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Yusaku Maezawa

1975 - Today

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Yusaku Maezawa (前澤 友作, Maezawa Yūsaku, born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector. He founded Start Today in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website Zozotown in 2004, now Japan's largest. Maezawa introduced a custom-fit apparel brand Zozo and at-home measurement system, the Zozosuit, in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yusaku Maezawa has received more than 1,548,990 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Yusaku Maezawa is the 91st most popular designer (down from 77th in 2019), the 1,591st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,179th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Designer.

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  • 51.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Yusaku Maezawa ranks 91 out of 104. Before him are Matthew Carter, Bill Moggridge, Virgil Abloh, Fumito Ueda, Jenny Beavan, and Jean Louis. After him are Luc Luycx, Tony Esposito, Sandy Powell, Kate Spade, Betsey Johnson, and Thomas Heatherwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Yusaku Maezawa ranks 224. Before him are Regla Torres, Russ Kun, Edgaras Jankauskas, Ane Dahl Torp, Christo Jivkov, and Vittorio Arrigoni. After him are Nicky Butt, Toni Nieminen, Ozan Güven, Mark Ronson, Zadie Smith, and Reggie Lee.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yusaku Maezawa ranks 1,591 out of 6,245. Before him are Katsuyuki Konishi (1973), Eijun Kiyokumo (1950), Yuji Horii (1954), Midori (1971), Akiho Yoshizawa (1984), and Toshio Masuda (1959). After him are Takeru Satoh (1989), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Kaoru Kadohara (1970), Jun Fukuyama (1978), Shigetatsu Matsunaga (1962), and Kimiko Date (1970).

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Among DESIGNERS In Japan

Among designers born in Japan, Yusaku Maezawa ranks 4. Before him are Eiko Ishioka (1938), Yuko Shimizu (1946), and Fumito Ueda (1970). After him are Nicola Formichetti (1977).

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