ACTOR

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

1920 - 2014

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Yoshiko Yamaguchi (山口 淑子, Yamaguchi Yoshiko, February 12, 1920 – September 7, 2014) was a Japanese singer, actress, journalist, and politician. Born in China, she made an international career in film in China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States. Early in her career, the Manchukuo Film Association concealed her Japanese origin and she went by the Chinese name Li Hsiang-lan (李香蘭), rendered in Japanese as Ri Kōran. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshiko Yamaguchi has received more than 365,663 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshiko Yamaguchi is the 856th most popular actor (down from 812th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from China (down from 337th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Actor.

Yoshiko Yamaguchi is most famous for being the first woman to represent Japan in the Olympics.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yoshiko Yamaguchis by language

Over the past year Yoshiko Yamaguchi has had the most page views in the with 373,124 views, followed by Chinese (122,951), and English (59,794). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Wu Chinese (465.25%), Classical Chinese (104.19%), and Bislama (46.49%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 856 out of 13,578. Before her are River Phoenix, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Patrick, Theda Bara, Senta Berger, and Denholm Elliott. After her are Robert Loggia, John Noble, Sam Elliott, Richard Jenkins, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Mike Myers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 77. Before her are Albert Barillé, Robert Whittaker, Abe Lenstra, Takashi Kano, Arthur Hailey, and Alicia Alonso. After her are Dorothea Binz, Maurice Bucaille, Frank Sheeran, Gottfried Böhm, Mehdi Ben Barka, and Peter D. Mitchell. Among people deceased in 2014, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 64. Before her are Robert A. Dahl, James Garner, Tito Vilanova, Chespirito, Oscar de la Renta, and Věra Chytilová. After her are Gabriel Axel, Ernst Albrecht, Vujadin Boškov, Hilderaldo Bellini, Billy Milligan, and Kim Song-ae.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 367 out of 1,610. Before her are Gegeen Khan (1302), Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809), Lady Zhen (183), Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814), Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür (1304), and Guo Moruo (1892). After her are Fuchai (-550), Trisong Detsen (742), Terence Young (1915), Xu Guangqi (1562), Bei Dao (1949), and Zhang Daoling (34).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 6. Before her are Toshiro Mifune (1920), Jet Li (1963), Bolo Yeung (1946), Donnie Yen (1963), and Gong Li (1965). After her are Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Yuen Biao (1957), Run Run Shaw (1907), Shih Kien (1913), Yuen Siu-tien (1912), and Ti Lung (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

Scandal
Miyako Saijo
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
Apr 26o 19507 / 10
The Legend of the White Serpent
The White Lady
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
Jun 22o 19565.571 / 10
House of Bamboo
Mariko
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
Jul 1o 19556.2 / 10