Trending Poets in Japan — the 7 days to 27 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents — Measured from the Japanese-language Wikipedia edition — readers worldwide, not residents of Japan. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
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Ranked
539,607
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 October 2026)
1
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
36,380
views
views
2
Ikkyū Sōjun
Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481)
25,514
views
views
3
Haruhisa Handa
Japanese businessman and founder of the World Mate religion
21,947
views
views
4
Yōsuke Eguchi
Japanese actor and singer (born 1967)
14,566
views
views
5
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
14,219
views
views
6
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
13,623
views
views
7
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
11,635
views
views
8
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
10,938
views
views
9
Yuki Saito
Japanese actress and singer
10,121
views
views
10
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
9,931
views
views
11
Kenji Nakagami
Japanese writer (1946–1992)
9,903
views
views
12
Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet
9,752
views
views
13
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor
8,787
views
views
14
Miyuki Nakajima
Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality (1952-)
8,612
views
views
15
Takashi Yanase
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
8,169
views
views
16
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896–1933)
7,796
views
views
17
Motojirō Kajii
author (1901–1932)
7,536
views
views
18
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
7,504
views
views
19
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
6,557
views
views
20
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
6,428
views
views
21
Sugawara no Michizane
Japanese poet
6,316
views
views
22
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
6,137
views
views
23
Byakuren Yanagiwara
Japanese poet and member of the imperial family (1885-1967)
6,067
views
views
24
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
6,021
views
views
25
Ōta Dōkan
Japanese poet and samurai
5,840
views
views
26
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
5,786
views
views
27
Tenji
Emperor of Japan (626-672)
5,747
views
views
28
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
5,514
views
views
29
GACKT
Japanese musician and actor
5,455
views
views
30
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
5,434
views
views
31
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
5,213
views
views
32
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
5,182
views
views
33
Go-Toba
Emperor of Japan
5,111
views
views
34
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
4,822
views
views
35
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)
4,657
views
views
36
Lily Franky
Japanese illustrator, writer and actor
4,617
views
views
37
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
4,457
views
views
38
Emperor Sutoku
Emperor of Japan
4,455
views
views
39
Chūya Nakahara
Japanese symbolist poet (1907–1937)
4,400
views
views
40
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
4,356
views
views
41
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
4,156
views
views
42
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
4,067
views
views
43
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
4,053
views
views
44
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
3,999
views
views
45
Hitonari Tsuji
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
3,986
views
views
46
Masako Natsume
Japanese actor and model (1957–1985)
3,824
views
views
47
Takuboku Ishikawa
Japanese poet (1886-1912)
3,822
views
views
48
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
3,748
views
views
49
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
3,715
views
views
50
Cao Cao
Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)
3,710
views
views
51
Lu Xun
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
3,699
views
views
52
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
3,670
views
views
53
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
3,654
views
views
54
Jitō
Empress of Japan (645-703)
3,637
views
views
55
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
3,625
views
views
56
Yuki Kajiura
Japanese composer and music producer
3,544
views
views
57
Matsuo Bashō
Japanese poet（1644–1694）
3,533
views
views
58
Takaaki Yoshimoto
Japanese poet and Philosopher (1924–2012)
3,529
views
views
59
Akira Aomatsu
Japanese poet and YouTuber
3,359
views
views
60
Fumiko Hayashi
Japanese writer (1903–1951)
3,329
views
views
61
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
3,249
views
views
62
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
3,198
views
views
63
Kaori Ekuni
Japanese writer
3,195
views
views
64
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
3,181
views
views
65
Ishikawa Goemon
Japanese outlaw
3,154
views
views
66
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
3,089
views
views
67
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
3,069
views
views
68
Akiko Yosano
Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)
3,048
views
views
69
Ono no Komachi
Japanese poet
3,045
views
views
70
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
3,036
views
views
71
Kōgyoku
Empress of Japan
3,025
views
views
72
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)
2,979
views
views
73
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
2,956
views
views
74
Chikako, Princess Kazu
Japanese princess; youngest daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine, Hashimoto Tsuneko
2,955
views
views
75
Yumeji Takehisa
Japanese artist (1884-1934)
2,825
views
views
76
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
2,797
views
views
77
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
2,793
views
views
78
Ise no Taifu
Japanese poet
2,766
views
views
79
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
2,752
views
views
80
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
2,748
views
views
81
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Japanese musician
2,731
views
views
82
Mokichi Saitō
Japanese poet (1882–1953)
2,682
views
views
83
Haruo Satō
Japanese writer and poet (1892-1964)
2,636
views
views
84
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
2,634
views
views
85
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
2,621
views
views
86
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer (1886–1942)
2,604
views
views
87
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
2,565
views
views
88
Misuzu Kaneko
Japanese poet
2,549
views
views
89
Minamoto no Yorimasa
Japanese court noble, samurai and poet
2,462
views
views
90
Ariwara no Narihira
Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet
2,434
views
views
91
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
2,432
views
views
92
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
2,426
views
views
93
Ono no Takamura
Japanese scholar and poet (802–853)
2,410
views
views
94
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
2,387
views
views
95
Machi Tawara
Japanese writer
2,367
views
views
96
Yukinojō Mori
Japanese lyricist, poet, composer
2,347
views
views
97
Rokusuke Ei
Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist, and television personality of Chinese descent (1933–2016)
2,344
views
views
98
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
2,338
views
views
99
Yasushi Inoue
Japanese writer (1907–1991)
2,330
views
views
100
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese author and court lady
2,284
views
views
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