1943 - Today
Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, Kasaya Yukio, August 17, 1943 – April 23, 2024) was a Japanese ski jumper. At the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo he became the first Japanese athlete to win a gold medal and the second Japanese (after Chiharu Igaya) to win any medal at the Winter olympics. Previously he placed second at the 1970 World Championships and won the first three jumping events at the 1971/72 Four Hills Tournament. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yukio Kasaya has received more than 29,287 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Yukio Kasaya is the 34th most popular skier (up from 58th in 2019), the 1,031st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,139th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Skier.
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Among skiers, Yukio Kasaya ranks 34 out of 541. Before him are Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Sonja Edström, Tormod Knutsen, Bernhard Russi, Christl Cranz, and Torbjørn Falkanger. After him are Heidi Biebl, Josef Bradl, Laila Schou Nilsen, Bojan Križaj, Helmut Recknagel, and Gunnar Eriksson.
1950 - 2006
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 28
1930 - 2020
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 29
1932 - 2021
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 30
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 31
1914 - 2004
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 32
1927 - 2013
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 33
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 34
1941 - 2022
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 35
1918 - 1982
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 36
1919 - 1998
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 37
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 38
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 39
1921 - 1982
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1943, Yukio Kasaya ranks 342. Before him are Peter Straub, Milan Máčala, Ted Neeley, Kenzo Yokoyama, John Lennox, and Janet Margolin. After him are Patricia Churchland, František Veselý, Juan Mujica, Bobby Keys, Joël Robert, and Tadao Onishi.
1943 - 2022
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 336
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 337
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 338
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 339
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 340
1943 - 1993
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 341
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 342
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 343
1943 - 2009
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 344
1943 - 2016
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 345
1943 - 2014
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 346
1943 - 2021
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 347
1943 - 2006
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 348
Among people born in Japan, Yukio Kasaya ranks 1,031 out of 6,048. Before him are Kenzo Yokoyama (1943), Uemura Shōen (1875), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), Hiro Mashima (1977), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), and Kinue Hitomi (1907). After him are Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Keizo Imai (1950), Tōru Furuya (1953), and Ryozo Suzuki (1939).
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 1,025
1875 - 1949
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 1,026
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 1,027
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 1,028
1664 - 1729
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 1,029
1907 - 1931
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 1,030
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 1,031
1838 - 1897
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 1,032
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 1,033
1879 - 1963
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 1,034
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 1,035
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 1,036
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 1,037
Among skiers born in Japan, Yukio Kasaya ranks 2. Before him are Noriaki Kasai (1972). After him are Chiharu Igaya (1931), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Masahiko Harada (1968), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Takanobu Okabe (1970), Daiki Ito (1985), Sara Takanashi (1996), Tae Satoya (1976), Hiroya Saitō (1970), and Akito Watabe (1988).
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 2
1931 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 3
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 4
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 5
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.52
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.46
Rank: 8
1996 - Present
HPI: 33.27
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.07
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 31.77
Rank: 11
1988 - Present
HPI: 30.71
Rank: 12