are Masami Kuwashima (1950), Takuya Takagi (1967), Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Yuji Takada (1954), and Yoshito Ōkubo (1982). After him are Yuji Sugano (1961), Tatsuya Ishihara (1966), Masakuni Yamamoto (1958), Toshio Takabayashi (1953), Takanohana Kōji (1972), and Takashi Mizunuma (1960).
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 1,592
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 1,593
1936 - 2019
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 1,594
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 1,595
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 1,596
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 1,597
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 1,598
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 1,599
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 1,600
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 1,601
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 1,602
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 1,603
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 1,604
Among musicians born in Japan, Tsunku ranks 32. Before him are Ringo Sheena (1978), Midori (1971), Toshio Masuda (1959), Taiji (1966), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), and Cornelius (1969). After him are Hiromi Uehara (1979), Pata (1965), Jin Akanishi (1984), Heath (1968), Mai Kuraki (1982), and Naomi Munakata (1955).
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 26
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 27
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 28
1966 - 2011
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 29
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 30
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 31
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 32
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 33
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 34
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.59
Rank: 35
1968 - 2023
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 36
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 37
1955 - 2020
HPI: 37.81
Rank: 38