Trending Economists in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tarō Asō. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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Ranked
791,228
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
70,043
views
views
2
Kohei Saito
Japanese philosopher, Marxist (1987-)
52,982
views
views
3
Kazuo Ueda
Japanese economist (1951-)
39,351
views
views
4
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
33,345
views
views
5
Yōichi Takahashi
Japanese economist
33,192
views
views
6
Yūsuke Narita
Japanese economist
23,778
views
views
7
Shibusawa Eiichi
Japanese industrialist known as the "father of Japanese capitalism" (1840-1931)
22,202
views
views
8
Takuji Aida
Japanese economist
20,835
views
views
9
Heizō Takenaka
Japanese economist
17,468
views
views
10
Iehiro Tokugawa
Japanese author and translator
16,474
views
views
11
Takahashi Korekiyo
Japanese politician (1854-1936)
15,280
views
views
12
Ninomiya Sontoku
Japanese philosopher
15,227
views
views
13
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
14,921
views
views
14
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
14,704
views
views
15
Yasuo Fukuda
Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 (1936–2026)
13,899
views
views
16
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
12,818
views
views
17
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
12,705
views
views
18
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
12,300
views
views
19
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
11,684
views
views
20
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
11,340
views
views
21
Sayuri Shirai
Japanese economist
10,468
views
views
22
Makiko Nakamuro
Japanese economist (1975-)
10,134
views
views
23
Hayato Ikeda
Prime Minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964
10,004
views
views
24
Takurō Morinaga
Japanese economic analyst, economist (1957-2025)
9,680
views
views
25
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
9,604
views
views
26
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
8,599
views
views
27
Kawashima Tatsuhiko
Japanese economist
7,866
views
views
28
Jitsurō Terashima
Japanese economist and critic
7,731
views
views
29
Haruhiko Kuroda
Japanese banker
6,930
views
views
30
Heita Kawakatsu
Japanese politician
6,451
views
views
31
Asada, Tōichirō
Japanese economist (1954-)
6,408
views
views
32
Sakichi Toyoda
Japanese inventor and industrialist (1867–1930)
5,914
views
views
33
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
5,913
views
views
34
Kevin Warsh
Chairman of the Federal Reserve since 2026
5,839
views
views
35
Mika Takaoka
Japanese business theorist (1968-)
5,788
views
views
36
Yukari Satō
Japanese politician
5,754
views
views
37
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
5,650
views
views
38
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
5,526
views
views
39
Lee Teng-hui
7-9th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) (1923-2020)
5,334
views
views
40
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
4,938
views
views
41
Arai Hakuseki
Japanese scholar and official (1657–1725)
4,915
views
views
42
Li Keqiang
Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023
4,818
views
views
43
Shingo Kakino
Japanese historian and economist
4,635
views
views
44
Kenichi Ohmae
Japanese business theorist (1943-)
4,612
views
views
45
Ryokichi Minobe
Japanese politician (1904-1984)
4,602
views
views
46
Arsène Wenger
French football manager (born 1949)
4,147
views
views
47
Toshihiro Nagahama
Japanese economic commentator (1971-)
4,098
views
views
48
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
3,903
views
views
49
Ke Long
3,868
views
views
50
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
3,844
views
views
51
Kathy Matsui
vice chair and chief Japan strategist for global investment bank Goldman Sachs
3,746
views
views
52
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
3,733
views
views
53
Alexander Lukashenka
President of the Republic of Belarus
3,720
views
views
54
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
3,659
views
views
55
Masajuro Shiokawa
Japanese politician (1921-2015)
3,606
views
views
56
Ayumi Yasutomi
Japanese economist and politician
3,600
views
views
57
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
3,533
views
views
58
Kōsuke Motani
Japanese economist（1964-）
3,482
views
views
59
Nobuo Ikeda
Japanese economist
3,481
views
views
60
Gōshi Kataoka
Japanese economist (1972-)
3,438
views
views
61
Kazuhide Uekusa
Japanese economist (1960-)
3,420
views
views
62
Yosuke Yasuda
Japanese economist
3,409
views
views
63
Miho Konishi
Japanese economist
3,394
views
views
64
Peter Drucker
American business consultant (1909–2005)
3,213
views
views
65
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
3,013
views
views
66
Masaaki Shirakawa
Japanese banker
2,991
views
views
67
Hidetomi Tanaka
Japanese economist and historian
2,983
views
views
68
Yoshiyuki Kasai
Japanese businessman (1940-2022)
2,967
views
views
69
Yoshihiko Okabe
2,951
views
views
70
Akie Iriyama
Japanese economist
2,909
views
views
71
Akira Asada
Japanese postmodern critic/curator/Dean:Graduate School/Kyoto University of Art and Design
2,903
views
views
72
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
2,880
views
views
73
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
2,755
views
views
74
Jeremy Bentham
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
2,679
views
views
75
Jim Rogers
American writer
2,676
views
views
76
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
2,653
views
views
77
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese Christian social reformer (1888–1960)
2,598
views
views
78
Taikichiro Mori
Japanese businessman (1904–1993)
2,580
views
views
79
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
2,485
views
views
80
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist (1877–1970)
2,446
views
views
81
Yayoi Tanaka
Japanese business theorist (1960 -)
2,426
views
views
82
Masayoshi Honma
Japanese economist (1951-)
2,416
views
views
83
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
2,416
views
views
84
Erich Fromm
German-American sociologist and psychoanalyst (1900–1980)
2,413
views
views
85
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946)
2,394
views
views
86
David Hume
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
2,390
views
views
87
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
2,350
views
views
88
Shinzo Koizumi
Japanese economist
2,308
views
views
89
Shinichiro Kurimoto
Japanese academic
2,303
views
views
90
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
2,202
views
views
91
Robert McNamara
American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)
2,188
views
views
92
Takashi Kadokura
Japanese economist
2,175
views
views
93
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
2,174
views
views
94
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
2,170
views
views
95
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
2,155
views
views
96
Francis Fukuyama
American political scientist, political economist, and author
2,120
views
views
97
Ikujiro Nonaka
Japanese business theorist
2,104
views
views
98
António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
2,077
views
views
99
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
2,042
views
views
100
Seiichi Tobata
Japanese academic
1,981
views
views