Trending Film Directors in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 98 most-viewed film directors on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sora Hokimoto. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
4,253,981
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Sora Hokimoto
Japanese film director, musician and novelist
444,038
views
views
2
Sō Kuramoto
Japanese screenwriter (1935-2026)
262,917
views
views
3
Mieko Harada
Japanese actress
218,237
views
views
4
Christopher Nolan
English and American filmmaker (born 1970)
136,044
views
views
5
Kate Winslet
English actress (born 1975)
115,821
views
views
6
Katsuo Fukuzawa
109,648
views
views
7
Leslie Cheung
Hong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
96,812
views
views
8
Kasumi Arimura
Japanese actress (1993-)
78,504
views
views
9
Rena Nōnen
Japanese actress and singer
78,493
views
views
10
Yūsuke Santamaria
Japanese actor (1971-)
66,448
views
views
11
Elaiza Ikeda
Japanese model and actress
63,982
views
views
12
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
62,302
views
views
13
Shun Oguri
Japanese actor, voice actor, and film director
61,689
views
views
14
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
59,383
views
views
15
Elliot Page
Canadian actor
53,667
views
views
16
Takeshi Fukunaga
Japanese filmmaker
50,507
views
views
17
Yutaka Mizutani
Japanese actor and singer
49,644
views
views
18
Dean Fujioka
Japanese actor, musician, model, film director / producer (1980-)
49,388
views
views
19
Natalie Portman
Israeli-American actress (born 1981)
43,401
views
views
20
Seiko Matsuda
Japanese pop singer, actress
43,140
views
views
21
Hirokazu Koreeda
Japanese film director, producer, screenplay writer and film editor (born 1962)
42,587
views
views
22
Toshirō Mifune
Japanese actor (1920–1997)
39,272
views
views
23
Yūji Sakamoto
Japanese screenwriter
37,628
views
views
24
Steven Spielberg
American filmmaker (born 1946)
36,782
views
views
25
Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese animator, filmmaker, and mangaka (born 1941)
36,292
views
views
26
Shinya Tsukamoto
Japanese film director and actor
35,966
views
views
27
Yutaka Matsushige
Japanese actor
35,597
views
views
28
Kōki Mitani
Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director
34,956
views
views
29
Masaya Ozaki
Japanese screenwriter (1960-2026)
34,930
views
views
30
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
34,875
views
views
31
Yusaku Matsuda
Japanese actor (1949–1989)
34,817
views
views
32
Naoto Takenaka
Japanese actor, voice actor, film director, talent, comedian, singer
34,236
views
views
33
Yoshiki
Japanese musician
33,588
views
views
34
Keisuke Kuwata
Japanese singer-songwriter
32,656
views
views
35
Katsuyuki Motohiro
Japanese film director
32,490
views
views
36
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
32,264
views
views
37
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Japanese comedian
32,106
views
views
38
Sonny Chiba
Japanese actor and martial artist (1939–2021)
32,048
views
views
39
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
31,666
views
views
40
Keisuke Horibe
Japanese actor and screenwriter
31,660
views
views
41
Takayuki Suzui
Japanese film director and screenwriter
31,494
views
views
42
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
30,849
views
views
43
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Japanese actress (born 1954)
30,790
views
views
44
Rinko Kikuchi
Japanese actress
30,539
views
views
45
Ryoichi Kimizuka
Japanese screenwriter and director
30,400
views
views
46
Rino Sashihara
Japanese female talent, television presenter, commentator, producer, lyrist and YouTuber (1992-)
29,331
views
views
47
Robert Redford
American actor and director (1936–2025)
28,574
views
views
48
Yuki Saito
Japanese director (1979-)
28,378
views
views
49
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
28,318
views
views
50
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
28,288
views
views
51
Tom Cruise
American actor and film producer (born 1962)
28,166
views
views
52
Clint Eastwood
American actor and film director (born 1930)
27,516
views
views
53
Daisuke Namikawa
Japanese voice actor (born 1976)
27,241
views
views
54
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
27,147
views
views
55
Akira Toriyama
Japanese manga artist and character designer (1955-2024)
27,144
views
views
56
Lady Gaga
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
26,885
views
views
57
Tadanobu Asano
Japanese actor
26,592
views
views
58
Jirō Satō
Japanese male actor, screenwriter, film director and television presenter (1969-)
26,574
views
views
59
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
26,549
views
views
60
Hiroki Matsukata
Japanese actor (1942–2017)
26,410
views
views
61
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Japanese actor (1955−2022)
26,076
views
views
62
Rentarō Mikuni
Japanese actor (1923–2013)
25,382
views
views
63
Jūzō Itami
Japanese actor, film director (1933–1997)
25,369
views
views
64
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
25,194
views
views
65
Masashi Sada
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
24,845
views
views
66
Scarlett Johansson
American actress (born 1984)
24,757
views
views
67
Kazumasa Oda
Japanese singer-songwriter
24,617
views
views
68
Ben Stiller
American actor and comedian (born 1965)
24,458
views
views
69
Yasushi Akimoto
Japanese producer and lyricist (born 1958)
24,102
views
views
70
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
23,835
views
views
71
Gorō Kishitani
Japanese actor and DJ
23,608
views
views
72
Kankurō Kudō
Japanese actor and screenwriter
23,462
views
views
73
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
23,393
views
views
74
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
22,755
views
views
75
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
22,726
views
views
76
Gary Oldman
British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
22,355
views
views
77
Shinji Aoyama
Japanese film director and novelist (1964-2022)
22,348
views
views
78
Tsuyoshi Sakurai
Japanese screenwriter and film director
21,929
views
views
79
Mitsuyo Kakuta
Japanese writer
21,840
views
views
80
Kazuyuki Izutsu
Japanese film director
21,823
views
views
81
Yūsuke Iseya
Japanese actor
21,768
views
views
82
Shunji Iwai
Japanese film director
21,579
views
views
83
Masatoshi Nakamura
Japanese actor, singer, TV personality, presenter, narrator
21,452
views
views
84
Masahiko Tsugawa
Japanese actor and film director
21,422
views
views
85
Ryudo Uzaki
Japanese musician, composer, and actor (born 1946)
21,371
views
views
86
Shinobu Sakagami
Japanese talent, actor (1967-)
21,171
views
views
87
Takashi Shimizu
Japanese filmmaker (born 1972)
21,039
views
views
88
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
20,613
views
views
89
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
20,607
views
views
90
Demon Kakka
Japanese musician and entertainer
20,373
views
views
91
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Japanese film director
20,324
views
views
92
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
20,228
views
views
93
Yōji Yamada
Japanese film director and screenwriter
20,146
views
views
94
Will Smith
American actor, film producer and rapper (born 1968)
20,125
views
views
95
Shinsuke Shimada
Japanese comedian, television presenter and film director
20,022
views
views
96
Hitoshi Ozawa
Japanese actor
19,779
views
views
97
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
19,713
views
views
98
Emma Watson
English actress (born 1990)
19,709
views
views