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Yasushi Akutagawa

1925 - 1989

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Yasushi Akutagawa (芥川 也寸志, Akutagawa Yasushi, July 12, 1925 – January 31, 1989) was a Japanese composer and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasushi Akutagawa has received more than 94,642 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasushi Akutagawa is the 1,002nd most popular composer, the 1,012th most popular biography from Japan and the 12th most popular Japanese Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 1,002 out of 1,216. Before him are Percy Grainger, Robert Gerhard, Mikael Tariverdiev, Harald Sæverud, Meredith Monk, and Hubert Parry. After him are Hugo Distler, Johann Theile, Antoine Duhamel, Walter Piston, Gottfried von Einem, and Vagn Holmboe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 259. Before him are Ernst Stojaspal, David A. Huffman, Evelyn Berezin, Isidore Isou, Laura Ashley, and Kirill Lavrov. After him are Veikko Hakulinen, Antoine Duhamel, Luis Herrera Campins, Bert Bolin, Antony C. Sutton, and Luis E. Miramontes. Among people deceased in 1989, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 156. Before him are Bernard-Marie Koltès, Donald Barthelme, Arsenie Boca, Betti Alver, Pavel Kurochkin, and Veniamin Kaverin. After him are José Bustamante y Rivero, Harald Edelstam, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Halina Konopacka, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, and Gilles Andriamahazo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 1,012 out of 6,048. Before him are Ryuzo Hiraki (1931), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), Mutsu Munemitsu (1844), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), and Gozo Shioda (1915). After him are Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Satoru Nakajima (1953), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Makino Nobuaki (1861), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), and Masamune Shirow (1961).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 12. Before him are Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Keiko Abe (1937), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Kenji Kawai (1957), Akira Ifukube (1914), and Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933). After him are Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Koji Kondo (1961), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Junichi Masuda (1968), and Toshio Hosokawa (1955).

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