Trending Linguists in Japan this week
The 100 most-viewed linguists this week on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Katyayana.
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Katyayana
figure mentioned in Early Buddhist texts; leading disciple of Gautama Buddha
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Ogyū Sorai
Japanese philosopher (1666–1728)
18
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3
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
16
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4
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
15
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5
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
15
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6
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
13
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7
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
10
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8
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
9
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9
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
8
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10
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
7
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11
Shinobu Orikuchi
Japanese writer and academic (1887–1953)
5
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12
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
5
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13
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
5
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14
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
5
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15
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
4
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16
Fujiwara no Teika
poet and court noble (1162–1241)
4
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17
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
4
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18
Shōichi Watanabe
English scholar and critic
4
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19
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
3
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20
Hirata Atsutane
conventionally ranked as one of the four great men of kokugaku studies, and one of the most significant theologians of the Shintō religion
3
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21
Kamo no Mabuchi
Japanese philosopher
3
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22
Toshihiko Izutsu
Japanese author of many books on Islam and other religions (1914–1993)
3
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23
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
3
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24
Tsuneari Fukuda
Japanese writer (1912–1994)
3
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25
Sequoyah
Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee syllabary
3
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26
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
3
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27
Tokiko Iwatani
Japanese lyricist, linguist and translator (1916–2013)
3
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28
Mitsuya Shigematsu
Japanese linguist (1872-1924)
2
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29
Shigeo Ozawa
Japanese linguist
2
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30
Shinmura Izuru
Japanese linguist (1876–1967)
2
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31
Émile Benveniste
French linguist (1902–1976)
2
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32
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
2
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33
Naoyuki Akaso
Japanese linguist and educator
2
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34
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
2
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35
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Japanese novelist, translator, literary critic, art critic (1928–1987)
2
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36
Shizuo Matsuoka
Japanese linguist
2
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37
Gōichi Kojima
Japanese linguist (1946-)
2
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38
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
2
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39
Aki Shimazaki
Canadian writer
2
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40
Yukio Fujimoto
linguist in Japan
2
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41
Minoru Watanabe
Japanese linguist
2
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42
Hanawa Hokiichi
Japanese philosopher (1746-1821)
2
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43
Fūtarō Yamada
Japanese novelist (1922–2001)
2
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44
João Rodrigues
Portuguese missionary
2
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45
James Curtis Hepburn
American physician, educator, and phonologist of Japanese (1815–1911)
2
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46
Sō Miyagawa
Japanese linguist
2
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47
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
2
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48
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
2
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49
Donald Keene
Japanese/American academic (1922–2019)
2
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50
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
2
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51
Tōgo Yoshida
Japanese toponymist
1
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52
Anjirō
Japanese translator
1
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53
Motoori Norinaga
Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)
1
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54
Hideo Kobayashi
Japanese linguist
1
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55
Mashiho Chiri
Ainu lexicographer (1909-1961)
1
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56
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer (1914–1984)
1
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57
Amos Oz
Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)
1
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58
Takako Takahashi
Japanese writer (1932–2013)
1
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59
Munemasa Tokugawa
Japanese linguist
1
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60
Hidesaburō Saitō
Japanese linguist (1866-1929)
1
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61
Akiyasu Tōdō
Japanese linguist (1915–1985)
1
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62
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
British occultist (1854-1918)
1
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63
Hajime Nakamura
Japanese philosopher (1912-1999)
1
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64
Ma Jianzhong
Chinese official and scholar (1845–1900)
1
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65
William George Aston
British diplomat, scholar and author (1841–1911)
1
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66
Lee Ki-Moon
South Korean linguist
1
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67
Francis Brinkley
Irish writer (1841-1912)
1
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68
Kim Sun-il
South Korean terrorism victim (1970-2004)
1
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69
Algirdas Greimas
Lithuanian-French linguist (1917-1992)
1
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70
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
1
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71
Kazuo Hirotsu
Japanese novelist and literary critic (1891-1968)
1
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72
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
1
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73
Norimitsu Tōsu
English teacher,Japanese linguist
1
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74
Pierre Klossowski
French writer, translator and painter (1905-2001)
1
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75
Hidetoshi Kenbō
Japanese linguist
1
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76
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
1
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77
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
1
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78
Ivan Goncharov
Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)
1
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79
Soichi Nogami
Japanese linguist
1
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80
Jane Hawking
British author
1
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81
Yoshimoto Endō
Japanese linguist (1905-1992)
1
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82
Akiho Yamaguchi
Japanese specialist of Japanese language
1
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83
Vladimir Propp
Russian folklorist, philologist and linguist
1
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84
Leon Serafim
American linguist
1
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85
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
1
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86
Ikuhiko Hata
Japanese historian
1
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87
Nishi Amane
Japanese philosopher and politician (1829–1897)
1
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88
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
1
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89
Katsumi Matsumoto
Japanese linguist
1
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90
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Nevsky
Russian linguist (1892-1937)
1
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91
Luce Irigaray
Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist (born 1930)
1
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92
Shōbi Inoue
1
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93
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
French philosopher, literary critic, and translator (1940-2007)
1
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94
Natsuki Ikezawa
Japanese writer
1
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95
Hidemi Kon
Japanese writer
1
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96
Sima Guang
Chinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019–1086)
1
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97
Bernhard Karlgren
Swedish sinologist and linguist (1889–1978)
1
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98
Marie Smith Jones
last speaker of the Eyak language (1918–2008)
1
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99
Bjarke Max Frellesvig
1
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100
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Russian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist
1
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