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Hibari Misora

1937 - 1989

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Hibari Misora (美空 ひばり, Misora Hibari; born Kazue Katō (加藤 和枝, Katō Kazue) May 29, 1937 – June 24, 1989) was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People's Honour Award, which was conferred posthumously for giving the public hope and encouragement after World War II. Misora recorded a total of 1,200 songs and sold 68 million records. After she died, consumer demand for her recordings grew significantly, and, by 2001, she had sold more than 80 million records. By 2019, record sales surpassed 100 million. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hibari Misora is the 1,555th most popular actor (down from 1,344th in 2019), the 667th most popular biography from Japan (down from 562nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hibari Misora ranks 1,555 out of 13,578. Before her are Billy Dee Williams, Momoko Kōchi, Marisa Mell, Pedro Infante, Ben Cross, and Gordon Scott. After her are Maggie Cheung, Daniel Brühl, Brad Davis, Adam Goldberg, Barbara Bain, and Elsa Lanchester.

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Among people born in 1937, Hibari Misora ranks 140. Before her are Baden Powell, Lawrence Roberts, Tony Burton, Billy Dee Williams, Audrys Bačkis, and Steve Russell. After her are Mintimer Shaimiev, Andrés Gimeno, André Glucksmann, Facundo Cabral, Eduard Uspensky, and Ned Beatty. Among people deceased in 1989, Hibari Misora ranks 83. Before her are Carlos Arias Navarro, Hans Hartung, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Nicolás Guillén, Margarete Buber-Neumann, and Arseny Tarkovsky. After her are Mihály Lantos, Kateb Yacine, Franz Binder, Sergei Sobolev, Charles Vanel, and Vasile Milea.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hibari Misora ranks 667 out of 6,245. Before her are Momoko Kōchi (1932), Emperor Reizei (949), Keisuke Okada (1868), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Tanaka Giichi (1864), and Tadao Onishi (1943). After her are Kazuhisa Kono (1950), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), and Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Hibari Misora ranks 18. Before her are Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Masako Nozawa (1936), Machiko Kyō (1924), and Momoko Kōchi (1932). After her are Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), Mayumi Tanaka (1955), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), and Kōji Yakusho (1956).

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