FASHION DESIGNER

Yohji Yamamoto

1943 - Today

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Yohji Yamamoto (山本 耀司, Yamamoto Yōji, born 3 October 1943) is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yohji Yamamoto has received more than 1,148,290 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Yohji Yamamoto is the 19th most popular fashion designer, the 177th most popular biography from Japan (up from 195th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Fashion Designer.

Yohji Yamamoto is most famous for his avant-garde, deconstructed designs.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yohji Yamamotos by language

Over the past year Yohji Yamamoto has had the most page views in the with 137,954 views, followed by Japanese (93,466), and Russian (33,826). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (271.14%), Persian (112.18%), and Ukrainian (85.96%)

Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Yohji Yamamoto ranks 19 out of 51. Before him are Tommy Hilfiger, Elsa Schiaparelli, Kenzō Takada, Roberto Cavalli, Mary Quant, and Jean-Paul Gaultier. After him are Tom Ford, Oscar de la Renta, Paul Poiret, Rose Bertin, John Galliano, and Thierry Mugler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Yohji Yamamoto ranks 75. Before him are Lucio Dalla, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Johann Deisenhofer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Antonio Inoki, and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta. After him are David Soul, Arthur Ashe, Roy Andersson, Joni Mitchell, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, and Chantal Mouffe.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yohji Yamamoto ranks 177 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Syukuro Manabe (1931), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), and Arata Isozaki (1931). After him are Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Emperor Momozono (1741), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Emperor Tenji (626), and Katsura Tarō (1848).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In Japan

Among fashion designers born in Japan, Yohji Yamamoto ranks 2. Before him are Kenzō Takada (1939). After him are Kansai Yamamoto (1944).

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