Trending Journalists in Japan this year
The 100 most-viewed journalists this year on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ken'ichi Asano.
100
Ranked
236,932
Total Views (this year)
Country
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πΊπΈ USA
π©πͺ Germany
π«π· France
π―π΅ Japan
πͺπΈ Spain
π§π· Brazil
π·πΊ Russia
π¨π³ China
1
Ken'ichi Asano
Japanese journalist, civic activist, Japan-North Korea friendship activist
10,519
views
views
2
Sanae Takaichi
Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025
8,477
views
views
3
Tsuneyasu Takeda
Japanese writer
7,359
views
views
4
Hideki Kuriyama
Japanese baseball player and manager
7,352
views
views
5
Sho Sakurai
Japanese singer, songwriter and rapper
7,178
views
views
6
Takahiro Ikeyama
Japanese former baseball player and coach, mannager
6,553
views
views
7
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925β1970)
6,099
views
views
8
Asuka SaitΕ
Japanese female talent, television presenter, fashion model
4,936
views
views
9
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Japanese professional baseball player, coach, baseball critic, baseball commentator
4,890
views
views
10
Donald Trump
American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017β2021; since 2025)
4,535
views
views
11
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
12
RyΕsuke Nishida
Japanese sociologist
4,025
views
views
13
Nanase Nishino
Japanese female talent, television presenter, actress and fashion model
3,916
views
views
14
Hiccorohee
Japanese owarai talent
3,450
views
views
15
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850β1904)
3,436
views
views
16
Yutaka Enatsu
Japanese professional baseball player, baseball critic, baseball commentator
3,259
views
views
17
Kazuki Inoue
Japanese baseball player
3,043
views
views
18
Anna Nakagawa
Japanese television presenter
2,860
views
views
19
Kosuke Minowa
Japanese editor and businessman (1985-)
2,821
views
views
20
Mirei Kiritani
Japanese actress and model
2,726
views
views
21
Matsuko Deluxe
Japanese columnist, essayist, and TV personality
2,680
views
views
22
TΕru Tamakawa
Japanese television commentator, former TV Asahi employee (1963-)
2,624
views
views
23
Kensuke Εkoshi
2,557
views
views
24
Moe Fukada
Japanese business analyst
2,510
views
views
25
Yuka Nishizawa
Japanese announcer
2,366
views
views
26
Yukino Kikuma
Japanese lawyer, commentator
2,366
views
views
27
RyΕ«nosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892β1927)
2,340
views
views
28
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Japanese singer and actress (1920-2014)
2,326
views
views
29
KyΕko SaitΕ
Japanese actress, talent, fashion model
2,312
views
views
30
Takafumi Horie
Japanese businessman
2,285
views
views
31
ShintarΕ Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932β2022)
2,202
views
views
32
Sayaka Isoyama
Japanese model and tarento
2,171
views
views
33
Masumi Kuwata
Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player, coach
2,138
views
views
34
Mao Kobayashi
Japanese newscaster and actress
2,106
views
views
35
Kazlaser
Japanese comedian
2,101
views
views
36
Sanma Akashiya
Japanese comedian
2,088
views
views
37
Anne Watanabe
Japanese actress and model
2,032
views
views
38
Tamori
Japanese comedian
2,022
views
views
39
Ikhlas Fakhry
Egyptian-Japanese female critic
2,018
views
views
40
Yuka Hayashi
Japanese tarento
2,014
views
views
41
Koji Uehara
Japanese former baseball player and coach
1,957
views
views
42
Rei Kikukawa
Japanese actress and model
1,954
views
views
43
Kazushige Nagashima
Japanese baseball player, actor, and sports commentator
1,941
views
views
44
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928β1967)
1,938
views
views
45
Higashibukuro
Japanese comedian
1,888
views
views
46
Keiko Hamada
Japanese journalist, feminist, and trans ally (1966-)
1,861
views
views
47
Katsuya Nomura
Japanese professional baseball player, coach, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1935-2020)
1,849
views
views
48
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic
1,801
views
views
49
Anna Wintour
English magazine editor
1,766
views
views
50
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
1,756
views
views
51
Hiroki Azuma
Japanese philosopher, critic
1,723
views
views
52
Subaru Kimura
GermanβJapanese voice actor
1,714
views
views
53
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
1,700
views
views
54
Katsura Utamaru
Japanese comedian
1,695
views
views
55
Masaki Aiba
Japanese musician and actor (born 1982)
1,676
views
views
56
Masahiro Nakai
Japanese singer and actor
1,673
views
views
57
Teruyuki Kagawa
Japanese actor
1,670
views
views
58
Kaho Miyake
Japanese book reviewer
1,655
views
views
59
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
1,617
views
views
60
YΕ«mi Nagashima
Japanese TV announcer
1,608
views
views
61
Teruhiko SaigΕ
Japanese singer, actor, talent (1947-2022)
1,606
views
views
62
RenhΕ
Japanese politician (born 1967)
1,594
views
views
63
San-yΕ«tei Enraku V
Japanese rakugoka (1933-2009)
1,588
views
views
64
Shinsuke Shimada
Japanese comedian, television presenter and film director
1,588
views
views
65
Kanon Hokawa
Japanese weather forecaster
1,566
views
views
66
RyΕ«shΕ Kadota
Japanese journalist
1,541
views
views
67
ChΕsuke Ikariya
Japanese comedian (1931-2004)
1,533
views
views
68
Masayasu Wakabayashi
Japanese comedian
1,513
views
views
69
Im Yoon-ah
South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)
1,504
views
views
70
Toyoko Yamasaki
Japanese writer (1924β2013)
1,498
views
views
71
Nobuko Nakano
Japanese scientist
1,481
views
views
72
Nobu
Japanese owarai tarento
1,450
views
views
73
Akinobu Okada
Japanese baseball manager and former player
1,436
views
views
74
Masahiko Tsugawa
Japanese actor and film director
1,421
views
views
75
RyΕtarΕ Shiba
Japanese writer (1923β1996)
1,419
views
views
76
Takashi Yanase
Japanese manga artist (1919β2013)
1,413
views
views
77
Yoshizumi Ishihara
Japanese meteorologist
1,375
views
views
78
ShΕta ShunpΕ«tei
Japanese Rakugoka
1,369
views
views
79
Naoko Miura
Tarento
1,368
views
views
80
Saki Aibu
Japanese actress
1,364
views
views
81
Inukai Tsuyoshi
Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan (1855β1932)
1,346
views
views
82
Song Joong-ki
South Korean actor
1,334
views
views
83
Morihiro Hosokawa
50th Prime Minister of Japan
1,333
views
views
84
Takeshi YΕrΕ
Japanese Doctor of Medicine, Anatomist (1937-)
1,324
views
views
85
Hiroshi Kume
Japanese broadcaster (1944-2026)
1,322
views
views
86
Mori Εgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
1,318
views
views
87
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894β1965)
1,304
views
views
88
Hiroiki Ariyoshi
Japanese comedian and singer
1,278
views
views
89
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,263
views
views
90
Giorgia Meloni
Prime Minister of Italy since 2022
1,262
views
views
91
Kan Kikuchi
Japanese writer and businessman (1888-1948)
1,255
views
views
92
Yoshinobu Takahashi
Japanese former professional baseball player, coach, manager
1,236
views
views
93
Fidel Castro
Cuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926β2016)
1,231
views
views
94
Isao Harimoto
South Korean-Japanese former professional baseball player, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1940-)
1,213
views
views
95
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1,193
views
views
96
Seijun Ninomiya
Japanese critic
1,185
views
views
97
Hugh Jackman
Australian actor and singer
1,181
views
views
98
Nobuteru Ishihara
Japanese politician
1,180
views
views
99
Tsubasa Honda
Japanese female talent, television presenter, fashion model, YouTuber, game commentator
1,176
views
views
100
Thierry Henry
French association football player and manager (born 1977)
1,175
views
views
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