Trending Physicians in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed physicians on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Masashi Yanagisawa. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,268,267
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Masashi Yanagisawa
American medical scientist
133,557
views
views
2
Hanaoka Seishū
Japanese surgeon of the Edo period
80,695
views
views
3
Mikiya Takasu
Japanese Cosmetologist and YouTuber
68,236
views
views
4
Katsuya Takasu
Plastic surgeon based in Tokyo
57,935
views
views
5
Noboru Kikuta
Japanese gynecologist
32,745
views
views
6
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
32,264
views
views
7
Kōichi Watanabe
Japanese politician
29,353
views
views
8
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
28,022
views
views
9
Isao Kurauchi
Japanese politician and veterinarian
27,271
views
views
10
Takeshi Yōrō
Japanese Doctor of Medicine, Anatomist (1937-)
23,914
views
views
11
Hiroto Kitahara
Japanese cardiac surgeon
23,574
views
views
12
Takuma I
21,259
views
views
13
Ryūichi Yoneyama
Japanese politician
19,828
views
views
14
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
19,808
views
views
15
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
18,815
views
views
16
Hideyo Noguchi
Japanese bacteriologist (1876–1928)
17,589
views
views
17
Masahito, Prince Hitachi
Japanese prince; second son of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
17,419
views
views
18
Hisashi Matsumoto
Japanese politician (born 1962)
15,821
views
views
19
Gozo Shioda
Japanese aikido master (1915-1994)
15,129
views
views
20
Mokichi Saitō
Japanese poet (1882–1953)
14,618
views
views
21
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
14,412
views
views
22
Junji Itō
Japanese horror writer and mangaka
14,149
views
views
23
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese professor of immunology and genomic medicine (1942–)
13,892
views
views
24
Tomoko Keida
13,855
views
views
25
Shigeko Kagawa
Japanese supercentenarian (1911-2026)
13,817
views
views
26
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Japanese bacteriologist, immunologist
13,381
views
views
27
Shinya Yamanaka
Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
12,991
views
views
28
Shizu Takasu
12,957
views
views
29
Ayako Nishikawa
Japanese comedian and cosmetic surgeon
11,975
views
views
30
Viktor Belenko
Soviet MiG-25 pilot who defected to the West
11,717
views
views
31
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
11,529
views
views
32
SHUN SHUN CLINIC P
Japanese owarai tarento
10,620
views
views
33
Konomi Kimura
Japanese physician, tarento and race queen
9,971
views
views
34
Mikito Chinen
9,889
views
views
35
Gotō Shinpei
Japanese statesman (1857-1929)
9,871
views
views
36
Hannibal Lecter
fictional character created by Thomas Harris
9,781
views
views
37
Ōmura Masujirō
Japanese politician (1824-1869)
9,761
views
views
38
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
9,541
views
views
39
Morio Kita
Japanese essayist, novelist and psychiatrist (1927–2011)
9,170
views
views
40
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
9,105
views
views
41
Soshi Okamoto
8,899
views
views
42
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
8,657
views
views
43
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission since 2019
8,620
views
views
44
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
8,599
views
views
45
Ogata Kōan
Japanese physician (1810–1863)
8,279
views
views
46
Tetsu Nakamura
Japanese-Afghan physician (1946-2019)
8,164
views
views
47
Sou Mizukami
Japanese Doctor
7,967
views
views
48
Osamu Kitayama
Japanese psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, lyricist, musician (1946-)
7,761
views
views
49
Satoshi Hamada
Japanese politician
7,223
views
views
50
Philipp Franz von Siebold
German biologist and traveller (1796-1866)
7,147
views
views
51
Yoshiki Sasai
Japanese physician, developmental biologist, stem-cell researcher and university teacher (1962–2014)
7,140
views
views
52
Torao Tokuda
Japanese politician and physician (1938-2024)
7,048
views
views
53
Kamille Bidan
fictional character from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
6,860
views
views
54
John Snow
English epidemiologist and physician (1813–1858)
6,804
views
views
55
Chiaki Mukai
Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut (born 1952)
6,667
views
views
56
Takanori Fukushima
Japanese neurosurgeon (1942–2024)
6,386
views
views
57
Hideki Wada
Japanese critic, psychiatrist, novelist
6,364
views
views
58
Shigeaki Hinohara
Japanese physician, writer and internist (1911-2017)
6,224
views
views
59
Kusumoto Ine
the first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan
5,951
views
views
60
Goichiro Toyoda
Japanese physician
5,813
views
views
61
Toru Asou
Korean doctor in Japan, Soka Gakkai member (1972-)
5,800
views
views
62
Fūtarō Yamada
Japanese novelist (1922–2001)
5,720
views
views
63
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
Norwegian princess; daughter of Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway
5,529
views
views
64
Sōsuke Natsukawa
Japanese novelist and physician
5,490
views
views
65
KYOKUTEI Bakin
Japanese novelist in the late Edo period (1767 - 1848)
5,480
views
views
66
Yūichirō Miura
Japanese skier
5,431
views
views
67
Kōji Wada
5,381
views
views
68
Ikuo Hayashi
Japanese terrorist
5,356
views
views
69
Ogino Ginko
Japanese physician (1851-1913)
5,339
views
views
70
Xu Fu
Chinese alchemist and explorer in the Qin Dynasty
5,328
views
views
71
Ayman al-Zawahiri
al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
5,321
views
views
72
Shimon Sakaguchi
Japanese immunologist and physician (1951-)
5,222
views
views
73
Tomomasa Nakagawa
(1962-2018)
5,201
views
views
74
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
5,187
views
views
75
Lai Ching-te
President of Taiwan (ROC) since 2024
5,112
views
views
76
Susumu Tonegawa
Japanese biologist, neuroscientist (1939–2026)
5,093
views
views
77
Charles-Henri Sanson
French executioner(1739-1806)
4,963
views
views
78
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
4,954
views
views
79
Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Japanese Doctor (1960-)
4,946
views
views
80
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
4,871
views
views
81
Keishi Abe
Japanese politician
4,827
views
views
82
Junichi Watanabe
Japanese writer (1933–2014)
4,809
views
views
83
Takeru Kaidō
Japanese novelist, doctor
4,809
views
views
84
Takahiro Konishi
4,595
views
views
85
Sugita Genpaku
Japanese scholar
4,567
views
views
86
Toshiaki Yoshino
4,444
views
views
87
Seiichi Endō
Japanese veterinarian
4,311
views
views
88
Shū Kawashima
Japanese veterinarian
4,304
views
views
89
Hiroki Abe
Japanese politician
4,272
views
views
90
Akira Koike
Japanese politician and physician
4,212
views
views
91
Yūsuke Masuda
Japanese physician and YouTuber
4,186
views
views
92
Moriyo Kimura
4,148
views
views
93
Sōichirō Imaeda
Japanese politician
4,137
views
views
94
Shōta Inaba
4,113
views
views
95
Shigeta Saitō
Japanese psychiatrist (1916-2006)
4,073
views
views
96
Rika Kayama
Japanese psychiatrist and writer
4,021
views
views
97
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
4,014
views
views
98
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
4,008
views
views
99
Ayu Yoneda
Japanese astronaut
3,949
views
views
100
Hippocrates
Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
3,935
views
views