Trending Explorers in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Masabumi Hosono. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
527,757
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Masabumi Hosono
RMS Titanic survivor (1870–1939)
101,843
views
views
2
Hideaki Takizawa
Japanese actor-singer
35,178
views
views
3
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
34,875
views
views
4
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
30,849
views
views
5
Hiroshi Fujioka
actor
18,845
views
views
6
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
14,732
views
views
7
Naomi Uemura
Japanese mountain climber
13,459
views
views
8
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
12,929
views
views
9
Junko Tabei
Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
12,134
views
views
10
William Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
12,025
views
views
11
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
9,979
views
views
12
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
8,995
views
views
13
Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn
Dutch sailor
7,934
views
views
14
Philipp Franz von Siebold
German biologist and traveller (1796-1866)
7,147
views
views
15
Michio Hoshino
Japanese photographer (1952–1996)
7,018
views
views
16
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
6,724
views
views
17
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
6,593
views
views
18
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
5,839
views
views
19
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
5,436
views
views
20
Xu Fu
Chinese alchemist and explorer in the Qin Dynasty
5,328
views
views
21
Mamiya Rinzō
Japanese explorer
5,303
views
views
22
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
5,078
views
views
23
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
4,857
views
views
24
Hideyuki Takano
Japanese nonfiction writer
4,592
views
views
25
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
4,463
views
views
26
Hasekura Tsunenaga
Japanese samurai and diplomat
4,399
views
views
27
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
4,312
views
views
28
Yamada Nagamasa
Japanese explorer (1590-1630)
4,083
views
views
29
Samus Aran
video game character
3,979
views
views
30
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
3,622
views
views
31
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
3,536
views
views
32
Isabella Bird
British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904)
3,459
views
views
33
Nobu Shirase
Japanese explorer of the Antarctic (1861-1946)
3,443
views
views
34
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
3,367
views
views
35
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
3,247
views
views
36
Jedediah Smith
American explorer (1799–1831)
3,242
views
views
37
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
3,173
views
views
38
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
3,077
views
views
39
Katsuji Yoshida
3,023
views
views
40
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
3,000
views
views
41
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
2,909
views
views
42
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
2,875
views
views
43
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
2,709
views
views
44
Yūsuke Kakuhata
2,635
views
views
45
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
2,616
views
views
46
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
2,318
views
views
47
Yoshiharu Sekino
Japanese explorer
2,286
views
views
48
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
2,275
views
views
49
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
2,188
views
views
50
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
2,155
views
views
51
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
2,084
views
views
52
Tsuneo Hasegawa
Japanese mountaineer
2,015
views
views
53
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
1,973
views
views
54
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
1,944
views
views
55
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,857
views
views
56
Wario
fictional video game character from the Mario franchise
1,838
views
views
57
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
1,836
views
views
58
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
1,820
views
views
59
Norio Suzuki
Japanese explorer and adventurer notable for finding Hiroo Onoda
1,815
views
views
60
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
1,756
views
views
61
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
1,654
views
views
62
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
1,625
views
views
63
Naoki Ishikawa
Japanese photographer
1,603
views
views
64
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
1,563
views
views
65
Ekai Kawaguchi
Japanese Buddhist monk (1866–1945)
1,445
views
views
66
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
1,430
views
views
67
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
1,408
views
views
68
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,364
views
views
69
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
1,362
views
views
70
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
1,357
views
views
71
Fukushima Yasumasa
Japanese general (1852-1919)
1,346
views
views
72
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
1,324
views
views
73
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
1,293
views
views
74
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
1,264
views
views
75
Adam Laxman
Finland-Swedish military officer and one of the first subjects of Imperial Russia to set foot in Japan
1,261
views
views
76
Engelbert Kaempfer
German botanist (1651–1716)
1,258
views
views
77
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
1,255
views
views
78
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
1,222
views
views
79
Sora
main protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts video game series
1,209
views
views
80
Eizaburo Nishibori
Japanese scientist and exploror (1903-1989)
1,189
views
views
81
William Dampier
British pirate and explorer (1651-1715)
1,182
views
views
82
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
1,173
views
views
83
Yoda Benzō
Japanese explorer (1853-1925)
1,150
views
views
84
Mogami Tokunai
daimyo (1755-1836)
1,139
views
views
85
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902–1924)
1,134
views
views
86
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
1,131
views
views
87
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
1,127
views
views
88
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
1,110
views
views
89
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
1,103
views
views
90
Ranald MacDonald
American English teacher (1824-1894)
1,095
views
views
91
Kondō Jūzō
1,089
views
views
92
Thorkell the Tall
Jomsviking
1,059
views
views
93
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
1,058
views
views
94
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
1,037
views
views
95
Zhang Qian
imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
1,015
views
views
96
Hisayoshi Takeda
Japanese botanist (1883–1972)
966
views
views
97
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
959
views
views
98
Stepan Makarov
Russian admiral
930
views
views
99
Oguri Jūkichi
Japanese sailor
927
views
views
100
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
920
views
views