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Yuta Watanabe

1994 - Today

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Yuta Watanabe (渡邊 雄太, Watanabe Yūta, born October 13, 1994) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Chiba Jets Funabashi of the B.League. He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials (now Revolutionaries), becoming the first Japanese-born student athlete to secure an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship. He was named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuta Watanabe has received more than 2,357,176 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuta Watanabe is the 482nd most popular basketball player, the 2,075th most popular biography from Japan and the 2nd most popular Japanese Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Yuta Watanabe ranks 482 out of 1,757. Before him are Medina Dixon, Roy Tarpley, Reggie Lewis, Pero Antić, Miroslav Raduljica, and Kris Humphries. After him are Yuta Tabuse, Hot Rod Hundley, Saulius Štombergas, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Karl-Anthony Towns, and John Salley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Yuta Watanabe ranks 154. Before him are Madelaine Petsch, Kali Uchis, Kelsey Plum, Ondrej Duda, Kim Min-kyu, and Krystal Jung. After him are HoYeon Jung, Jessica Pegula, Chancel Mbemba, John Lundstram, Dacre Montgomery, and Tyias Browning.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuta Watanabe ranks 2,075 out of 6,245. Before him are Naoto Otake (1968), Pamela Franklin (1950), Mayumi Kaji (1964), Mayumi Iizuka (1977), Junko Ozawa (1973), and Kanna Hashimoto (1999). After him are Yuta Tabuse (1980), Mai Aizawa (1980), Yoshihiro Tajiri (1970), Takayuki Yamada (1983), Yasuyuki Moriyama (1969), and Mikako Ichikawa (1978).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among basketball players born in Japan, Yuta Watanabe ranks 2. Before him are Rui Hachimura (1998). After him are Yuta Tabuse (1980), Rui Machida (1993), Avi Schafer (1998), Stephanie Mawuli (1998), and Yudai Baba (1995).

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