Trending Priests in Japan — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Eikō Kano. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
113,085
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Eikō Kano
Japanese owarai talent, YouTuber, game commentator, singer-songwriter and kannushi (1982-)
8,696
views
views
2
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
6,153
views
views
3
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
6,112
views
views
4
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
5,875
views
views
5
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
5,840
views
views
6
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
5,299
views
views
7
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
3,237
views
views
8
Atsuko Ikeda
Japanese former princess; fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
2,582
views
views
9
William Kamm
Australian child abuser
2,450
views
views
10
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
2,406
views
views
11
Hosokawa Fujitaka
daimyo
2,316
views
views
12
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
2,281
views
views
13
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
2,180
views
views
14
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Japanese former princess; daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun (1929–1989)
2,142
views
views
15
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
1,992
views
views
16
Michitomo Kanamori
(1857-1945)
1,830
views
views
17
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
1,783
views
views
18
Sawabe Takuma
1,745
views
views
19
Bodhidharma
Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
1,639
views
views
20
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
1,630
views
views
21
Saigyō
Japanese poet
1,597
views
views
22
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
1,592
views
views
23
Steve Fox
Japanese bassist, pastor (1953-)
1,592
views
views
24
Januarius
Bishop of Naples (232-305)
1,529
views
views
25
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
1,478
views
views
26
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
1,316
views
views
27
Takuan Sōhō
Japanese Buddhist priest
1,314
views
views
28
Maeda Gen'i
daimyo
1,250
views
views
29
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
1,119
views
views
30
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
1,067
views
views
31
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
1,051
views
views
32
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
1,038
views
views
33
Kamo no Chōmei
Japanese poet
976
views
views
34
Hiroki Abe
Japanese politician
944
views
views
35
Father Brown
fictional priest-detective created by British writer G.K. Chesterton
917
views
views
36
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
899
views
views
37
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
820
views
views
38
Julião Nakaura
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period, member of Tenshō embassy
817
views
views
39
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese Christian social reformer (1888–1960)
815
views
views
40
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
723
views
views
41
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
630
views
views
42
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
604
views
views
43
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
586
views
views
44
Martinão Hara
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period. member of Tenshō embassy
568
views
views
45
Chū Kosaka
Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, gospel singer, pastor (1948-2022)
567
views
views
46
Innocent III
Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
550
views
views
47
Laocoön
son of Acoetes in Greek mythology, a trojan priest
531
views
views
48
Taizō Jinnouchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, music producer, pastor (1965-)
492
views
views
49
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
489
views
views
50
Hiromichi Kozaki
Japanese Christian minister (1856-1938)
480
views
views
51
Alessandro Valignano
Italian Jesuit missionary
465
views
views
52
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
459
views
views
53
Danjo Ebina
Japanese Christian missionary (1856-1937)
453
views
views
54
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
450
views
views
55
Boniface VIII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
433
views
views
56
Kujō Hisatada
kuge
430
views
views
57
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
429
views
views
58
Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Japanese archbishop
425
views
views
59
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
425
views
views
60
Naohiro Sakamoto
424
views
views
61
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
403
views
views
62
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
391
views
views
63
Yokoi Tokio
Japanese Christian missionary, journalist, and member of the Japanese House of Representatives (1857-1927)
382
views
views
64
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
376
views
views
65
Peter the Hermit
11th century French Christian priest and key figure during the First Crusade
374
views
views
66
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
360
views
views
67
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
357
views
views
68
Tatsuya Shindo
Japanese pastor
353
views
views
69
Tokuharu Miki
Japanese founder of the Church of Perfect Liberty
353
views
views
70
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
347
views
views
71
Billy Graham
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
339
views
views
72
Karl Hermann Frank
Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and German politician (Sudeten German Party, NSDAP), MdR, executed war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1898–1946)
336
views
views
73
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
335
views
views
74
Ivan Illich
Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
319
views
views
75
Naruse Jinzō
Japanese educational reformer
312
views
views
76
Thomas Aquino Man’yō Maeda
Japanese Cardinal
309
views
views
77
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
308
views
views
78
Yōji Inoue
304
views
views
79
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
302
views
views
80
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
301
views
views
81
Tomeoka Kōsuke
296
views
views
82
Gregory III
90th Pope of the Catholic Church
295
views
views
83
Fusako Kitashirakawa
daughter of Emperor Meiji; spouse of Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa (1890-1974)
290
views
views
84
noro
priestess of the Ryukyuan religion
285
views
views
85
Jacques de Molay
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
281
views
views
86
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
281
views
views
87
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
277
views
views
88
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
271
views
views
89
Nightcrawler
fictional character in Marvel Comics
267
views
views
90
Peter Kasui Kibe
Japanese Jesuit
264
views
views
91
Giovanni Battista Sidotti
Italian priest
262
views
views
92
Sōkyū Gen'yū
Japanese novelist and writer
256
views
views
93
Tomoshi Okuda
Japanese pastor
254
views
views
94
Yoshida Kanetomo
Shinto priest
249
views
views
95
Martin Niemöller
German theologian (1892–1984)
248
views
views
96
Gregory VII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
248
views
views
97
Uemura Masahisa
Christian pastor (1857-1925)
246
views
views
98
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
French priest and statesman (1748-1836)
242
views
views
99
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
241
views
views
100
Yuna
fictional character in Final Fantasy X
239
views
views