Trending Film Directors in Japan — the 7 days to 31 October 2026
The 98 most-viewed film directors on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 31 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ryū Murakami. Data as of 31 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,029,477
Total Views (the 7 days to 31 October 2026)
1
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
183,564
views
views
2
Mieko Harada
Japanese actress
60,003
views
views
3
Patrick Stewart
English actor (1940–2026)
41,342
views
views
4
Shun Oguri
Japanese actor, voice actor, and film director
36,252
views
views
5
Kankurō Kudō
Japanese actor and screenwriter
29,209
views
views
6
Katsuo Fukuzawa
26,496
views
views
7
Yoshinori Kobayashi
Japanese manga artist and critic (1953–)
23,152
views
views
8
Tom Cruise
American actor and film producer (born 1962)
20,146
views
views
9
Shinsuke Shimada
Japanese comedian, television presenter and film director
18,827
views
views
10
Masatoshi Nakamura
Japanese actor, singer, TV personality, presenter, narrator
14,943
views
views
11
Akira Toriyama
Japanese manga artist and character designer (1955-2024)
14,605
views
views
12
Yutaka Matsushige
Japanese actor
14,353
views
views
13
Takashi Yamazaki
Japanese filmmaker and visual effects artist
13,165
views
views
14
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
13,102
views
views
15
Cate Blanchett
Australian actor and producer (born 1969)
11,333
views
views
16
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
11,218
views
views
17
Tomoko Nakajima
Japanese actress
10,495
views
views
18
Seiko Matsuda
Japanese pop singer, actress
10,343
views
views
19
Dean Fujioka
Japanese actor, musician, model, film director / producer (1980-)
10,225
views
views
20
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
10,174
views
views
21
Kinji Fukasaku
Japanese film director and screenwriter (1930–2003)
10,167
views
views
22
Akira Kobayashi
Japanese actor and singer (1938-)
10,033
views
views
23
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
9,907
views
views
24
Takeshi Fukunaga
Japanese filmmaker
9,682
views
views
25
Ayuko Tsukahara
Japanese director
8,901
views
views
26
Christopher Nolan
English and American filmmaker (born 1970)
8,775
views
views
27
Miwa Nishikawa
Japanese film director
8,502
views
views
28
Yusaku Matsuda
Japanese actor (1949–1989)
8,166
views
views
29
Eiji Okuda
Japanese actor and film director
8,085
views
views
30
Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese animator, filmmaker, and mangaka (born 1941)
8,046
views
views
31
Yutaka Mizutani
Japanese actor and singer
7,797
views
views
32
Steven Spielberg
American filmmaker (born 1946)
7,759
views
views
33
Keisuke Kuwata
Japanese singer-songwriter
7,249
views
views
34
Sonny Chiba
Japanese actor and martial artist (1939–2021)
7,203
views
views
35
Masaaki Akahori
Japanese actor and screenwriter
7,117
views
views
36
Clint Eastwood
American actor and film director (born 1930)
7,057
views
views
37
Yūji Sakamoto
Japanese screenwriter
6,870
views
views
38
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
6,817
views
views
39
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Japanese comedian
6,418
views
views
40
Leiji Matsumoto
Japanese manga artist (1938–2023)
6,282
views
views
41
Shōtarō Ishinomori
Japanese manga artist (1938–1998)
6,277
views
views
42
Masanobu Andō
Japanese actor
6,253
views
views
43
Takashi Miike
Japanese film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor
6,194
views
views
44
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Japanese animation director (1941-)
6,187
views
views
45
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
6,079
views
views
46
Rena Nōnen
Japanese actress and singer
6,040
views
views
47
Masahiko Tsugawa
Japanese actor and film director
6,034
views
views
48
Rino Sashihara
Japanese female talent, television presenter, producer, lyrist and YouTuber (1992-)
5,874
views
views
49
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
5,869
views
views
50
Gary Oldman
British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
5,829
views
views
51
Kensaku Kobayashi
Japanese actor and seiyū
5,811
views
views
52
Kazumasa Oda
Japanese singer-songwriter
5,788
views
views
53
Alan Rickman
British actor and director (1946–2016)
5,785
views
views
54
Kinichi Hagimoto
Japanese comedian, talent, presenter
5,670
views
views
55
Kōki Mitani
Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director
5,513
views
views
56
Shirō Sano
Japanese actor, film director
5,501
views
views
57
Takashi Matsumoto
Japanese lyricist and drummer
5,495
views
views
58
Elaiza Ikeda
Japanese model and actress
5,492
views
views
59
Naoto Takenaka
Japanese actor, voice actor, film director, talent, comedian, singer
5,472
views
views
60
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
5,445
views
views
61
Yoshiki
Japanese musician
5,386
views
views
62
Daisuke Namikawa
Japanese voice actor
5,329
views
views
63
Yasushi Akimoto
Japanese producer and lyricist (born 1958)
5,246
views
views
64
Hideaki Anno
Japanese animator, film director, businessman
5,139
views
views
65
Jūzō Itami
Japanese actor, film director (1933–1997)
5,128
views
views
66
Keisuke Yoshida
Japanese film director
5,096
views
views
67
Natalie Portman
Israeli-American actress (born 1981)
5,040
views
views
68
Sahel Rosa
Iran-born Japanese actress
5,038
views
views
69
Toshirō Mifune
Japanese actor (1920–1997)
5,024
views
views
70
Prince
American musician (1958–2016)
4,956
views
views
71
Yuki Ninagawa
Japanese actress
4,879
views
views
72
Masashi Tashiro
Japanese television performer and singer
4,873
views
views
73
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
4,853
views
views
74
Johnny Depp
American actor (born 1963)
4,831
views
views
75
Teruyoshi Uchimura
Japanese comedian
4,830
views
views
76
Hiroki Matsukata
Japanese actor (1942–2017)
4,826
views
views
77
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
4,814
views
views
78
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Japanese actor (1955−2022)
4,795
views
views
79
Joe Hisaishi
Japanese composer, conductor, pianist
4,777
views
views
80
Tadanobu Asano
Japanese actor
4,763
views
views
81
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
4,678
views
views
82
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
4,651
views
views
83
Kōji Hagiuda
Japanese screenwriter
4,628
views
views
84
Michihito Fujii
Japanese director
4,481
views
views
85
Yūsuke Iseya
Japanese actor
4,478
views
views
86
Kaori Momoi
Japanese actress
4,473
views
views
87
Yoshitaka Kawai
Japanese film director
4,454
views
views
88
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
4,453
views
views
89
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
4,374
views
views
90
Fuminori Kaneko
Japanese impresario and film director
4,358
views
views
91
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
4,345
views
views
92
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
4,342
views
views
93
Robert De Niro
American actor (born 1943)
4,340
views
views
94
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
4,318
views
views
95
Shintarō Katsu
Japanese actor and director (1931-1997)
4,292
views
views
96
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
4,284
views
views
97
Mel Gibson
American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1956)
4,261
views
views
98
Masashi Sada
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
4,256
views
views