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Top 44 Guitarists in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 44 largest guitarists in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen and David Parland lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 196k people. Across all 44 entries the average audience size is 14k, and the largest, Zakk Wylde, reaches around 83k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each guitarist, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 44, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Hank Marvin 4.3k 50.1 48.2% Guitarist
27 Tom Fletcher 4k 27.6 91.6% Guitarist
28 Richard Z. Kruspe 3.9k 35.2 14.1% Guitarist
29 Dave Davies 3.4k 53.0 30.4% Guitarist
30 Tommy Thayer 3.3k 43.1 47.7% Guitarist
31 Mike Rutherford 2.9k 47.6 68.3% Guitarist
32 Jerry Douglas 2.8k 46.0 47.7% Guitarist
33 Cássia Eller 2.7k 42.4 58.1% Guitarist
34 Ray Toro 2.5k 33.4 57.4% Guitarist
35 Mike Dawes 2.5k 46.1 16.4% Guitarist
36 Walter Trout 2.1k 47.7 36.2% Guitarist
37 Doug Sahm 1.6k 41.3 57.4% Guitarist
38 Ralph McTell 1.4k 48.9 69.9% Guitarist
39 Damien Jurado 1.4k 36.8 48.5% Guitarist
40 Rick Parfitt 1.2k 46.5 32.4% Guitarist
41 Lincoln Brewster 1.1k 31.9 54.0% Guitarist
42 Paul Landers 1k 36.1 35.3% Guitarist
43 Anthony Santos 646 32.3 57.0% Guitarist
44 Uki Noah 295 25.9 25.4% Guitarist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 44 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each guitarist by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest guitarist in Japan?

Zakk Wylde currently leads with an estimated audience of 83k people in Japan.

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