Trending Battles in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed battles on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Battle of Komaki and Nagakute. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
896,321
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Battle of Komaki and Nagakute
1584 battle
223,235
views
views
2
Battle of Sekigahara
1600 battle preceding Tokugawa shogunate in Japan
53,610
views
views
3
Battle of Shizugatake
1583 battle in feudal Japan
29,112
views
views
4
Battle of Nagashino
1575 battle in Japan
19,644
views
views
5
Battle of Anegawa
1570 battle
18,236
views
views
6
Battle of Okinawa
1945 major battle of the Pacific War
17,207
views
views
7
Battle of Pusan Perimeter
1950 major battle of the Korean War
16,937
views
views
8
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese surprise attack on the U.S
15,053
views
views
9
Battle of Midway
1942 World War II naval battle
14,653
views
views
10
Normandy landings
1944 landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy
14,567
views
views
11
Battle of Okehazama
1560 battle
14,360
views
views
12
Battle of Dan-no-ura
sea battle of the Genpei War, occurring at Dan-no-ura on April 25, 1185
14,117
views
views
13
Battle of Stalingrad
1942 major battle of World War II
13,641
views
views
14
Battle of Baekgang
7th-century battle in Korea
12,924
views
views
15
Battle of Iwo Jima
1945 major battle in which US Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan during World War II
12,095
views
views
16
Battle of Mikatagahara
1573 battle in Japan
11,888
views
views
17
Battle of Leyte Gulf
1944 the largest naval battle of World War II
11,338
views
views
18
Battle of Peleliu
1944 battle between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II
11,212
views
views
19
Battle of Imphal
battle fought in 1944
10,242
views
views
20
Battles of Khalkhin Gol
1939 Soviet–Japanese battle in Mongolia
10,059
views
views
21
Battles of Kawanakajima
1553–1564 battles
9,356
views
views
22
Battle of Kishuu
9,327
views
views
23
Marco Polo Bridge incident
1937 initial battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
9,305
views
views
24
Battle of Tedorigawa
1577 battle
9,180
views
views
25
Battle of Yamazaki
1582 battle between the forces of Akechi Mitsuhide and Toyotomi Hideyoshi
8,961
views
views
26
Battle of Hetsugigawa
1587 battle
8,829
views
views
27
Battle of Toba-Fushimi
1868 battle
8,447
views
views
28
Battle of Tenshō-Jingo
1582 battle in Japan
8,111
views
views
29
Battle of Shumshu
1945 Russian-Japanese WWII battle
7,463
views
views
30
Bombardment of Kagoshima
1863 battle between Britain and the Satsuma Domain
7,049
views
views
31
Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
battle in 1184 in Japan
6,921
views
views
32
Battle of Inchon
1950 amphibious invasion during the Korean War in Incheon resulting in a victory and strategic reversal in favor of the UN Command
6,780
views
views
33
Operation Ten-Go
1945 Japanese naval operation in World War II
6,163
views
views
34
Battle of Ishibashiyama
1180 battle of the Genpei War
6,134
views
views
35
Battle of Saipan
1944 battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands
5,906
views
views
36
Battle of Hakodate
last stage of the Boshin War, occurring around Hakodate in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō
5,732
views
views
37
Battle of Red Cliffs
battle fought at the end of the Han dynasty
5,711
views
views
38
Battle of Aizu
1868 battle of the Boshin War
5,586
views
views
39
Battle of the Yalu River
battle in 1894
5,380
views
views
40
Battle of Waterloo
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
5,316
views
views
41
Battle of Britain
air battle waged between German and British air forces in 1940
5,286
views
views
42
Battle of Thermopylae
battle of 480 BCE during Persian invasion of Greece
5,111
views
views
43
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944 World War II Pacific naval battle
5,106
views
views
44
Battle of Mogadishu
battle fought on 3 and 4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia
4,955
views
views
45
1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident
naval incident between North Korea and South Korea
4,930
views
views
46
Battle of Berlin
1945 last major offensive of the European theatre of World War Il
4,857
views
views
47
Battle of France
Nazi German invasion of France in 1940
4,854
views
views
48
Battle of Minatogawa
battle in Japan on July 4, 1336
4,644
views
views
49
Battle of Shanghai
1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
4,606
views
views
50
Battle of the Somme
battle of the Western Front, World War I
4,561
views
views
51
Battle of Yashima
part of the Genpei War (March 22, 1185)
4,487
views
views
52
Operation Cowboy
battle of World War II, year 1945
4,442
views
views
53
Battle of Attu
1943 battle in the Pacific theatre of World War II
4,323
views
views
54
Operation Red Wings
2005 military operation during the War in Afghanistan
4,252
views
views
55
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942 major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
4,184
views
views
56
Battle of Dunkirk
1940 battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany
3,987
views
views
57
Battle of Mukden
1905 battle
3,970
views
views
58
Battle of Kurikara
1183 battle of the Genpei War
3,962
views
views
59
北ノ庄城の戦い
3,937
views
views
60
Battle of Tarawa
battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands
3,932
views
views
61
Operation Ichi-Go
1944 military campaign
3,851
views
views
62
Battle of Fujigawa
battle in 1180 in Japan
3,700
views
views
63
Battle of Wake Island
1941 battle of World War II
3,686
views
views
64
Battle of Nejirozaka
1587 battle
3,489
views
views
65
Siege of Kawagoe Castle
1545 battle
3,407
views
views
66
Battle of Jutland
1916 naval battle during World War I
3,362
views
views
67
Battle of Hōji
3,260
views
views
68
Battle of Kursk
World War II battle that took place in 1943
3,225
views
views
69
Ganghwa Island incident
1875 battle between Japan and Korea due to the Japanese illicit entry to the Ganghwa Island of Korea to stipulate a commercial treaty under the pretext of land surveying
3,222
views
views
70
Battle of Tennōji
1615 battle
3,198
views
views
71
Fall of Constantinople
1453 capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire
3,170
views
views
72
Keichō Dewa Campaign
1600 battle
3,119
views
views
73
Battle of Changping
262–260 BCE battle
3,076
views
views
74
Battle of Marathon
490 BCE battle in the Greco-Persian wars
2,985
views
views
75
Battle of Austerlitz
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
2,969
views
views
76
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
1942 naval battle
2,962
views
views
77
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse
naval engagement in World War II, part of the war in the Pacific
2,925
views
views
78
Battle of Miyajima
1555 battle
2,908
views
views
79
Tainei-ji incident
coup attempt in 1551 in Japan
2,879
views
views
80
Battle of Xiaoting
battle between the states of Shu and Wu (221-222)
2,799
views
views
81
Fall of Saigon
1975 capture of Saigon by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
2,782
views
views
82
Battle of Mimigawa
1578 battle
2,745
views
views
83
Tumu Crisis
1449 conflict between the Oirats and the Chinese Ming dynasty
2,736
views
views
84
Battle of Trafalgar
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
2,725
views
views
85
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942 battle
2,704
views
views
86
Eiroku Incident
1565 battle
2,687
views
views
87
Battle of Antonov Airport
battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2,678
views
views
88
First Battle of El Alamein
1942 battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
2,639
views
views
89
Battle of Legnica
1241 battle between Polish and Mongol forces
2,630
views
views
90
Battle of Ueno
1868 battle of the Boshin War
2,623
views
views
91
Battle of Cannae
major battle of the Second Punic War (216 BCE)
2,618
views
views
92
Battle of Savo Island
1942 battle
2,613
views
views
93
Dunkirk evacuation
evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940
2,600
views
views
94
Battle of Numajiri
1584 battle in Hitachi Province, Japan
2,498
views
views
95
Battle of Noryang
1598 last major battle of the Japanese invasions of Korea
2,486
views
views
96
Battle of Verdun
1916 battle on the Western Front during the First World War
2,467
views
views
97
Siege of Baghdad
1258 Mongol conquest of the Abbasid Caliphate
2,464
views
views
98
Battle of Leyte
1944 amphibious invasion of Leyte in the Philippines by American and Filipino guerrilla forces during WWII
2,441
views
views
99
Battle of Guandu
200 battle between warlords Cao Cao and Yuan Shao (200)
2,414
views
views
100
Battle of Shigisan
battle
2,406
views
views