Trending Explorers in Japan — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Masabumi Hosono. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
501,325
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Masabumi Hosono
RMS Titanic survivor (1870–1939)
101,142
views
views
2
Hideaki Takizawa
Japanese actor-singer
32,926
views
views
3
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
32,673
views
views
4
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
30,178
views
views
5
Hiroshi Fujioka
actor
17,550
views
views
6
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
13,771
views
views
7
Naomi Uemura
Japanese mountain climber
12,591
views
views
8
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
12,522
views
views
9
Junko Tabei
Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
11,830
views
views
10
William Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
11,427
views
views
11
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
9,124
views
views
12
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16
8,953
views
views
13
Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn
Dutch sailor
7,753
views
views
14
Philipp Franz von Siebold
German biologist and traveller (1796-1866)
6,748
views
views
15
Michio Hoshino
Japanese photographer (1952–1996)
6,430
views
views
16
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
6,225
views
views
17
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
6,009
views
views
18
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
5,523
views
views
19
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
5,054
views
views
20
Mamiya Rinzō
Japanese explorer
4,997
views
views
21
Xu Fu
Chinese alchemist and explorer in the Qin Dynasty
4,941
views
views
22
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
4,734
views
views
23
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
4,618
views
views
24
Hideyuki Takano
Japanese nonfiction writer
4,437
views
views
25
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
4,205
views
views
26
Hasekura Tsunenaga
Japanese samurai and diplomat
4,093
views
views
27
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
4,049
views
views
28
Samus Aran
video game character
3,883
views
views
29
Yamada Nagamasa
Japanese explorer (1590-1630)
3,857
views
views
30
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
3,348
views
views
31
Nobu Shirase
Japanese explorer of the Antarctic (1861-1946)
3,250
views
views
32
Jedediah Smith
American explorer (1799–1831)
3,228
views
views
33
Isabella Bird
British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904)
3,227
views
views
34
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
3,129
views
views
35
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
3,076
views
views
36
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
2,937
views
views
37
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
2,899
views
views
38
Katsuji Yoshida
2,896
views
views
39
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
2,854
views
views
40
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
2,709
views
views
41
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
2,660
views
views
42
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
2,541
views
views
43
Yūsuke Kakuhata
2,497
views
views
44
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
2,483
views
views
45
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
2,251
views
views
46
Yoshiharu Sekino
Japanese explorer
2,221
views
views
47
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
2,086
views
views
48
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
2,032
views
views
49
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
2,027
views
views
50
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
1,921
views
views
51
Tsuneo Hasegawa
Japanese mountaineer
1,901
views
views
52
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
1,809
views
views
53
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,762
views
views
54
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
1,753
views
views
55
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
1,748
views
views
56
Norio Suzuki
Japanese explorer and adventurer notable for finding Hiroo Onoda
1,712
views
views
57
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
1,708
views
views
58
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
1,629
views
views
59
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
1,619
views
views
60
Wario
fictional video game character from the Mario franchise
1,593
views
views
61
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
1,557
views
views
62
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
1,478
views
views
63
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
1,477
views
views
64
Naoki Ishikawa
Japanese photographer
1,466
views
views
65
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
1,312
views
views
66
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
1,301
views
views
67
Fukushima Yasumasa
Japanese general (1852-1919)
1,286
views
views
68
Ekai Kawaguchi
Japanese Buddhist monk (1866–1945)
1,286
views
views
69
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,277
views
views
70
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913–1994)
1,272
views
views
71
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
1,259
views
views
72
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
1,253
views
views
73
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
1,227
views
views
74
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
1,197
views
views
75
Adam Laxman
Finland-Swedish military officer and one of the first subjects of Imperial Russia to set foot in Japan
1,193
views
views
76
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
1,178
views
views
77
Engelbert Kaempfer
German botanist (1651–1716)
1,156
views
views
78
William Dampier
British pirate and explorer (1651-1715)
1,154
views
views
79
Eizaburo Nishibori
Japanese scientist and exploror (1903-1989)
1,141
views
views
80
Sora
main protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts video game series
1,129
views
views
81
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
1,113
views
views
82
Yoda Benzō
Japanese explorer (1853-1925)
1,078
views
views
83
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
1,076
views
views
84
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
1,073
views
views
85
Mogami Tokunai
daimyo (1755-1836)
1,069
views
views
86
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
1,068
views
views
87
Kondō Jūzō
1,038
views
views
88
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902–1924)
1,037
views
views
89
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
1,036
views
views
90
Ranald MacDonald
American English teacher (1824-1894)
1,027
views
views
91
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
1,022
views
views
92
Thorkell the Tall
Jomsviking
993
views
views
93
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
988
views
views
94
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
960
views
views
95
Zhang Qian
imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
948
views
views
96
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
905
views
views
97
Hisayoshi Takeda
Japanese botanist (1883–1972)
901
views
views
98
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
892
views
views
99
Oguri Jūkichi
Japanese sailor
891
views
views
100
Nathan Drake
fictional character from the Uncharted video game series
862
views
views