Trending Linguists in Japan — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed linguists on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Haruki Murakami. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
396,233
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
26,386
views
views
2
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
25,592
views
views
3
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
22,472
views
views
4
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
21,218
views
views
5
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
18,535
views
views
6
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
17,497
views
views
7
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
13,990
views
views
8
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
13,451
views
views
9
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Japanese novelist, translator, literary critic, art critic (1928–1987)
9,602
views
views
10
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
9,191
views
views
11
Masako Hachisuka
Japanese anglicist
8,458
views
views
12
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
7,728
views
views
13
Motoori Norinaga
Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)
7,419
views
views
14
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
6,581
views
views
15
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
5,512
views
views
16
Fūtarō Yamada
Japanese novelist (1922–2001)
5,345
views
views
17
Fujiwara no Teika
poet and court noble (1162–1241)
5,192
views
views
18
Hanawa Hokiichi
Japanese philosopher (1746-1821)
5,140
views
views
19
Shinobu Orikuchi
Japanese writer and academic (1887–1953)
5,060
views
views
20
Naoyuki Akaso
Japanese linguist and educator
5,057
views
views
21
Donald Keene
Japanese/American academic (1922–2019)
4,954
views
views
22
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
4,713
views
views
23
Hirata Atsutane
conventionally ranked as one of the four great men of kokugaku studies, and one of the most significant theologians of the Shintō religion
4,639
views
views
24
Tokiko Iwatani
Japanese lyricist, linguist and translator (1916–2013)
4,597
views
views
25
Yumi Hatō
Japanese linguist (1956-)
4,535
views
views
26
Natsuki Ikezawa
Japanese writer
4,532
views
views
27
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
4,504
views
views
28
Sugita Genpaku
Japanese scholar
4,191
views
views
29
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
3,925
views
views
30
Tatsuo Hori
writer, poet, and translator in Japan (1904–1953)
3,551
views
views
31
Nishi Amane
Japanese philosopher and politician (1829–1897)
3,410
views
views
32
Tsuneari Fukuda
Japanese writer (1912–1994)
3,377
views
views
33
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Japanese linguist (1882–1971)
3,324
views
views
34
Sankyū Tatsuo
Japanese owarai tarento and tarento
3,259
views
views
35
Ogyū Sorai
Japanese philosopher (1666–1728)
3,144
views
views
36
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
2,904
views
views
37
Kumiko Torikai
English interpreter, English translator, English teacher
2,627
views
views
38
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
2,570
views
views
39
Shōichi Watanabe
English scholar and critic
2,467
views
views
40
Edwin O. Reischauer
American diplomat (1910-1990)
2,234
views
views
41
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
2,195
views
views
42
Hideho Kindaichi
Japanese linguist
2,156
views
views
43
Anne Crescini
American linguist
2,135
views
views
44
Shigehiko Toyama
Japanese professor of English literature (1923-2020)
2,066
views
views
45
Haruhiko Kindaichi
Japanese lexicographer (1913–2004)
2,049
views
views
46
Byron Fija
Okinawan linguist
2,045
views
views
47
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
2,041
views
views
48
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
2,033
views
views
49
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
1,973
views
views
50
Shimizu Usaburō
(1829-1910)
1,913
views
views
51
Taijun Takeda
Japanese novelist and Buddhist priest (1912–1976)
1,913
views
views
52
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
1,873
views
views
53
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
1,854
views
views
54
Tadao Umesao
anthropologist
1,817
views
views
55
Ikuhiko Hata
Japanese historian
1,791
views
views
56
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
1,767
views
views
57
Toshihiko Izutsu
Japanese author of many books on Islam and other religions (1914–1993)
1,690
views
views
58
James Curtis Hepburn
American physician, educator, and phonologist of Japanese (1815–1911)
1,670
views
views
59
Kamo no Mabuchi
Japanese philosopher
1,646
views
views
60
Shizuka Shirakawa
Japanese academician (1910-2006)
1,628
views
views
61
Hidemi Kon
Japanese writer
1,573
views
views
62
Ueda Akinari
Japanese writer (1734–1809)
1,558
views
views
63
Hajime Nakamura
Japanese philosopher (1912-1999)
1,556
views
views
64
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
1,511
views
views
65
Yamada Bimyō
Japanese writer (1868–1910)
1,493
views
views
66
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
1,457
views
views
67
Ryūsui Seiryōin
Japanese writer
1,430
views
views
68
Anjirō
Japanese translator
1,415
views
views
69
Kazuo Hirotsu
Japanese novelist and literary critic (1891-1968)
1,376
views
views
70
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai royal
1,298
views
views
71
Takako Takahashi
Japanese writer (1932–2013)
1,286
views
views
72
Izumi Hoshi
Japanese linguist
1,228
views
views
73
Inuhiko Yomota
Japanese writer
1,159
views
views
74
Ikuma Arishima
Japanese artist (1882-1974)
1,154
views
views
75
Eiichi Chino
Japanese linguist and translator (1932–2002)
1,141
views
views
76
Naitō Torajirō
Japanese historian and sinologist (1866–1934)
1,133
views
views
77
Sima Guang
Chinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019–1086)
1,101
views
views
78
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
1,097
views
views
79
Junzaburō Nishiwaki
Japanese writer (1894–1982)
1,088
views
views
80
Shūgo Hotta
Japanese teacher
1,087
views
views
81
Heinrich von Siebold
Austrian collector, antiquary, japanologist (1852–1908)
1,083
views
views
82
Ryūichi Tamura
Japanese writer (1923–1998)
1,076
views
views
83
Zoltán Kodály
Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue (1882–1967)
1,069
views
views
84
Mashiho Chiri
Ainu lexicographer (1909-1961)
1,011
views
views
85
Tomotada Iwakura
Japanese linguist (1933-2016)
1,010
views
views
86
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904–1980)
998
views
views
87
Yoko Matsuoka McClain
Japanese language scholar
995
views
views
88
Haruka Orth
American actress
946
views
views
89
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
943
views
views
90
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
932
views
views
91
Keichū
Buddhist priest and scholar
929
views
views
92
Yone Noguchi
Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism (1875-1947)
911
views
views
93
Confucius Institute
Chinese international educational partnership program
906
views
views
94
Aisin-Gioro Ulhicun
linguist
897
views
views
95
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
896
views
views
96
Michio Takeyama
Japanese writer (1903–1984)
875
views
views
97
Morita Sōhei
Japanese writer and translator (1881-1949)
874
views
views
98
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
871
views
views
99
Satō Nobuhiro
Japanese scientist (1769-1850)
870
views
views
100
Jirō Kawakita
activist
862
views
views