SOCCER PLAYER

Yuji Nakazawa

1978 - Today

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Yuji Nakazawa (中澤 佑二, Nakazawa Yūji, born 25 February 1978) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a centre back for J1 League side Tokyo Verdy and Yokohama F. Marinos. He was the formerly the captain of the Japan national team. His nickname is "Bomber" because of his distinctive hairstyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuji Nakazawa has received more than 131,552 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuji Nakazawa is the 5,664th most popular soccer player (down from 5,285th in 2019), the 1,702nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,644th in 2019) and the 344th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yuji Nakazawas by language

Over the past year Yuji Nakazawa has had the most page views in the with 120,945 views, followed by English (15,784), and Chinese (2,928). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (146.24%), Latvian (94.46%), and Egyptian Arabic (75.78%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yuji Nakazawa ranks 5,664 out of 21,273Before him are Allan, Vincent Enyeama, Leandro Trossard, Erjon Bogdani, Petr Němec, and Willian José. After him are Leandro Cufré, Sergei Yuran, Eetje Sol, Derlei, Josué Anunciado de Oliveira, and Endrick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Yuji Nakazawa ranks 255Before him are Taís Araújo, Mike Bryan, Emmanuel Olisadebe, David Krumholtz, Bebe, and Benji Gregory. After him are Leandro Cufré, Emilio Palma, Jagoba Arrasate, Justin Wilson, Alesha Dixon, and Marco Fu.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuji Nakazawa ranks 1,702 out of 6,245Before him are Satsuki Yukino (1970), Kohsuke Toriumi (1973), Masakiyo Maezono (1973), Mamiko Noto (1980), Princess Kako of Akishino (1994), and Yua Mikami (1993). After him are Keiji Inafune (1965), Yuma Asami (1987), Yuko Takeuchi (1980), Sana (1996), Kazumi Kishi (1975), and Tatsuya Fujiwara (1982).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Yuji Nakazawa ranks 344Before him are Hiroshi Sowa (1956), Shigemitsu Sudo (1956), Yuji Sugano (1961), Ritsu Doan (1998), Masayuki Nakagomi (1967), and Masakiyo Maezono (1973). After him are Kazumi Kishi (1975), Yukitaka Omi (1952), Tetsuji Hashiratani (1964), Kengo Nakamura (1980), Masakuni Yamamoto (1958), and Hiroshi Soejima (1959).