Trending Linguists in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed linguists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Haruki Murakami. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
423,492
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
27,994
views
views
2
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
27,530
views
views
3
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
24,089
views
views
4
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
24,068
views
views
5
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
19,951
views
views
6
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
18,815
views
views
7
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
14,772
views
views
8
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
14,704
views
views
9
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Japanese novelist, translator, literary critic, art critic (1928–1987)
9,945
views
views
10
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
9,857
views
views
11
Masako Hachisuka
Japanese anglicist
8,743
views
views
12
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
8,315
views
views
13
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
8,233
views
views
14
Motoori Norinaga
Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)
7,941
views
views
15
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
5,848
views
views
16
Fūtarō Yamada
Japanese novelist (1922–2001)
5,720
views
views
17
Fujiwara no Teika
poet and court noble (1162–1241)
5,677
views
views
18
Hanawa Hokiichi
Japanese philosopher (1746-1821)
5,609
views
views
19
Shinobu Orikuchi
Japanese writer and academic (1887–1953)
5,452
views
views
20
Donald Keene
Japanese/American academic (1922–2019)
5,236
views
views
21
Naoyuki Akaso
Japanese linguist and educator
5,223
views
views
22
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
5,020
views
views
23
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
4,924
views
views
24
Tokiko Iwatani
Japanese lyricist, linguist and translator (1916–2013)
4,921
views
views
25
Natsuki Ikezawa
Japanese writer
4,814
views
views
26
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
4,669
views
views
27
Sugita Genpaku
Japanese scholar
4,567
views
views
28
Yumi Hatō
Japanese linguist (1956-)
4,540
views
views
29
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
4,217
views
views
30
Tatsuo Hori
writer, poet, and translator in Japan (1904–1953)
3,740
views
views
31
Nishi Amane
Japanese philosopher and politician (1829–1897)
3,719
views
views
32
Tsuneari Fukuda
Japanese writer (1912–1994)
3,676
views
views
33
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Japanese linguist (1882–1971)
3,608
views
views
34
Ogyū Sorai
Japanese philosopher (1666–1728)
3,573
views
views
35
Sankyū Tatsuo
Japanese owarai tarento and tarento
3,417
views
views
36
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
3,178
views
views
37
Shimizu Usaburō
(1829-1910)
2,686
views
views
38
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
2,676
views
views
39
Shōichi Watanabe
English scholar and critic
2,622
views
views
40
Edwin O. Reischauer
American diplomat (1910-1990)
2,508
views
views
41
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
2,366
views
views
42
Hideho Kindaichi
Japanese linguist
2,346
views
views
43
Haruhiko Kindaichi
Japanese lexicographer (1913–2004)
2,282
views
views
44
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
2,184
views
views
45
Anne Crescini
American linguist
2,164
views
views
46
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
2,130
views
views
47
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
2,105
views
views
48
Byron Fija
Okinawan linguist
2,085
views
views
49
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
2,046
views
views
50
Taijun Takeda
Japanese novelist and Buddhist priest (1912–1976)
2,042
views
views
51
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
1,985
views
views
52
Tadao Umesao
anthropologist
1,953
views
views
53
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
1,927
views
views
54
Ikuhiko Hata
Japanese historian
1,916
views
views
55
James Curtis Hepburn
American physician, educator, and phonologist of Japanese (1815–1911)
1,900
views
views
56
Toshihiko Izutsu
Japanese author of many books on Islam and other religions (1914–1993)
1,829
views
views
57
Shizuka Shirakawa
Japanese academician (1910-2006)
1,794
views
views
58
Kamo no Mabuchi
Japanese philosopher
1,778
views
views
59
Hajime Nakamura
Japanese philosopher (1912-1999)
1,687
views
views
60
Ueda Akinari
Japanese writer (1734–1809)
1,671
views
views
61
Hidemi Kon
Japanese writer
1,625
views
views
62
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
1,616
views
views
63
Yamada Bimyō
Japanese writer (1868–1910)
1,581
views
views
64
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
1,551
views
views
65
Ryūsui Seiryōin
Japanese writer
1,539
views
views
66
Anjirō
Japanese translator
1,521
views
views
67
Kazuo Hirotsu
Japanese novelist and literary critic (1891-1968)
1,446
views
views
68
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai royal
1,442
views
views
69
Takako Takahashi
Japanese writer (1932–2013)
1,340
views
views
70
Inuhiko Yomota
Japanese writer
1,276
views
views
71
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
1,257
views
views
72
Naitō Torajirō
Japanese historian and sinologist (1866–1934)
1,240
views
views
73
Izumi Hoshi
Japanese linguist
1,236
views
views
74
Ikuma Arishima
Japanese artist (1882-1974)
1,229
views
views
75
Eiichi Chino
Japanese linguist and translator (1932–2002)
1,224
views
views
76
Ryūichi Tamura
Japanese writer (1923–1998)
1,164
views
views
77
Sima Guang
Chinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019–1086)
1,155
views
views
78
Junzaburō Nishiwaki
Japanese writer (1894–1982)
1,148
views
views
79
Heinrich von Siebold
Austrian collector, antiquary, japanologist (1852–1908)
1,144
views
views
80
Zoltán Kodály
Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue (1882–1967)
1,124
views
views
81
Yone Noguchi
Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism (1875-1947)
1,098
views
views
82
Mashiho Chiri
Ainu lexicographer (1909-1961)
1,067
views
views
83
Tomotada Iwakura
Japanese linguist (1933-2016)
1,062
views
views
84
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904–1980)
1,057
views
views
85
Yoko Matsuoka McClain
Japanese language scholar
1,056
views
views
86
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
1,036
views
views
87
Keichū
Buddhist priest and scholar
1,012
views
views
88
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
1,009
views
views
89
Haruka Orth
American actress
1,003
views
views
90
Morita Sōhei
Japanese writer and translator (1881-1949)
973
views
views
91
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
959
views
views
92
Confucius Institute
Chinese international educational partnership program
957
views
views
93
Aisin-Gioro Ulhicun
linguist
952
views
views
94
Michio Takeyama
Japanese writer (1903–1984)
931
views
views
95
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
925
views
views
96
Satō Nobuhiro
Japanese scientist (1769-1850)
921
views
views
97
Shinmura Izuru
Japanese linguist (1876–1967)
918
views
views
98
Jirō Kawakita
activist
917
views
views
99
Iha Fuyū
Japanese historian, linguist (1876-1947)
912
views
views
100
Minamoto no Shitagō
Japanese poet
882
views
views