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Kazuyoshi Funaki

1975 - Today

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Kazuyoshi Funaki (船木 和喜, Funaki Kazuyoshi) (born 27 April 1975) is a Japanese former ski jumper. He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the V-style, in which the body lies flatter between the skis than usual. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Kazuyoshi Funaki is the 174th most popular skier (down from 139th in 2024), the 1,813th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,541st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Kazuyoshi Funaki ranks 174 out of 817. Before him are Maria Walliser, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Petter Northug, Wojciech Fortuna, Peter Müller, and Mika Myllylä. After him are Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Seiji Aochi, Traudl Hecher, Thomas Alsgaard, Väinö Huhtala, and Anne Jahren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Kazuyoshi Funaki ranks 267. Before him are James D'Arcy, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Luciano Burti, Christian Corrêa Dionisio, Ana Paula Arósio, and Yoshiki Maeda. After him are Blaise Nkufo, Hugh Howey, Jun Maeda, Laurențiu Reghecampf, Maksim Mrvica, and Mira Awad.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuyoshi Funaki ranks 1,813 out of 6,245. Before him are Ippei Saga (1980), Kazuki Nakajima (1985), Yūki Amami (1967), Hironori Nagamine (1973), Yoshiki Maeda (1975), and Satoshi Tsunami (1961). After him are Masaaki Shirakawa (1949), Shunkichi Hamada (1910), Mayumi Aoki (1953), Yoshiyuki Okumura (1993), Yuki Imamura (1976), and Hitoshi Saito (1961).

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Among SKIERS In Japan

Among skiers born in Japan, Kazuyoshi Funaki ranks 4. Before him are Yukio Kasaya (1943), Noriaki Kasai (1972), and Chiharu Igaya (1931). After him are Seiji Aochi (1942), Masahiko Harada (1968), Takanobu Okabe (1970), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Hirokazu Yagi (1959), Hiroya Saitō (1970), Sara Takanashi (1996), and Hideharu Miyahira (1973).

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