Trending Linguists in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed linguists this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sejong the Great.
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Ranked
18,572
Total Views (this month)
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Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
1,560
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2
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
1,400
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3
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
1,169
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4
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
1,048
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5
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
1,015
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6
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
854
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7
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
851
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8
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
548
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9
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
431
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10
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
400
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11
Motoori Norinaga
Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)
358
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12
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
325
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13
Hanawa Hokiichi
Japanese philosopher (1746-1821)
303
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14
Fujiwara no Teika
poet and court noble (1162–1241)
262
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15
Fūtarō Yamada
Japanese novelist (1922–2001)
243
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16
Shinobu Orikuchi
Japanese writer and academic (1887–1953)
234
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17
Masako Hachisuka
Japanese anglicist
223
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18
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
214
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19
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Japanese novelist, translator, literary critic, art critic (1928–1987)
210
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20
Ogyū Sorai
Japanese philosopher (1666–1728)
209
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21
Tsuneari Fukuda
Japanese writer (1912–1994)
205
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22
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Japanese linguist (1882–1971)
198
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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
191
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24
Haruhiko Kindaichi
Japanese lexicographer (1913–2004)
188
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views
25
James Curtis Hepburn
American physician, educator, and phonologist of Japanese (1815–1911)
184
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26
Donald Keene
Japanese/American academic (1922–2019)
182
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views
27
Tokiko Iwatani
Japanese lyricist, linguist and translator (1916–2013)
175
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28
Nishi Amane
Japanese philosopher and politician (1829–1897)
168
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29
Sugita Genpaku
Japanese scholar
164
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30
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
164
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31
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
162
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32
Natsuki Ikezawa
Japanese writer
154
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views
33
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
145
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34
Hideho Kindaichi
Japanese linguist
142
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35
Shin'ichirō Tawata
Japanese linguist
141
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36
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
125
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37
Shimizu Usaburō
(1829-1910)
117
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38
Tatsuo Hori
writer, poet, and translator in Japan (1904–1953)
114
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39
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
112
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40
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
102
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41
Edwin O. Reischauer
American diplomat (1910-1990)
102
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42
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
101
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43
Shōichi Watanabe
English scholar and critic
100
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44
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
99
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45
Naoyuki Akaso
Japanese linguist and educator
93
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46
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
90
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47
Kamo no Mabuchi
Japanese philosopher
87
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48
Tadao Umesao
anthropologist
86
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49
Hajime Nakamura
Japanese philosopher (1912-1999)
85
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50
Sankyū Tatsuo
Japanese owarai tarento and tarento
83
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51
Morita Sōhei
Japanese writer and translator (1881-1949)
83
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52
Toshihiko Izutsu
Japanese author of many books on Islam and other religions (1914–1993)
82
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53
Ikuhiko Hata
Japanese historian
77
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54
Ueda Akinari
Japanese writer (1734–1809)
75
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55
Naitō Torajirō
Japanese historian and sinologist (1866–1934)
74
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views
56
Thomas Lockley
Linguist, Associate Professor of Law, Nihon University
73
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views
57
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
72
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58
Katyayana
figure mentioned in Early Buddhist texts; leading disciple of Gautama Buddha
72
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59
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
70
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60
Ryūichi Tamura
Japanese writer (1923–1998)
68
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61
Ryūsui Seiryōin
Japanese writer
65
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62
Masumi Kindaichi
Japanese linguist
64
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63
Taijun Takeda
Japanese novelist and Buddhist priest (1912–1976)
64
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64
Inuhiko Yomota
Japanese writer
60
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65
Pierre Klossowski
French writer, translator and painter (1905-2001)
59
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66
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
56
views
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67
Ai Kawazoe
Japanese linguist
56
views
views
68
Anjirō
Japanese translator
56
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69
Eiichi Chino
Japanese linguist and translator (1932-2002)
55
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70
Yamada Bimyō
Japanese writer (1868–1910)
55
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71
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
54
views
views
72
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
53
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73
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
53
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74
Keichū
Buddhist priest and scholar
52
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75
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
50
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76
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
50
views
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77
Junesay Iddittie
Japanese linguist
50
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78
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
49
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views
79
Date Munehiro
Japanese samurai, writer and historian (1802-1877)
49
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80
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
48
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views
81
Setsuzo Kotsuji
Japanese linguist
47
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82
Ikuma Arishima
Japanese artist (1882-1974)
45
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83
Cristina Calderón
last full blood Yagán, last known speaker of the Yaghan language (1928–2022)
45
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84
Junzaburō Nishiwaki
Japanese writer (1894–1982)
45
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85
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
44
views
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86
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
43
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87
Akiyasu Tōdō
Japanese linguist (1915–1985)
42
views
views
88
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904-1980)
42
views
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89
Minamoto no Shitagō
Japanese poet
40
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90
Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1900–2000)
39
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91
Confucius Institute
Chinese international educational partnership program
39
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92
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
39
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93
Sima Guang
Chinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019–1086)
39
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94
Yamada Yoshio
Japanese linguist
38
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95
Iha Fuyū
Japanese historian, linguist (1876-1947)
38
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96
Mashiho Chiri
Ainu lexicographer (1909-1961)
38
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97
Satō Nobuhiro
Japanese scientist (1769-1850)
38
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98
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
38
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99
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer (1914–1984)
37
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100
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
36
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