SOCCER PLAYER

Kazu Naoki

1918 - 1944

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Kazu Naoki (直木 和, Naoki Kazu; March 23, 1918 – 1940s) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazu Naoki is the 349th most popular soccer player (up from 770th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Japan (up from 662nd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

Kazu Naoki is most famous for his manga series Barefoot Gen. The series is about the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kazu Naoki ranks 349 out of 21,273. Before him are Reizo Fukuhara, Rui Costa, Fukusaburo Harada, Arjen Robben, Saburo Shinosaki, and Pedro Petrone. After him are Yoshio Fujiwara, Adriano, Rúben Amorim, Antoine Griezmann, Gian Piero Gasperini, and Jan Koller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Kazu Naoki ranks 69. Before him are Yigal Allon, Edwin G. Krebs, Rosemary Kennedy, Sam Walton, Robert Aldrich, and Ahmed Deedat. After him are Henryk Szeryng, Mary Anderson, Kakuei Tanaka, John Forsythe, Jeff Chandler, and Edward A. Murphy Jr.. Among people deceased in 1944, Kazu Naoki ranks 79. Before him are Emilio De Bono, Artur Phleps, Bronislav Kaminski, Christian Wirth, Milan Hodža, and Martin Kutta. After him are Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, August Landmesser, Asmahan, Paul Otlet, Günther Korten, and Erich Fellgiebel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazu Naoki ranks 329 out of 6,245. Before him are Fukusaburo Harada (null), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Toba (1103), Saburo Shinosaki (null), and Shoichi Yokoi (1915). After him are Yoshio Fujiwara (null), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), Masayoshi Son (1957), Go Nagai (1945), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), and Emperor Ankan (466).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Kazu Naoki ranks 82. Before him are Hisataka Okamoto (1933), Noritaka Hidaka (1947), Tadao Horie (1913), Reizo Fukuhara (1931), Fukusaburo Harada (null), and Saburo Shinosaki (null). After him are Yoshio Fujiwara (null), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), Kenji Tochio (1941), Haruo Arima (null), Shogo Kamo (1915), and Kiyoo Kanda (1900).

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