Trending Film Directors in Japan — September 2026
The 99 most-viewed film directors on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sora Hokimoto. Data as of 28 October 2026.
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Ranked
4,058,984
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Sora Hokimoto
Japanese film director, musician and novelist
443,883
views
views
2
Sō Kuramoto
Japanese screenwriter (1935-2026)
262,583
views
views
3
Mieko Harada
Japanese actress
215,939
views
views
4
Christopher Nolan
English and American filmmaker (born 1970)
134,258
views
views
5
Kate Winslet
English actress (born 1975)
115,078
views
views
6
Katsuo Fukuzawa
109,176
views
views
7
Leslie Cheung
Hong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
96,362
views
views
8
Rena Nōnen
Japanese actress and singer
74,927
views
views
9
Yūsuke Santamaria
Japanese actor (1971-)
65,788
views
views
10
Elaiza Ikeda
Japanese model and actress
59,187
views
views
11
Shun Oguri
Japanese actor, voice actor, and film director
58,569
views
views
12
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
56,203
views
views
13
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
55,321
views
views
14
Elliot Page
Canadian actor
52,721
views
views
15
Takeshi Fukunaga
Japanese filmmaker
49,393
views
views
16
Yutaka Mizutani
Japanese actor and singer
48,507
views
views
17
Dean Fujioka
Japanese actor, musician, model, film director / producer (1980-)
47,438
views
views
18
Seiko Matsuda
Japanese pop singer, actress
39,916
views
views
19
Hirokazu Koreeda
Japanese film director, producer, screenplay writer and film editor (born 1962)
39,242
views
views
20
Toshirō Mifune
Japanese actor (1920–1997)
38,168
views
views
21
Natalie Portman
Israeli-American actress (born 1981)
37,621
views
views
22
Yūji Sakamoto
Japanese screenwriter
36,022
views
views
23
Shinya Tsukamoto
Japanese film director and actor
35,740
views
views
24
Steven Spielberg
American filmmaker (born 1946)
35,312
views
views
25
Masaya Ozaki
Japanese screenwriter (1960-2026)
34,849
views
views
26
Kōki Mitani
Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director
33,308
views
views
27
Naoto Takenaka
Japanese actor, voice actor, film director, talent, comedian, singer
33,102
views
views
28
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
32,673
views
views
29
Yutaka Matsushige
Japanese actor
32,471
views
views
30
Yoshiki
Japanese musician
32,414
views
views
31
Katsuyuki Motohiro
Japanese film director
32,175
views
views
32
Yusaku Matsuda
Japanese actor (1949–1989)
32,086
views
views
33
Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese animator, filmmaker, and mangaka (born 1941)
31,214
views
views
34
Keisuke Horibe
Japanese actor and screenwriter
31,099
views
views
35
Keisuke Kuwata
Japanese singer-songwriter
30,807
views
views
36
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Japanese comedian
30,689
views
views
37
Takayuki Suzui
Japanese film director and screenwriter
30,550
views
views
38
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
30,395
views
views
39
Sonny Chiba
Japanese actor and martial artist (1939–2021)
30,245
views
views
40
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
30,178
views
views
41
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
29,966
views
views
42
Ryoichi Kimizuka
Japanese screenwriter and director
29,924
views
views
43
Rinko Kikuchi
Japanese actress
28,692
views
views
44
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Japanese actress (born 1954)
28,474
views
views
45
Yuki Saito
Japanese director (1979-)
28,349
views
views
46
Robert Redford
American actor and director (1936–2025)
27,964
views
views
47
Rino Sashihara
Japanese female talent, television presenter, producer, lyrist and YouTuber (1992-)
27,100
views
views
48
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
26,589
views
views
49
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
26,425
views
views
50
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
26,377
views
views
51
Lady Gaga
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
25,877
views
views
52
Tom Cruise
American actor and film producer (born 1962)
25,842
views
views
53
Clint Eastwood
American actor and film director (born 1930)
25,683
views
views
54
Daisuke Namikawa
Japanese voice actor
25,503
views
views
55
Akira Toriyama
Japanese manga artist and character designer (1955-2024)
25,177
views
views
56
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
25,173
views
views
57
Tadanobu Asano
Japanese actor
25,077
views
views
58
Hiroki Matsukata
Japanese actor (1942–2017)
25,011
views
views
59
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Japanese actor (1955−2022)
24,837
views
views
60
Rentarō Mikuni
Japanese actor (1923–2013)
24,295
views
views
61
Jūzō Itami
Japanese actor, film director (1933–1997)
24,162
views
views
62
Ben Stiller
American actor and comedian (born 1965)
24,151
views
views
63
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
23,765
views
views
64
Masashi Sada
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
23,749
views
views
65
Kazumasa Oda
Japanese singer-songwriter
23,508
views
views
66
Scarlett Johansson
American actress (born 1984)
23,422
views
views
67
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
23,101
views
views
68
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
22,427
views
views
69
Yasushi Akimoto
Japanese producer and lyricist (born 1958)
22,256
views
views
70
Kankurō Kudō
Japanese actor and screenwriter
22,251
views
views
71
Shinji Aoyama
Japanese film director and novelist (1964-2022)
22,083
views
views
72
Tsuyoshi Sakurai
Japanese screenwriter and film director
21,835
views
views
73
Gorō Kishitani
Japanese actor and DJ
21,804
views
views
74
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
21,570
views
views
75
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
21,404
views
views
76
Kazuyuki Izutsu
Japanese film director
21,311
views
views
77
Mitsuyo Kakuta
Japanese writer
21,267
views
views
78
Gary Oldman
British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
21,154
views
views
79
Shunji Iwai
Japanese film director
20,821
views
views
80
Takashi Shimizu
Japanese filmmaker (born 1972)
20,745
views
views
81
Shinobu Sakagami
Japanese talent, actor (1967-)
20,452
views
views
82
Ryudo Uzaki
Japanese musician, composer, and actor (born 1946)
20,199
views
views
83
Masahiko Tsugawa
Japanese actor and film director
20,001
views
views
84
Masatoshi Nakamura
Japanese actor, singer, TV personality, presenter, narrator
19,942
views
views
85
Yōji Yamada
Japanese film director and screenwriter
19,481
views
views
86
Demon Kakka
Japanese musician and entertainer
19,458
views
views
87
Will Smith
American actor, film producer and rapper (born 1968)
19,418
views
views
88
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Japanese film director
19,101
views
views
89
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
19,091
views
views
90
Yūsuke Iseya
Japanese actor
19,047
views
views
91
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
19,029
views
views
92
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
18,932
views
views
93
Robert Downey Jr.
American actor (born 1965)
18,880
views
views
94
Jirō Satō
Japanese male actor, screenwriter, film director and television presenter (1969-)
18,854
views
views
95
Emma Watson
English actress (born 1990)
18,663
views
views
96
Jodie Foster
American actress and filmmaker (born 1962)
18,515
views
views
97
Alan Ritchson
American actor (born 1982)
18,501
views
views
98
Shinsuke Shimada
Japanese comedian, television presenter and film director
18,434
views
views
99
Shintarō Katsu
Japanese actor and director (1931-1997)
18,256
views
views