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Shoichi Nishimura

1912 - 1998

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Shoichi Nishimura (西邑 昌一, Nishimura Shōichi; 1912 – March 22, 1998) was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shoichi Nishimura is the 169th most popular soccer player (up from 315th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Japan (up from 328th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

Shoichi Nishimura is most famous for the discovery of the Nishimura-Ogura syndrome, which is a genetic disorder that causes mental retardation and seizures.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Shoichi Nishimura ranks 169 out of 21,273. Before him are Héctor Scarone, Vahid Halilhodžić, John Barnes, Dennis Bergkamp, Kunishige Kamamoto, and Yasuo Takamori. After him are Robert Lewandowski, Miroslav Klose, Pepe, Masao Uchino, Takashi Furukawa, and Telmo Zarra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Shoichi Nishimura ranks 51. Before him are Elsa Morante, Kim Philby, James Callaghan, Sonja Henie, Jozef Gabčík, and Otto Ernst Remer. After him are Robert Doisneau, George Emil Palade, Duško Popov, Isser Harel, Don Siegel, and Cornel Wilde. Among people deceased in 1998, Shoichi Nishimura ranks 28. Before him are Konstantinos Karamanlis, Tameo Ide, Theodore Schultz, George H. Hitchings, Raymond Cattell, and Falco. After him are Kenichi Fukui, Nizar Qabbani, Julien Green, Helen Wills, Kunitaka Sueoka, and Alfred Schnittke.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shoichi Nishimura ranks 156 out of 6,245. Before him are Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Yasuo Takamori (1934), and Sen no Rikyū (1522). After him are Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Masao Uchino (1934), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Empress Genshō (680), Kenichi Fukui (1918), and Takashi Furukawa (1981).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Shoichi Nishimura ranks 12. Before him are Masao Ono (1923), Jiro Miyake (1900), Usaburo Hidaka (null), Hiroaki Sato (1932), Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), and Yasuo Takamori (1934). After him are Masao Uchino (1934), Takashi Furukawa (1981), Takashi Takabayashi (1931), Teiichi Matsumaru (1909), Hiroto Muraoka (1931), and Yasuo Suzuki (1913).

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