Trending Scientists in Japan this year
The 100 most-viewed scientists this year on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sanae Takaichi.
100
Ranked
221,232
Total Views (this year)
1
Sanae Takaichi
Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025
8,477
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2
Osamu Tekina
Japanese philosopher and writer
7,876
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views
3
Mary Magdalene
follower of Jesus (-100)
7,010
views
views
4
Masahiro Yasuoka
Japanese scholar and educator
6,886
views
views
5
Ōyama Sutematsu
Japanese socialite, first Japanese female college student studied in the US, advocate of education for licensed medical nurse and higher edu
6,238
views
views
6
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
6,205
views
views
7
Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
5,284
views
views
8
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
4,574
views
views
9
Hiroko Koshino
Japanese designer
4,486
views
views
10
Masaru Satō
Japanese diplomat
4,152
views
views
11
Ryōsuke Nishida
Japanese sociologist
4,025
views
views
12
Toshiko Chino
Japanese elementary school teacher
3,727
views
views
13
Harue Okada
Japanese Public health scholar
3,605
views
views
14
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
3,436
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views
15
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Japanese actress
3,221
views
views
16
San'yūtei Enraku VI
Japanese rakugoka (1950-2022)
3,157
views
views
17
Toshihiko Koga
Japanese judoka (1967–2021)
3,062
views
views
18
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
2,850
views
views
19
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
2,770
views
views
20
Katsu Kaishū
Japanese noble, statesman and naval engineer (1823–1899)
2,720
views
views
21
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese composer (1952–2023)
2,539
views
views
22
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
2,529
views
views
23
Princess Akiko of Mikasa
Japanese princess; elder daughter of Prince and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
2,357
views
views
24
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
2,340
views
views
25
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
2,242
views
views
26
Shōkō Asahara
founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo
2,214
views
views
27
Ryōhei Abe
Japanese idol, weather forecaster, SnowMan member
2,025
views
views
28
Yukihide Takekawa
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
2,022
views
views
29
Daidōji Yūzan
samurai in Edo period (1639–1730)
2,013
views
views
30
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
1,991
views
views
31
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,974
views
views
32
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
1,938
views
views
33
Florence Nightingale
English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
1,937
views
views
34
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
1,917
views
views
35
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
1,909
views
views
36
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
1,872
views
views
37
Keiko Hamada
Japanese journalist, feminist, and trans ally (1966-)
1,861
views
views
38
Inō Tadataka
Japanese surveyor and cartographer (1745-1818)
1,842
views
views
39
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
1,809
views
views
40
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
1,807
views
views
41
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
1,794
views
views
42
Scipio Africanus
Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
1,792
views
views
43
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)
1,790
views
views
44
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
1,772
views
views
45
Tatsumasa Murasame
Swedish-Japanese gardener, television personality, actor, and model (1988-)
1,763
views
views
46
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
1,756
views
views
47
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
1,737
views
views
48
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
1,734
views
views
49
Hiroki Azuma
Japanese philosopher, critic
1,723
views
views
50
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
1,699
views
views
51
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
1,692
views
views
52
Kanji Ishiwara
general in the Imperial Japanese Army (1889-1949)
1,691
views
views
53
Ai Haibara
fictional character from Detective Conan
1,675
views
views
54
Kaho Miyake
Japanese book reviewer
1,655
views
views
55
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
1,617
views
views
56
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
1,608
views
views
57
Yoshida Shōin
Japanese politician (1830-1859)
1,586
views
views
58
Puyi
Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)
1,561
views
views
59
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
1,552
views
views
60
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer (1685–1750)
1,549
views
views
61
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
1,534
views
views
62
Akihiko Kondo
Japanese man known for symbolically marrying Hatsune Miku
1,532
views
views
63
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
1,530
views
views
64
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
1,526
views
views
65
Yūsuke Narita
Japanese economist
1,519
views
views
66
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
1,485
views
views
67
Nobuko Nakano
Japanese scientist
1,481
views
views
68
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,468
views
views
69
Shibusawa Eiichi
Japanese industrialist known as the "father of Japanese capitalism" (1840-1931)
1,467
views
views
70
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
1,416
views
views
71
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
1,402
views
views
72
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
1,387
views
views
73
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
1,382
views
views
74
Kazuo Takahashi
Japanese political scientist
1,378
views
views
75
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
1,351
views
views
76
Hideyo Noguchi
Japanese bacteriologist (1876–1928)
1,350
views
views
77
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
1,329
views
views
78
Takeshi Yōrō
Japanese Doctor of Medicine, Anatomist (1937-)
1,324
views
views
79
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
1,321
views
views
80
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
1,318
views
views
81
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
1,307
views
views
82
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
1,304
views
views
83
Yoichi Ochiai
Japanese academic and media artist
1,302
views
views
84
Sakana-kun
Japanese illustrator, ichthyologist
1,298
views
views
85
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
1,291
views
views
86
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,263
views
views
87
Tsuda Umeko
Japanese educator (1864–1929)
1,261
views
views
88
Momoko Kikuchi
Japanese singer, idol and actress (1968-)
1,249
views
views
89
Yusaku Maezawa
Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur
1,202
views
views
90
Arsène Wenger
French football manager
1,189
views
views
91
Heizō Takenaka
Japanese economist
1,179
views
views
92
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
1,175
views
views
93
Kazuhiro Maeshima
Japanese political scientist
1,168
views
views
94
Kohei Saito
Japanese philosopher, Marxist (1987-)
1,158
views
views
95
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
1,145
views
views
96
Naoto Takenaka
Japanese actor, voice actor, film director, talent, comedian, singer
1,134
views
views
97
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
1,130
views
views
98
Kengo Kuma
Japanese architect (1954-)
1,124
views
views
99
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
1,107
views
views
100
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
1,101
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