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Taiji

1966 - 2011

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Taiji Sawada (Japanese: 沢田 泰司, Hepburn: Sawada Taiji; July 12, 1966 – July 17, 2011), also known mononymously as Taiji, was a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former bassist of the rock band X Japan. X Japan rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, credited as founders of the Japanese visual kei movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Taiji is the 2,235th most popular musician (down from 1,979th in 2019), the 2,046th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,598th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Taiji ranks 2,235 out of 3,175. Before him are Tom Chaplin, Sylvain Sylvain, Guy Fletcher, Guy Berryman, Teejan Bai, and Chris Frantz. After him are Kamasi Washington, Branford Marsalis, Alla Rakha, Lee Jong-hyun, Dale Crover, and Mickey Madden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Taiji ranks 438. Before him are Shawn Drover, Zdenko Kožul, Gary McKinnon, Liu Boming, Alka Yagnik, and Aasif Mandvi. After him are Yevgeny Mironov, Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse, Marco Borsato, Patrick Ouchène, Stone Gossard, and Vincenzo Sospiri. Among people deceased in 2011, Taiji ranks 456. Before him are Dolores Fuller, H. R. F. Keating, Chen Muhua, Pertti Purhonen, Dick King-Smith, and Kathy Kirby. After him are Joseph Galibardy, Uche Okafor, Ellen Stewart, Arthur Laurents, Doris Belack, and Ed Macauley.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Taiji ranks 2,046 out of 6,245. Before him are Saiko Takahashi (1976), Koichi Nakazato (1973), Kenji Honnami (1964), Daimaou Kosaka (1973), Noriko Baba (1977), and Shunsuke Mori (1994). After him are Sho Kitano (1984), Mieko Kawakami (1976), Noboru Nakayama (1987), Takuma Kuroda (1992), Katsuhiro Hamada (1991), and Mamiko Noto (1980).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Taiji ranks 35. Before him are Keiko Matsui (1961), Naomi Munakata (1955), Hiromi Uehara (1979), Tsunku (1968), Heath (1968), and Midori (1971). After him are Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), Pata (1965), Sugizo (1969), Cornelius (1969), Mai Kuraki (1982), and Kamijo (1975).

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