Trending Explorers in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed explorers this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: T. E. Lawrence.
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17,511
Total Views (this month)
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T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888β1935)
1,868
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2
Hideaki Takizawa
Japanese actor-singer
1,683
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3
ShintarΕ Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932β2022)
1,560
views
views
4
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451β1506)
560
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5
Naomi Uemura
Japanese mountain climber
551
views
views
6
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506β1552)
549
views
views
7
Hiroshi Fujioka
actor
515
views
views
8
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
417
views
views
9
Michio Hoshino
Japanese photographer (1952β1996)
385
views
views
10
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
338
views
views
11
William Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
330
views
views
12
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934β1968)
265
views
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13
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858β1919)
260
views
views
14
Philipp Franz von Siebold
German biologist and traveller (1796-1866)
243
views
views
15
Xu Fu
Chinese alchemist and explorer in the Qin Dynasty
226
views
views
16
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254β1324)
224
views
views
17
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
218
views
views
18
Masabumi Hosono
RMS Titanic survivor (1870β1939)
217
views
views
19
Junko Tabei
Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
200
views
views
20
George Mallory
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
196
views
views
21
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s β 1524)
194
views
views
22
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
189
views
views
23
Hasekura Tsunenaga
Japanese samurai and diplomat
185
views
views
24
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868β1926)
174
views
views
25
Isabella Bird
British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831β1904)
164
views
views
26
Xuanzang
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602β664)
161
views
views
27
Mamiya RinzΕ
Japanese explorer
155
views
views
28
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
151
views
views
29
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
150
views
views
30
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917β2008)
143
views
views
31
Zheng He
Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
141
views
views
32
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 β 1596)
140
views
views
33
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874β1965)
136
views
views
34
Yamada Nagamasa
Japanese explorer (1590-1630)
134
views
views
35
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868β1912)
126
views
views
36
Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn
Dutch sailor
119
views
views
37
Ekai Kawaguchi
Japanese Buddhist monk (1866β1945)
117
views
views
38
Nobu Shirase
Japanese explorer of the Antarctic (1861-1946)
116
views
views
39
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872β1928)
112
views
views
40
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962β2023)
111
views
views
41
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728β1779)
110
views
views
42
Wario
fictional video game character from the Mario franchise
109
views
views
43
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
107
views
views
44
HernΓ‘n CortΓ©s
Spanish conquistador
107
views
views
45
Katsuji Yoshida
98
views
views
46
Hideyuki Takano
Japanese nonfiction writer
98
views
views
47
John Franklin
British naval officer and explorer (1786β1847)
97
views
views
48
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919β2008)
93
views
views
49
Naoki Ishikawa
Japanese photographer
89
views
views
50
YΕ«suke Kakuhata
86
views
views
51
Peter Cushing
British actor (1913β1994)
84
views
views
52
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867β1951)
81
views
views
53
John Hurt
British actor (1940β2017)
79
views
views
54
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
77
views
views
55
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874β1922)
77
views
views
56
Engelbert Kaempfer
German botanist (1651β1716)
76
views
views
57
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
75
views
views
58
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
73
views
views
59
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938β1961)
72
views
views
60
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
71
views
views
61
Tsuneo Hasegawa
Japanese mountaineer
69
views
views
62
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
69
views
views
63
Norio Suzuki
Japanese explorer and adventurer notable for finding Hiroo Onoda
65
views
views
64
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
65
views
views
65
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
65
views
views
66
Andrew Comyn Irvine
English mountaineer (1902β1924)
64
views
views
67
Stepan Makarov
Russian admiral
64
views
views
68
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
63
views
views
69
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
61
views
views
70
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 β c. 1020)
60
views
views
71
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880β1930)
60
views
views
72
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
57
views
views
73
Yoda BenzΕ
Japanese explorer (1853-1925)
54
views
views
74
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
52
views
views
75
Adam Laxman
Finland-Swedish military officer and one of the first subjects of Imperial Russia to set foot in Japan
51
views
views
76
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
51
views
views
77
Samus Aran
video game character
50
views
views
78
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
50
views
views
79
Hisayoshi Takeda
Japanese botanist (1883β1972)
50
views
views
80
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
49
views
views
81
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842β1921)
47
views
views
82
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
47
views
views
83
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
46
views
views
84
Ranald MacDonald
American English teacher (1824-1894)
46
views
views
85
Nikolai Rezanov
Russian noble and explorer (1764-1807)
45
views
views
86
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
45
views
views
87
Tenjiku Tokubei
17th-century Japanese trader or traveler, who become a magician character in Kabuki.
45
views
views
88
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
44
views
views
89
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786β1836)
43
views
views
90
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
42
views
views
91
Ban Chao
Chinese military general, explorer and diplomat (32β102 CE)
42
views
views
92
Zhang Qian
imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
42
views
views
93
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
42
views
views
94
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
42
views
views
95
Mogami Tokunai
daimyo (1755-1836)
42
views
views
96
Yoshiharu Sekino
Japanese explorer
41
views
views
97
Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552β1618)
41
views
views
98
Fukushima Yasumasa
Japanese general (1852-1919)
40
views
views
99
David Sharp
British mountain climber (1972β2006)
39
views
views
100
Matteo Ricci
Italian Catholic missionary (1552β1610)
39
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