Trending Economists in Japan — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed economists on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tarō Asō. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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Ranked
750,884
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
67,273
views
views
2
Kohei Saito
Japanese philosopher, Marxist (1987-)
51,824
views
views
3
Kazuo Ueda
Japanese economist (1951-)
38,606
views
views
4
Yōichi Takahashi
Japanese economist
32,357
views
views
5
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
31,536
views
views
6
Yūsuke Narita
Japanese economist
22,259
views
views
7
Shibusawa Eiichi
Japanese industrialist known as the "father of Japanese capitalism" (1840-1931)
20,735
views
views
8
Takuji Aida
Japanese economist
20,362
views
views
9
Heizō Takenaka
Japanese economist
16,289
views
views
10
Iehiro Tokugawa
Japanese author and translator
15,554
views
views
11
Ninomiya Sontoku
Japanese philosopher
14,680
views
views
12
Takahashi Korekiyo
Japanese politician (1854-1936)
14,480
views
views
13
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
14,039
views
views
14
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
13,990
views
views
15
Yasuo Fukuda
Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 (1936–2026)
13,374
views
views
16
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
12,171
views
views
17
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
11,442
views
views
18
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
11,404
views
views
19
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
10,702
views
views
20
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
10,584
views
views
21
Sayuri Shirai
Japanese economist
10,447
views
views
22
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
9,563
views
views
23
Makiko Nakamuro
Japanese economist (1975-)
9,528
views
views
24
Hayato Ikeda
Prime Minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964
9,381
views
views
25
Takurō Morinaga
Japanese economic analyst, economist (1957-2025)
8,809
views
views
26
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
7,916
views
views
27
Kawashima Tatsuhiko
Japanese economist
7,363
views
views
28
Jitsurō Terashima
Japanese economist and critic
7,023
views
views
29
Haruhiko Kuroda
Japanese banker
6,654
views
views
30
Asada, Tōichirō
Japanese economist (1954-)
6,397
views
views
31
Heita Kawakatsu
Japanese politician
6,142
views
views
32
Mika Takaoka
Japanese business theorist (1968-)
5,759
views
views
33
Yukari Satō
Japanese politician
5,549
views
views
34
Kevin Warsh
Chairman of the Federal Reserve since 2026
5,526
views
views
35
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
5,485
views
views
36
Sakichi Toyoda
Japanese inventor and industrialist (1867–1930)
5,446
views
views
37
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
5,365
views
views
38
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
5,132
views
views
39
Lee Teng-hui
7-9th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) (1923-2020)
4,808
views
views
40
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
4,694
views
views
41
Shingo Kakino
Japanese historian and economist
4,629
views
views
42
Arai Hakuseki
Japanese scholar and official (1657–1725)
4,575
views
views
43
Li Keqiang
Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023
4,564
views
views
44
Ryokichi Minobe
Japanese politician (1904-1984)
4,282
views
views
45
Kenichi Ohmae
Japanese business theorist (1943-)
4,223
views
views
46
Toshihiro Nagahama
Japanese economic commentator (1971-)
3,919
views
views
47
Kathy Matsui
vice chair and chief Japan strategist for global investment bank Goldman Sachs
3,698
views
views
48
Ke Long
3,695
views
views
49
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
3,570
views
views
50
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
3,533
views
views
51
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
3,504
views
views
52
Alexander Lukashenka
President of the Republic of Belarus
3,470
views
views
53
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
3,464
views
views
54
Gōshi Kataoka
Japanese economist (1972-)
3,386
views
views
55
Masajuro Shiokawa
Japanese politician (1921-2015)
3,379
views
views
56
Miho Konishi
Japanese economist
3,345
views
views
57
Nobuo Ikeda
Japanese economist
3,297
views
views
58
Ayumi Yasutomi
Japanese economist and politician
3,265
views
views
59
Yosuke Yasuda
Japanese economist
3,265
views
views
60
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
3,240
views
views
61
Kazuhide Uekusa
Japanese economist (1960-)
3,221
views
views
62
Kōsuke Motani
Japanese economist（1964-）
3,108
views
views
63
Arsène Wenger
French football manager (born 1949)
2,958
views
views
64
Peter Drucker
American business consultant (1909–2005)
2,947
views
views
65
Yoshihiko Okabe
2,897
views
views
66
Masaaki Shirakawa
Japanese banker
2,880
views
views
67
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
2,869
views
views
68
Hidetomi Tanaka
Japanese economist and historian
2,831
views
views
69
Yoshiyuki Kasai
Japanese businessman (1940-2022)
2,720
views
views
70
Akira Asada
Japanese postmodern critic/curator/Dean:Graduate School/Kyoto University of Art and Design
2,706
views
views
71
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
2,694
views
views
72
Akie Iriyama
Japanese economist
2,620
views
views
73
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
2,554
views
views
74
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
2,489
views
views
75
Jeremy Bentham
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
2,485
views
views
76
Jim Rogers
American writer
2,479
views
views
77
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese Christian social reformer (1888–1960)
2,417
views
views
78
Masayoshi Honma
Japanese economist (1951-)
2,414
views
views
79
Yayoi Tanaka
Japanese business theorist (1960 -)
2,404
views
views
80
Taikichiro Mori
Japanese businessman (1904–1993)
2,388
views
views
81
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
2,316
views
views
82
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist (1877–1970)
2,296
views
views
83
Erich Fromm
German-American sociologist and psychoanalyst (1900–1980)
2,227
views
views
84
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
2,224
views
views
85
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946)
2,204
views
views
86
David Hume
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
2,200
views
views
87
Shinzo Koizumi
Japanese economist
2,190
views
views
88
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
2,168
views
views
89
Shinichiro Kurimoto
Japanese academic
2,158
views
views
90
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
2,102
views
views
91
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
2,032
views
views
92
Takashi Kadokura
Japanese economist
2,028
views
views
93
Francis Fukuyama
American political scientist, political economist, and author
2,025
views
views
94
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
1,998
views
views
95
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
1,976
views
views
96
Robert McNamara
American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)
1,967
views
views
97
Ikujiro Nonaka
Japanese business theorist
1,966
views
views
98
Seiichi Tobata
Japanese academic
1,954
views
views
99
António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
1,933
views
views
100
Ken Kusunoki
Japanese business theorist
1,888
views
views