ATHLETE
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
1936 - 2019

Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (吉川 貴久, September 4, 1936 – October 12, 2019) was a Japanese shooter. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the 50 m pistol event and won bronze medals in 1960 and 1964. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa is the 1,258th most popular athlete (up from 1,407th in 2019), the 1,476th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,505th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Athlete.
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Among ATHLETES
Among athletes, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa ranks 1,258 out of 6,025. Before him are Duvall Hecht, Romano Sgheiz, Joseph Perotaux, Commodore Cochran, Heinrich Peters, and Per Berlin. After him are Noureddine Morceli, Vasile Tiță, Edward Moore, Charles Kieffer, Eirik Kvalfoss, and Daphne Hasenjäger.
Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsDuvall Hecht
1930 - 2022
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 1,252
Romano Sgheiz
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 1,253
Joseph Perotaux
1883 - 1967
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 1,254
Commodore Cochran
1902 - 1969
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 1,255
Heinrich Peters
1850 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 1,256
Per Berlin
1921 - 2011
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 1,257
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
1936 - 2019
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 1,258
Noureddine Morceli
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,259
Vasile Tiță
1928 - 2013
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,260
Edward Moore
1897 - 1968
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,261
Charles Kieffer
1910 - 1975
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,262
Eirik Kvalfoss
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,263
Daphne Hasenjäger
1929 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 1,264
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1936, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa ranks 429. Before him are Heinz Vollmar, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, Alla Demidova, Johanna Lüttge, Lazarus Salii, and James Lee Burke. After him are Paulo Emilio, Viktor Kanevskyi, Wolfgang Behrendt, Cynthia McLeod, George Voinovich, and Richard Rodney Bennett. Among people deceased in 2019, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa ranks 407. Before him are Artur Brauner, Carolee Schneemann, Frans Andriessen, Carlo Maria Abate, Miguel León-Portilla, and Anatoly Krutikov. After him are Ivan Vutsov, Michael D. Coe, Walter Lübcke, Pino Caruso, Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, and Nina Fyodorova.
Others Born in 1936
Go to all RankingsHeinz Vollmar
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 1987
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 423
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim
POLITICIAN
1936 - 1998
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 424
Alla Demidova
ACTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 425
Johanna Lüttge
ATHLETE
1936 - 2022
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 426
Lazarus Salii
POLITICIAN
1936 - 1988
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 427
James Lee Burke
WRITER
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 428
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
ATHLETE
1936 - 2019
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 429
Paulo Emilio
COACH
1936 - 2016
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 430
Viktor Kanevskyi
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2018
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 431
Wolfgang Behrendt
BOXER
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 432
Cynthia McLeod
WRITER
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 433
George Voinovich
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2016
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 434
Richard Rodney Bennett
MUSICIAN
1936 - 2012
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 435
Others Deceased in 2019
Go to all RankingsArtur Brauner
PRODUCER
1918 - 2019
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 401
Carolee Schneemann
ARTIST
1939 - 2019
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 402
Frans Andriessen
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 403
Carlo Maria Abate
RACING DRIVER
1932 - 2019
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 404
Miguel León-Portilla
HISTORIAN
1926 - 2019
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 405
Anatoly Krutikov
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2019
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 406
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
ATHLETE
1936 - 2019
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 407
Ivan Vutsov
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2019
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 408
Michael D. Coe
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 409
Walter Lübcke
POLITICIAN
1953 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 410
Pino Caruso
ACTOR
1934 - 2019
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 411
Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde
PHILOSOPHER
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 412
Nina Fyodorova
ATHLETE
1947 - 2019
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 413
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa ranks 1,476 out of 6,245. Before him are Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940), Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), Hiro Mashima (1977), Kōichi Yamadera (1961), Taiki Tsuruno (1990), and Kazunori Yamauchi (1967). After him are Masaaki Suzuki (1954), Takeshi Honda (1981), Shunji Iwai (1963), Kikuko Inoue (1964), Ken Sugimori (1966), and Takamasa Yamazaki (1992).
Others born in Japan
Go to all RankingsKōkichi Tsuburaya
ATHLETE
1940 - 1968
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 1,470
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta
SWIMMER
1903 - 1986
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 1,471
Hiro Mashima
COMIC ARTIST
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 1,472
Kōichi Yamadera
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 1,473
Taiki Tsuruno
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 1,474
Kazunori Yamauchi
GAME DESIGNER
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 1,475
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
ATHLETE
1936 - 2019
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 1,476
Masaaki Suzuki
COMPOSER
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,477
Takeshi Honda
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,478
Shunji Iwai
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,479
Kikuko Inoue
ACTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,480
Ken Sugimori
COMIC ARTIST
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 1,481
Takamasa Yamazaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 1,482
Among ATHLETES In Japan
Among athletes born in Japan, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa ranks 17. Before him are Masanori Yusa (1915), Masaru Furukawa (1936), Akio Kaminaga (1936), Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), Shunpei Uto (1918), and Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940). After him are Hisakichi Toyoda (1912), Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (1939), Takashi Ishimoto (1935), William Phillips (null), Akitsugu Konno (1944), and Masao Harada (1912).
Masanori Yusa
1915 - 1975
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 11
Masaru Furukawa
1936 - 1993
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 12
Akio Kaminaga
1936 - 1993
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 13
Tetsuo Hamuro
1917 - 2005
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 14
Shunpei Uto
1918 - 2010
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 15
Kōkichi Tsuburaya
1940 - 1968
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 16
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
1936 - 2019
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 17
Hisakichi Toyoda
1912 - 1976
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 18
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
1939 - 2017
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 19
Takashi Ishimoto
1935 - 2009
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 20
William Phillips
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 21
Akitsugu Konno
1944 - 2019
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 22
Masao Harada
1912 - 2000
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 23