Trending Physicians in Japan — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed physicians on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Masashi Yanagisawa. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,201,929
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Masashi Yanagisawa
American medical scientist
133,410
views
views
2
Hanaoka Seishū
Japanese surgeon of the Edo period
80,096
views
views
3
Mikiya Takasu
Japanese Cosmetologist and YouTuber
67,238
views
views
4
Katsuya Takasu
Plastic surgeon based in Tokyo
56,406
views
views
5
Noboru Kikuta
Japanese gynecologist
32,688
views
views
6
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
30,395
views
views
7
Kōichi Watanabe
Japanese politician
29,308
views
views
8
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
26,554
views
views
9
Isao Kurauchi
Japanese politician and veterinarian
26,179
views
views
10
Hiroto Kitahara
Japanese cardiac surgeon
23,172
views
views
11
Takeshi Yōrō
Japanese Doctor of Medicine, Anatomist (1937-)
22,590
views
views
12
Takuma I
20,022
views
views
13
Ryūichi Yoneyama
Japanese politician
19,024
views
views
14
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
18,426
views
views
15
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
17,497
views
views
16
Hideyo Noguchi
Japanese bacteriologist (1876–1928)
16,239
views
views
17
Masahito, Prince Hitachi
Japanese prince; second son of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
16,001
views
views
18
Hisashi Matsumoto
Japanese politician (born 1962)
15,441
views
views
19
Gozo Shioda
Japanese aikido master (1915-1994)
14,967
views
views
20
Mokichi Saitō
Japanese poet (1882–1953)
14,199
views
views
21
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese professor of immunology and genomic medicine (1942–)
13,626
views
views
22
Shigeko Kagawa
Japanese supercentenarian (1911-2026)
13,475
views
views
23
Junji Itō
Japanese horror writer and mangaka
13,357
views
views
24
Shizu Takasu
12,663
views
views
25
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
12,474
views
views
26
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Japanese bacteriologist, immunologist
12,456
views
views
27
Shinya Yamanaka
Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
12,368
views
views
28
Viktor Belenko
Soviet MiG-25 pilot who defected to the West
11,601
views
views
29
Ayako Nishikawa
Japanese comedian and cosmetic surgeon
11,452
views
views
30
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
10,696
views
views
31
SHUN SHUN CLINIC P
Japanese owarai tarento
9,903
views
views
32
Mikito Chinen
9,335
views
views
33
Ōmura Masujirō
Japanese politician (1824-1869)
9,097
views
views
34
Konomi Kimura
Japanese physician, tarento and race queen
9,058
views
views
35
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
8,887
views
views
36
Gotō Shinpei
Japanese statesman (1857-1929)
8,865
views
views
37
Soshi Okamoto
8,812
views
views
38
Morio Kita
Japanese essayist, novelist and psychiatrist (1927–2011)
8,687
views
views
39
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
8,415
views
views
40
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission since 2019
8,155
views
views
41
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
7,916
views
views
42
Ogata Kōan
Japanese physician (1810–1863)
7,601
views
views
43
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
7,527
views
views
44
Sou Mizukami
Japanese Doctor
7,480
views
views
45
Tetsu Nakamura
Japanese-Afghan physician (1946-2019)
7,335
views
views
46
Osamu Kitayama
Japanese psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, lyricist, musician (1946-)
7,245
views
views
47
Hannibal Lecter
fictional character created by Thomas Harris
6,958
views
views
48
Philipp Franz von Siebold
German biologist and traveller (1796-1866)
6,748
views
views
49
John Snow
English epidemiologist and physician (1813–1858)
6,663
views
views
50
Yoshiki Sasai
Japanese physician, developmental biologist, stem-cell researcher and university teacher (1962–2014)
6,657
views
views
51
Torao Tokuda
Japanese politician and physician (1938-2024)
6,454
views
views
52
Satoshi Hamada
Japanese politician
6,452
views
views
53
Chiaki Mukai
Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut (born 1952)
6,438
views
views
54
Kamille Bidan
fictional character from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
6,312
views
views
55
Shigeaki Hinohara
Japanese physician, writer and internist (1911-2017)
5,890
views
views
56
Takanori Fukushima
Japanese neurosurgeon (1942–2024)
5,826
views
views
57
Hideki Wada
Japanese critic, psychiatrist, novelist
5,746
views
views
58
Toru Asou
Korean doctor in Japan, Soka Gakkai member (1972-)
5,608
views
views
59
Kusumoto Ine
the first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan
5,575
views
views
60
Goichiro Toyoda
Japanese physician
5,460
views
views
61
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
Norwegian princess; daughter of Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway
5,448
views
views
62
Fūtarō Yamada
Japanese novelist (1922–2001)
5,345
views
views
63
Ayman al-Zawahiri
al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
5,199
views
views
64
Sōsuke Natsukawa
Japanese novelist and physician
5,147
views
views
65
Yūichirō Miura
Japanese skier
5,135
views
views
66
Ogino Ginko
Japanese physician (1851-1913)
4,991
views
views
67
Susumu Tonegawa
Japanese biologist, neuroscientist (1939–2026)
4,973
views
views
68
Ikuo Hayashi
Japanese terrorist
4,948
views
views
69
Xu Fu
Chinese alchemist and explorer in the Qin Dynasty
4,941
views
views
70
Shimon Sakaguchi
Japanese immunologist and physician (1951-)
4,939
views
views
71
KYOKUTEI Bakin
Japanese novelist in the late Edo period (1767 - 1848)
4,906
views
views
72
Tomomasa Nakagawa
(1962-2018)
4,858
views
views
73
Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Japanese Doctor (1960-)
4,798
views
views
74
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
4,770
views
views
75
Keishi Abe
Japanese politician
4,746
views
views
76
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
4,663
views
views
77
Takeru Kaidō
Japanese novelist, doctor
4,539
views
views
78
Junichi Watanabe
Japanese writer (1933–2014)
4,534
views
views
79
Takahiro Konishi
4,497
views
views
80
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
4,492
views
views
81
Lai Ching-te
President of Taiwan (ROC) since 2024
4,401
views
views
82
Charles-Henri Sanson
French executioner(1739-1806)
4,391
views
views
83
Hiroki Abe
Japanese politician
4,216
views
views
84
Toshiaki Yoshino
4,195
views
views
85
Sugita Genpaku
Japanese scholar
4,191
views
views
86
Seiichi Endō
Japanese veterinarian
4,036
views
views
87
Yūsuke Masuda
Japanese physician and YouTuber
4,019
views
views
88
Sōichirō Imaeda
Japanese politician
4,016
views
views
89
Shōta Inaba
3,946
views
views
90
Shigeta Saitō
Japanese psychiatrist (1916-2006)
3,900
views
views
91
Akira Koike
Japanese politician and physician
3,871
views
views
92
Shū Kawashima
Japanese veterinarian
3,865
views
views
93
Moriyo Kimura
3,830
views
views
94
Ayu Yoneda
Japanese astronaut
3,803
views
views
95
Rika Kayama
Japanese psychiatrist and writer
3,777
views
views
96
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
3,744
views
views
97
Hanako Jimi
Japanese politician
3,722
views
views
98
Hippocrates
Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
3,688
views
views
99
Kōji Wada
3,672
views
views
100
Katsuhito Nakajima
Japanese politician
3,652
views
views