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Izumi Sakai

1967 - 2007

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Sachiko Kamachi (蒲池 幸子, Kamachi Sachiko; February 6, 1967 – May 27, 2007), known professionally as Izumi Sakai (坂井 泉水, Sakai Izumi), was a Japanese pop singer and core member of the group Zard. As Sakai was the only member in the group for the majority of the 16 years which it was active, Zard and Sakai may be referred to interchangeably. She was the best-selling female recording artist of the 1990s and has sold over 38 million copies of sales, making her one of the best-selling music artists in Japan of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Izumi Sakai is the 1,467th most popular singer (down from 1,228th in 2019), the 1,421st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,205th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Izumi Sakai ranks 1,467 out of 4,381. Before her are Birgit Brüel, Helmut Lotti, Annie Palmen, Arne Bendiksen, Biyouna, and Bleona. After her are Paule Desjardins, Matt Monro, Oliver Sykes, Brian Hyland, Ghulam Ali, and Fred Buscaglione.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Izumi Sakai ranks 220. Before her are Michael Marsh, Pierre Coffin, Abdiweli Gaas, Simone Moro, Frankie Fredericks, and Meho Kodro. After her are Jimmy Kimmel, Günther, Carlos Alberto Dias, Albert Rösti, Akira Ishida, and Bogdan Stelea. Among people deceased in 2007, Izumi Sakai ranks 294. Before her are Ernesto Alonso, Bert Bolin, Srđan Mrkušić, Aaron Russo, Heinz Schiller, and Toshikatsu Matsuoka. After her are Paule Desjardins, Pascal Yoadimnadji, John Flynn, Jimmy Makulis, Eugen Walaschek, and Blaga Aleksova.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Izumi Sakai ranks 1,421 out of 6,245. Before her are Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), Tomohide Nakazawa (1980), Chiaki Yamada (1966), Toshikatsu Matsuoka (1945), Mikio Aoki (1934), and Toshio Suzuki (1955). After her are Ichiya Kumagae (1890), Hirotugu Akaike (1927), Masayuki Maegawa (1984), Kiyotaka Matsui (1961), Haruhiro Yamashita (1938), and Yu Suzuki (1958).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Izumi Sakai ranks 12. Before her are Damo Suzuki (1950), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Akina Nakamori (1965), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), Yoko Kanno (1963), and Namie Amuro (1977). After her are Atsushi Sakurai (1966), Joji (1992), Hironobu Kageyama (1961), Masashi Tashiro (1956), Anri (1961), and Toshi (1965).

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