Trending Poets in Japan — the 7 days to 28 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 28 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Data as of 28 October 2026.
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Ranked
543,950
Total Views (the 7 days to 28 October 2026)
1
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
38,913
views
views
2
Ikkyū Sōjun
Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481)
26,081
views
views
3
Haruhisa Handa
Japanese businessman and founder of the World Mate religion
23,798
views
views
4
Yōsuke Eguchi
Japanese actor and singer (born 1967)
13,858
views
views
5
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
13,600
views
views
6
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
11,745
views
views
7
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
11,512
views
views
8
Kenji Nakagami
Japanese writer (1946–1992)
10,510
views
views
9
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
10,152
views
views
10
Yuki Saito
Japanese actress and singer
9,541
views
views
11
Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet
9,482
views
views
12
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
9,214
views
views
13
Miyuki Nakajima
Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality (1952-)
8,686
views
views
14
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor
8,339
views
views
15
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
8,175
views
views
16
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
7,652
views
views
17
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896–1933)
7,594
views
views
18
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
7,561
views
views
19
Motojirō Kajii
author (1901–1932)
7,280
views
views
20
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
6,773
views
views
21
Takashi Yanase
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
6,397
views
views
22
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
6,355
views
views
23
Sugawara no Michizane
Japanese poet
6,294
views
views
24
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
6,193
views
views
25
Byakuren Yanagiwara
Japanese poet and member of the imperial family (1885-1967)
6,174
views
views
26
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
5,681
views
views
27
Tenji
Emperor of Japan (626-672)
5,638
views
views
28
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
5,518
views
views
29
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
5,496
views
views
30
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
5,469
views
views
31
Ōta Dōkan
Japanese poet and samurai
5,395
views
views
32
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
5,063
views
views
33
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
5,029
views
views
34
Lily Franky
Japanese illustrator, writer and actor
4,983
views
views
35
Go-Toba
Emperor of Japan
4,892
views
views
36
GACKT
Japanese musician and actor
4,861
views
views
37
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)
4,850
views
views
38
Takaaki Yoshimoto
Japanese poet and Philosopher (1924–2012)
4,658
views
views
39
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
4,596
views
views
40
Emperor Sutoku
Emperor of Japan
4,341
views
views
41
Chūya Nakahara
Japanese symbolist poet (1907–1937)
4,302
views
views
42
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
4,297
views
views
43
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
4,049
views
views
44
Hitonari Tsuji
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
4,031
views
views
45
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
4,003
views
views
46
Takuboku Ishikawa
Japanese poet (1886-1912)
3,933
views
views
47
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
3,824
views
views
48
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
3,778
views
views
49
Masako Natsume
Japanese actor and model (1957–1985)
3,719
views
views
50
Cao Cao
Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)
3,697
views
views
51
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
3,661
views
views
52
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
3,641
views
views
53
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
3,638
views
views
54
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
3,628
views
views
55
Lu Xun
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
3,606
views
views
56
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
3,605
views
views
57
Jitō
Empress of Japan (645-703)
3,597
views
views
58
Matsuo Bashō
Japanese poet（1644–1694）
3,574
views
views
59
Akira Aomatsu
Japanese poet and YouTuber
3,369
views
views
60
Kaori Ekuni
Japanese writer
3,350
views
views
61
Yuki Kajiura
Japanese composer and music producer
3,310
views
views
62
Fumiko Hayashi
Japanese writer (1903–1951)
3,255
views
views
63
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
3,211
views
views
64
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
3,207
views
views
65
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
3,183
views
views
66
Ishikawa Goemon
Japanese outlaw
3,176
views
views
67
Akiko Yosano
Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)
3,094
views
views
68
Ono no Komachi
Japanese poet
3,086
views
views
69
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
3,019
views
views
70
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
3,017
views
views
71
Kōgyoku
Empress of Japan
2,999
views
views
72
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
2,987
views
views
73
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)
2,969
views
views
74
Rokusuke Ei
Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist, and television personality of Chinese descent (1933–2016)
2,932
views
views
75
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
2,864
views
views
76
Yumeji Takehisa
Japanese artist (1884-1934)
2,827
views
views
77
Chikako, Princess Kazu
Japanese princess; youngest daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine, Hashimoto Tsuneko
2,825
views
views
78
Ise no Taifu
Japanese poet
2,781
views
views
79
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Japanese musician
2,753
views
views
80
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
2,722
views
views
81
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer (1886–1942)
2,700
views
views
82
Kyūkyoku Qtarō
Japanese poet and social activist
2,675
views
views
83
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
2,669
views
views
84
Mokichi Saitō
Japanese poet (1882–1953)
2,610
views
views
85
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
2,587
views
views
86
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
2,578
views
views
87
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
2,552
views
views
88
Haruo Satō
Japanese writer and poet (1892-1964)
2,528
views
views
89
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
2,507
views
views
90
Machi Tawara
Japanese writer
2,493
views
views
91
Misuzu Kaneko
Japanese poet
2,481
views
views
92
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
2,458
views
views
93
Ono no Takamura
Japanese scholar and poet (802–853)
2,435
views
views
94
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
2,435
views
views
95
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
2,411
views
views
96
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese author and court lady
2,410
views
views
97
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
2,396
views
views
98
Yasushi Inoue
Japanese writer (1907–1991)
2,391
views
views
99
Yukinojō Mori
Japanese lyricist, poet, composer
2,390
views
views
100
Minamoto no Yorimasa
Japanese court noble, samurai and poet
2,376
views
views
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