Trending Journalists in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed journalists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Isao Harimoto. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents — Measured from the Japanese-language Wikipedia edition — readers worldwide, not residents of Japan. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
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Ranked
4,287,177
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Isao Harimoto
South Korean-Japanese professional baseball player, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1940–2026)
694,714
views
views
2
Chōsuke Ikariya
Japanese comedian (1931-2004)
119,750
views
views
3
Sanae Takaichi
Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025
113,640
views
views
4
Mirei Kiritani
Japanese actress and model
92,275
views
views
5
Yoichiro Kakitani
Japanese association football player
89,663
views
views
6
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Japanese professional baseball player, coach, baseball critic, baseball commentator
83,664
views
views
7
Shigeo Nagashima
Japanese baseball player and manager (1936–2025)
74,904
views
views
8
Becky
Japanese television personality
67,402
views
views
9
Donald Trump
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
64,219
views
views
10
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
62,302
views
views
11
Hiccorohee
Japanese owarai talent (1989-)
60,890
views
views
12
Nanase Nishino
Japanese female talent, television presenter, actress (1994-)
60,588
views
views
13
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
59,383
views
views
14
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
57,465
views
views
15
Elliot Page
Canadian actor
53,667
views
views
16
Tsuneyasu Takeda
Japanese writer
51,294
views
views
17
Akinobu Okada
Japanese baseball manager and former player
50,783
views
views
18
Kazushige Nagashima
Japanese baseball player, actor, and sports commentator
49,792
views
views
19
Hiroki Kokubo
Japanese professional baseball player, coach
48,512
views
views
20
Mikio Date
Japanese owarai talent, television presenter and radio personality
46,732
views
views
21
Mona Yamamoto
Japanese television presenter
46,138
views
views
22
Mao Kobayashi
Japanese newscaster and actress
46,103
views
views
23
Hiroko Kuniya
Japanese television announcer
45,686
views
views
24
Masumi Kuwata
Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player, coach
44,388
views
views
25
Tamori
Japanese comedian
43,251
views
views
26
Sho Sakurai
Japanese singer, songwriter and rapper
42,770
views
views
27
Yuka Hayashi
Japanese tarento
42,554
views
views
28
Teruyuki Kagawa
Japanese actor
41,833
views
views
29
Katsuya Nomura
Japanese professional baseball player, coach, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1935-2020)
39,935
views
views
30
Arata Sugō
Masaki Suda's father
38,365
views
views
31
Kazlaser
Japanese comedian
38,151
views
views
32
Kazuki Inoue
Japanese baseball player
38,136
views
views
33
Anne Watanabe
Japanese actress and model
37,513
views
views
34
Natsuki Yasuda
Japanese photo journalist and NPO activist
37,236
views
views
35
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
36,083
views
views
36
Kimiyasu Kudō
Japanese baseball player
35,790
views
views
37
Shihei Lin
Japanese manga editor
35,736
views
views
38
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
34,875
views
views
39
Mako Tamura
Japanese announcer
33,573
views
views
40
Masaki Aiba
Japanese musician and actor (born 1982)
32,221
views
views
41
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
31,666
views
views
42
Tadahito Iguchi
Japanese baseball player
31,414
views
views
43
Sanma Akashiya
Japanese comedian
30,460
views
views
44
Yasuyuki Kataoka
Japanese baseball player
29,903
views
views
45
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
Japanese baseball player
29,686
views
views
46
Yoshizumi Ishihara
Japanese meteorologist
29,613
views
views
47
Koji Uehara
Japanese former baseball player and coach
29,581
views
views
48
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Japanese professional baseball player, coach, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1920-2013)
29,572
views
views
49
Sho Nakata
Japanese baseball player
29,441
views
views
50
Masahiro Nakai
Japanese singer and actor
29,387
views
views
51
Kyuji Fujikawa
Japanse baseball pitcher
28,976
views
views
52
Toshimitsu Motegi
Japanese politician (born 1955)
28,332
views
views
53
Nobuteru Ishihara
Japanese politician
27,902
views
views
54
Takashi Toritani
Japanese former baseball player
27,433
views
views
55
Yutaka Enatsu
Japanese professional baseball player, baseball critic, baseball commentator
27,374
views
views
56
Morley Robertson
American disc jockey
26,956
views
views
57
Subaru Kimura
German–Japanese voice actor
26,633
views
views
58
Choi Tae-joon
South Korean actor and model
26,602
views
views
59
Song Joong-ki
South Korean actor
26,419
views
views
60
Matsuko Deluxe
Japanese columnist, essayist, and TV personality
26,368
views
views
61
Masayuki Kakefu
Japanese professional baseball player
26,197
views
views
62
Akiko Iwata
Japanese journalist
25,877
views
views
63
Yoshirō Mori
Prime Minister of Japan from 2000 to 2001
25,723
views
views
64
Sayaka Isoyama
Japanese model and tarento
25,646
views
views
65
Kaho Miyake
Japanese book reviewer
25,512
views
views
66
Shingo Murakami
Japanese musician, singer and actor
24,710
views
views
67
Moe Tanijiri
24,476
views
views
68
Hiroiki Ariyoshi
Japanese owarai talent and television presenter (1974-)
24,417
views
views
69
Takahiro Ikeyama
Japanese former baseball player and coach, mannager
24,297
views
views
70
Morihiro Hosokawa
50th Prime Minister of Japan
24,105
views
views
71
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
24,089
views
views
72
Takeshi Yōrō
Japanese Doctor of Medicine, Anatomist (1937-)
23,914
views
views
73
Anna Nakagawa
Japanese television presenter
23,565
views
views
74
Takenori Emoto
Japanese baseball player
23,514
views
views
75
黒岩里奈
23,510
views
views
76
Kosuke Minowa
Japanese editor and businessman (1985-)
23,445
views
views
77
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
23,393
views
views
78
Saki Aibu
Japanese actress
23,308
views
views
79
Masayasu Wakabayashi
Japanese owarai talent, manzai comedian, television presenter, essayist and novelist (1978-)
23,234
views
views
80
Koji Akiyama
Japanese baseball player
23,230
views
views
81
Takafumi Horie
Japanese businessman
23,155
views
views
82
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
22,726
views
views
83
Tōru Tamakawa
Japanese television commentator, former TV Asahi employee (1963-)
22,714
views
views
84
Suguru Egawa
Japanese baseball player
22,714
views
views
85
Hiroshi Kume
Japanese broadcaster (1944-2026)
22,711
views
views
86
Kenji Yamauchi
Japanese owarai talent, television presenter and YouTuber (1981-)
22,583
views
views
87
Shinji Aoyama
Japanese film director and novelist (1964-2022)
22,348
views
views
88
Keisuke Honda
Japanese association football player (born 1986)
22,307
views
views
89
Mitsuyo Kakuta
Japanese writer
21,840
views
views
90
Kazuyuki Izutsu
Japanese film director
21,823
views
views
91
Giorgia Meloni
Prime Minister of Italy since 2022
21,616
views
views
92
Masahiko Tsugawa
Japanese actor and film director
21,422
views
views
93
Chara
Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
21,264
views
views
94
Takeshi Yamasaki
Japanese baseball player
21,172
views
views
95
Yoshinobu Takahashi
Japanese former professional baseball player, coach, manager
21,085
views
views
96
Koji Yamamoto
Japanese baseball player, manager
21,058
views
views
97
Takeshi Tomizawa
Japanese owarai talent, television presenter, actor and radio personality
21,032
views
views
98
Masato Yoshii
Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player, coach, manager
20,710
views
views
99
Masao Yora
Japanese journalist (1957-)
20,624
views
views
100
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
20,417
views
views