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Kōkichi Tsuburaya

1940 - 1968

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Kōkichi Tsuburaya (円谷 幸吉, Tsuburaya Kōkichi) (born Kokichi Tsumuraya (円谷 幸吉, Tsumuraya Kōkichi); May 13, 1940 – January 9, 1968) was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly as a marathoner. Kokichi was also a 1st lieutenant in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kōkichi Tsuburaya is the 1,248th most popular athlete (down from 819th in 2019), the 1,470th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,323rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kōkichi Tsuburaya ranks 1,248 out of 6,025. Before him are Perikles Kakousis, Bud Houser, Clyde King, Tommy Green, Lennart Klingström, and Yrjö Hietanen. After him are Heinz Ulzheimer, Tullio Baraglia, Jadwiga Wajs, Duvall Hecht, Romano Sgheiz, and Joseph Perotaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Kōkichi Tsuburaya ranks 439. Before him are Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Michael Herr, Fred Hansen, Mary Ellen Mark, Mary Beth Peil, and Sotsha Dlamini. After him are James Brady, Whitney Smith, Reinhard Furrer, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Richard Marcinko, and Tim Severin. Among people deceased in 1968, Kōkichi Tsuburaya ranks 223. Before him are Marguerite Clayton, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Anna Kavan, Francis Frederick, and Muthulakshmi Reddy. After him are Edward Moore, Tommy Noonan, Emil Hirschfeld, Frankie Lymon, Käthe Kruse, and Archie Mayo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōkichi Tsuburaya ranks 1,470 out of 6,245. Before him are Takashi Tezuka (1960), Hiroshi Fushida (1946), Toru Ojima (1976), Kiyonori Kikutake (1928), Satoshi Tezuka (1958), and Kenyu Horiuchi (1957). After him are Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), Hiro Mashima (1977), Kōichi Yamadera (1961), Taiki Tsuruno (1990), Kazunori Yamauchi (1967), and Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Kōkichi Tsuburaya ranks 16. Before him are Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), Masanori Yusa (1915), Masaru Furukawa (1936), Akio Kaminaga (1936), Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), and Shunpei Uto (1918). After him are Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936), Hisakichi Toyoda (1912), Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (1939), Takashi Ishimoto (1935), William Phillips (null), and Akitsugu Konno (1944).

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