1934 - Today
Yoshio Furukawa (古川 好男, Furukawa Yoshio, born July 5, 1934) is a former Japanese football player. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshio Furukawa has received more than 6,014 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Yoshio Furukawa is the 184th most popular soccer player (up from 203rd in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Japan (up from 249th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.
Yoshio Furukawa is most famous for his work in the field of electrochemistry. Furukawa is the inventor of the fuel cell, which is a device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy.
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Among soccer players, Yoshio Furukawa ranks 184 out of 16,923. Before him are Ruud Krol, Neymar, Shiro Misaki, Dennis Bergkamp, Felix Magath, and Michel Hidalgo. After him are Tostão, Hideo Sakai, Careca, Jiro Miyake, Xavi, and Raymond Domenech.
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 178
1992 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 179
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 180
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 181
1953 - Present
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 182
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 183
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 184
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 185
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 186
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 187
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 188
1980 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 189
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 190
Among people born in 1934, Yoshio Furukawa ranks 72. Before him are Kenzo Ohashi, Ingvar Carlsson, Marshall Rosenberg, Carlo Rubbia, Heng Samrin, and Robert Moog. After him are Kurt Hamrin, Tassos Papadopoulos, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Linda Cristal, Leonid Rogozov, and Georges Wolinski.
1934 - 2015
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 66
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 67
1934 - 2015
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 68
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 69
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 70
1934 - 2005
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 71
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 72
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 73
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 74
1934 - 2012
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 75
1934 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 76
1934 - 2000
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 77
1934 - 2015
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 78
Among people born in Japan, Yoshio Furukawa ranks 209 out of 5,560. Before him are Yoshio Okada (1926), Emperor Antoku (1178), Yosa Buson (1716), Shiro Misaki (null), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), and Setsuko Hara (1920). After him are Hideo Sakai (1909), Jiro Miyake (1900), Shoko Asahara (1955), Masao Takada (null), Takashi Kawanishi (1899), and Mitsuru Ushijima (1887).
1926 - 2002
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 203
1178 - 1185
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 204
1716 - 1783
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 205
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 206
1659 - 1719
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 207
1920 - 2015
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 208
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 209
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 210
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 211
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 212
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 213
1899 - Present
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 214
1887 - 1945
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 215
Among soccer players born in Japan, Yoshio Furukawa ranks 18. Before him are Kazu Naoki (1918), Nagayasu Honda (null), Kenzo Ohashi (1934), Kiyoo Kanda (1900), Yoshio Okada (1926), and Shiro Misaki (null). After him are Hideo Sakai (1909), Jiro Miyake (1900), Masao Takada (null), Takashi Kawanishi (1899), Hiroto Muraoka (1931), and Shiro Teshima (1907).
1918 - 1944
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 12
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 13
1934 - 2015
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 14
1900 - 1970
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 15
1926 - 2002
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 16
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 17
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 18
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 19
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 20
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 21
1899 - Present
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 22
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 23
1907 - 1982
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 24