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Momoe Yamaguchi

1959 - Today

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Momoe Miura (Japanese: 三浦 百恵, Hepburn: Miura Momoe; born 17 January 1959), known by her maiden name Momoe Yamaguchi (Japanese: 山口 百恵, Hepburn: Yamaguchi Momoe), is a Japanese former singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980. Often simply referred to by her given name "Momoe", Yamaguchi is one of the most successful singers in Japanese music, releasing 32 singles, including three number one hits, and 21 studio albums. She also starred in 15 feature films and several television serial dramas. At age 21, Yamaguchi retired at the height of her popularity to marry her frequent costar, Tomokazu Miura; she has never performed or made a public appearance since. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Momoe Yamaguchi is the 4,500th most popular actor (down from 4,276th in 2019), the 1,295th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,212th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Momoe Yamaguchi ranks 4,500 out of 13,578. Before her are Matt Ross, Haruko Sugimura, Ram Charan, Trish Van Devere, Kay Francis, and Regimantas Adomaitis. After her are Tantoo Cardinal, Ulrich Tukur, Ally Sheedy, Ariane Ascaride, Kim Ji-won, and Jennifer Saunders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Momoe Yamaguchi ranks 257. Before her are Phil Brown, D. H. Peligro, Steve Stevens, Atsushi Uchiyama, Rodrigo García, and Robert Greene. After her are Renée Fleming, Hallgrímur Helgason, Margaret Gardiner, Wolfgang Rolff, Daniela Romo, and Sheena Easton.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Momoe Yamaguchi ranks 1,295 out of 6,245. Before her are Kenichi Ohmae (1943), Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875), Sion Sono (1961), Kimiko Shiratori (1968), Haruko Sugimura (1909), and Masahiro Akimoto (1979). After her are Hiroki Kosai (1933), Eijun Kiyokumo (1950), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Kappei Yamaguchi (1965), Takako Doi (1928), and Masafumi Terada (1994).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Momoe Yamaguchi ranks 74. Before her are Unshō Ishizuka (1951), Tura Satana (1938), Kenichi Ogata (1942), Banjō Ginga (1948), Hōchū Ōtsuka (1954), and Haruko Sugimura (1909). After her are Kappei Yamaguchi (1965), Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1931), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Daisuke Gōri (1952), Minami Takayama (1964), and Rinko Kikuchi (1981).

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