Trending Priests in Japan this year
The 100 most-viewed priests this year on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Eikō Kano.
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Ranked
26,291
Total Views (this year)
1
Eikō Kano
Japanese comedian, singer, and kannushi
2,679
views
views
2
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
1,807
views
views
3
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
1,526
views
views
4
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
1,291
views
views
5
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
984
views
views
6
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
961
views
views
7
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)
870
views
views
8
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
683
views
views
9
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
658
views
views
10
Atsuko Ikeda
Japanese former princess; fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
603
views
views
11
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
588
views
views
12
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Japanese former princess; daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun (1929–1989)
554
views
views
13
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
551
views
views
14
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)
515
views
views
15
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
459
views
views
16
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
455
views
views
17
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
447
views
views
18
Steve Fox
Japanese bassist, pastor (1953-)
425
views
views
19
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
386
views
views
20
Bodhidharma
Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
349
views
views
21
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
333
views
views
22
Maeda Gen'i
daimyo
328
views
views
23
Kamo no Chōmei
Japanese poet
277
views
views
24
Uemura Masahisa
Christian pastor (1857-1925)
267
views
views
25
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
228
views
views
26
Takuan Sōhō
Japanese Buddhist priest
196
views
views
27
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
196
views
views
28
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese Christian social reformer (1888–1960)
181
views
views
29
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
177
views
views
30
Father Brown
fictional priest-detective created by British writer G.K. Chesterton
176
views
views
31
Chū Kosaka
Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, gospel singer, pastor (1948-2022)
176
views
views
32
Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Japanese archbishop
172
views
views
33
Julião Nakaura
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period, member of Tenshō embassy
169
views
views
34
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
165
views
views
35
Ilia II of Georgia
Patriarch of Georgia (1933–2026)
164
views
views
36
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
161
views
views
37
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
154
views
views
38
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
144
views
views
39
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
140
views
views
40
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509-1564)
140
views
views
41
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
137
views
views
42
Innocent III
Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
135
views
views
43
Billy Graham
American Christian evangelist (1918–2018)
125
views
views
44
Alessandro Valignano
Italian Jesuit missionary
125
views
views
45
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
125
views
views
46
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
124
views
views
47
Little Richard
American musician (1932–2020)
122
views
views
48
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
121
views
views
49
Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer-songwriter and activist (1966–2023)
118
views
views
50
Fusako Kitashirakawa
daughter of Emperor Meiji; spouse of Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa (1890-1974)
115
views
views
51
Kujō Hisatada
kuge
112
views
views
52
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
112
views
views
53
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
109
views
views
54
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
109
views
views
55
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
107
views
views
56
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
105
views
views
57
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
105
views
views
58
Thomas Aquino Man’yō Maeda
Japanese Cardinal
103
views
views
59
Sawabe Takuma
102
views
views
60
Boniface VIII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
101
views
views
61
Taizō Jinnouchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, music producer, pastor (1965-)
99
views
views
62
Jacques de Molay
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
98
views
views
63
Tomoshi Okuda
Japanese pastor
98
views
views
64
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
97
views
views
65
Martinão Hara
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period. member of Tenshō embassy
96
views
views
66
John XXIII
head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963
93
views
views
67
Karl Hermann Frank
Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Nazi Germany politician (1898-1946)
93
views
views
68
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
91
views
views
69
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
89
views
views
70
Peter Kasui Kibe
Japanese Jesuit
87
views
views
71
Adrian IV
Pope from 1154 to 1159
86
views
views
72
Huldrych Zwingli
Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484-1531)
86
views
views
73
Aaron
male human biblical and quranic figure, brother of Moses
85
views
views
74
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
84
views
views
75
Clement VII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)
84
views
views
76
Giovanni Battista Sidotti
Italian priest
83
views
views
77
William Kamm
Australian child abuser
82
views
views
78
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
82
views
views
79
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
82
views
views
80
Ivan Illich
Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
80
views
views
81
Nobuyoshi Nishitakatsuji
79
views
views
82
noro
priestess of the Ryukyuan religion
79
views
views
83
Yuna
fictional character in Final Fantasy X
78
views
views
84
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
78
views
views
85
Naohiro Sakamoto
77
views
views
86
Arthur Masayuki Hollands
American pastor
77
views
views
87
Tomeoka Kōsuke
77
views
views
88
Wilbert Awdry
British vicar and author (1911–1997)
77
views
views
89
Laocoön
son of Acoetes in Greek mythology, a trojan priest
76
views
views
90
Yin Jiao
the leader of Tai Sui gods, the prince of Shang dynasty in Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods)
76
views
views
91
Tokuharu Miki
Japanese founder of the Church of Perfect Liberty
75
views
views
92
Kimura Shōnosuke XXIV
Japanese sumo gyōji (1901-1973)
74
views
views
93
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
72
views
views
94
Gregory I
64th Bishop of Rome, Head of the Roman Catholic Church from 590 to 604
71
views
views
95
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
69
views
views
96
John Newton
Anglican clergyman, slave trader and abolitionist (1725–1807)
68
views
views
97
Melchizedek
biblical person; King of Salem and priest of the Most High (Gen. 14)
67
views
views
98
Yoshida Kanetomo
Shinto priest
67
views
views
99
Katsuisa Sakai
66
views
views
100
Dunstan
Archbishop of Canterbury
66
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