Trending Film Directors in Japan this year
The 100 most-viewed film directors this year on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Eriko Kitagawa.
100
Ranked
209,275
Total Views (this year)
1
Eriko Kitagawa
Japanese screenwriter and film director
7,728
views
views
2
Jirō Satō
Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director
7,720
views
views
3
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
6,099
views
views
4
Natalie Portman
Israeli-American actress (born 1981)
5,780
views
views
5
Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941)
5,078
views
views
6
Elaiza Ikeda
Japanese model and actress
4,795
views
views
7
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1
4,062
views
views
8
Jon Favreau
American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)
3,740
views
views
9
Rena Nōnen
Japanese actress and singer
3,566
views
views
10
Kasumi Arimura
Japanese actress
3,540
views
views
11
Hirokazu Koreeda
Japanese film director, producer, screenplay writer and film editor (born 1962)
3,345
views
views
12
Sora Aoi
former Japanese AV idol (born 1981)
3,272
views
views
13
Seiko Matsuda
Japanese pop singer, actress
3,224
views
views
14
Yutaka Matsushige
Japanese actor
3,126
views
views
15
Shun Oguri
Japanese actor, voice actor, and film director
3,120
views
views
16
Yusaku Matsuda
Japanese actor (1949–1989)
2,731
views
views
17
Yūsuke Iseya
Japanese actor
2,721
views
views
18
Tao Okamoto
Japanese actress, model (1985-)
2,534
views
views
19
Tōru Muranishi
Japanese adult videos director
2,508
views
views
20
Tom Cruise
American actor and producer (born 1962)
2,324
views
views
21
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Japanese actress
2,316
views
views
22
Mieko Harada
Japanese actress
2,298
views
views
23
Ryan Gosling
Canadian actor and musician (born 1980)
2,262
views
views
24
Rino Sashihara
Japanese female talent, television presenter, commentator, producer, lyrist and YouTuber (1992-)
2,231
views
views
25
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
2,202
views
views
26
Shō Aikawa
Japanese actor and composer
2,091
views
views
27
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
2,010
views
views
28
Stanley Tucci
American actor and author (born 1960)
2,002
views
views
29
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,974
views
views
30
Akira Toriyama
Japanese manga artist and character designer (1955-2024)
1,967
views
views
31
Dean Fujioka
Japanese actor, musician, model, film director / producer (1980-)
1,950
views
views
32
Michael Gordon
American stage actor and stage and film director (1909-1993)
1,940
views
views
33
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
1,893
views
views
34
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
1,869
views
views
35
Keisuke Kuwata
Japanese singer-songwriter
1,849
views
views
36
Rinko Kikuchi
Japanese actress
1,847
views
views
37
Yasushi Akimoto
Japanese producer and lyricist (born 1958)
1,846
views
views
38
Clint Eastwood
American actor and film director (born 1930)
1,833
views
views
39
Gorō Kishitani
Japanese actor and DJ
1,804
views
views
40
Sonny Chiba
Japanese actor and martial artist (1939–2021)
1,803
views
views
41
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic
1,801
views
views
42
Christopher Nolan
British-American filmmaker (born 1970)
1,786
views
views
43
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
1,756
views
views
44
Daisuke Namikawa
Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
1,738
views
views
45
Akira Kobayashi
Japanese actor and singer (1938-)
1,723
views
views
46
Takumi Saito
Japanese actor and filmmaker (born 1981)
1,718
views
views
47
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
1,707
views
views
48
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
1,700
views
views
49
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
1,699
views
views
50
Brad Pitt
American actor and filmmaker (born 1963)
1,695
views
views
51
Shirō Sano
Japanese actor, film director
1,679
views
views
52
Akihiro Kitamura
Japanese actor and film director
1,674
views
views
53
Kristen Stewart
American actress
1,662
views
views
54
Kōki Mitani
Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director
1,648
views
views
55
Jack Black
American actor, comedian, singer, musician and producer (born 1969)
1,632
views
views
56
Hitomi Kuroki
Japanese actress
1,607
views
views
57
Yūji Sakamoto
Japanese screenwriter
1,606
views
views
58
Hitoshi Ozawa
Japanese actor
1,593
views
views
59
Yūichi Fukuda
Japanese playwright, broadcast writer, scriptwriter and film director
1,590
views
views
60
Shinsuke Shimada
Japanese comedian, television presenter and film director
1,588
views
views
61
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
1,584
views
views
62
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
1,530
views
views
63
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
1,516
views
views
64
Tadanobu Asano
Japanese actor
1,515
views
views
65
Masatoshi Nakamura
Japanese actor, singer, TV personality, presenter, narrator
1,510
views
views
66
Paul Thomas Anderson
American filmmaker (born 1970)
1,490
views
views
67
Eiji Okuda
Japanese actor and film director
1,490
views
views
68
Ben Affleck
American film actor, director and screenwriter (born 1972)
1,478
views
views
69
Steven Spielberg
American filmmaker (born 1946)
1,470
views
views
70
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
1,459
views
views
71
Tomoya Maeno
Japanese actor
1,454
views
views
72
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
1,429
views
views
73
Tommy Lee Jones
American actor and film director
1,425
views
views
74
Masahiko Tsugawa
Japanese actor and film director
1,421
views
views
75
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Japanese animation director (1941-)
1,419
views
views
76
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Japanese comedian
1,417
views
views
77
Kevin Bacon
American actor (born 1958)
1,414
views
views
78
Shintarō Katsu
Japanese actor and director (1931-1997)
1,409
views
views
79
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
1,408
views
views
80
Hiroki Matsukata
Japanese actor (1942–2017)
1,399
views
views
81
Yuya Ishii
Film director and producer
1,394
views
views
82
Satoshi Kon
Japanese anime director and manga artist (1963–2010)
1,363
views
views
83
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
1,351
views
views
84
Scarlett Johansson
American actress (born 1984)
1,335
views
views
85
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
1,329
views
views
86
Shōtarō Ishinomori
Japanese manga artist (1938–1998)
1,321
views
views
87
Yukiko Sode
Japanese screenwriter and film director
1,320
views
views
88
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
1,296
views
views
89
Robert De Niro
American actor, director and producer (born 1943)
1,276
views
views
90
Jang Keun-suk
South Korean actor, singer and model
1,259
views
views
91
Takeshi Kobayashi
Japanese film director and composer
1,245
views
views
92
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
1,240
views
views
93
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Japanese actor (1955−2022)
1,239
views
views
94
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Japanese film director
1,223
views
views
95
Kinichi Hagimoto
Japanese comedian, talent, presenter
1,222
views
views
96
Kankurō Kudō
Japanese actor and screenwriter
1,211
views
views
97
George Lucas
American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)
1,208
views
views
98
Jūzō Itami
Japanese actor, film director (1933–1997)
1,207
views
views
99
Gary Oldman
British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
1,201
views
views
100
Hideaki Anno
Japanese animator, film director, businessman
1,196
views
views