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Yoko Shimada

1953 - 2022

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Yoko Shimada (Japanese: 島田 陽子, Hepburn: Shimada Yōko, 17 May 1953 – 25 July 2022) was a Japanese actress, best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoko Shimada has received more than 430,119 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoko Shimada is the 3,967th most popular actor, the 1,111th most popular biography from Japan and the 66th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Yoko Shimada ranks 3,967 out of 9,996Before her are George Bancroft, Debra Messing, CCH Pounder, Lily Pons, Jim Cummings, and Jack Benny. After her are Roger Lloyd-Pack, Harold Gould, Héctor Alterio, Maurizio Micheli, Jean Poiret, and Assumpta Serna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Yoko Shimada ranks 242Before her are Colleen Camp, Neda Arnerić, Mokhtar Dahari, Otmar Hasler, Boris Grebenshchikov, and José Bové. After her are Geddy Lee, James Foley, Levir Culpi, Mitsuo Kato, Ahmad Sa'adat, and Mehdi Cerbah. Among people deceased in 2022, Yoko Shimada ranks 281Before her are Nehemiah Persoff, Karol Divín, Nélida Piñon, Greg Bear, Robert Blust, and Henk Groot. After her are Freddy Rincón, Jô Soares, Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Jüri Tarmak, L. Q. Jones, and Zofia Posmysz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoko Shimada ranks 1,111 out of 6,048Before her are Mikio Sato (1928), Seiki Ichihara (1950), Akira Terao (1947), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), Nozu Michitsura (1840), and Yasuji Miyazaki (1916). After her are Hiroshi Ninomiya (1937), Ikue Ōtani (1965), Mitsuo Kato (1953), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Kappei Yamaguchi (1965), and Aguri Suzuki (1960).

Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Yoko Shimada ranks 66Before her are Hiroshi Abe (1964), Masi Oka (1974), Miyoshi Umeki (1929), Rinko Kikuchi (1981), Daisuke Gōri (1952), and Akira Terao (1947). After her are Ikue Ōtani (1965), Kappei Yamaguchi (1965), Tura Satana (1938), Tsuru Aoki (1892), Yoshiko Kuga (1931), and Hiroshi Kamiya (1975).

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