Trending Poets in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Yuki Saito.
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Ranked
50,127
Total Views (this month)
1
Yuki Saito
Japanese actress and singer
6,308
views
views
2
Takuji Ōte
Japanese poet
2,193
views
views
3
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
2,001
views
views
4
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
1,474
views
views
5
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
1,235
views
views
6
Miyuki Nakajima
Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality (1952-)
1,009
views
views
7
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
935
views
views
8
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
769
views
views
9
Sugawara no Michizane
Japanese poet
753
views
views
10
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
723
views
views
11
Takashi Yanase
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
721
views
views
12
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
702
views
views
13
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
685
views
views
14
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)
669
views
views
15
Yōsuke Eguchi
Japanese actor and singer (born 1967)
630
views
views
16
Hitonari Tsuji
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
609
views
views
17
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
606
views
views
18
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
576
views
views
19
GACKT
Japanese musician and actor
552
views
views
20
Keishū Ogawa
Japanese haiku poet (1961-)
538
views
views
21
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
515
views
views
22
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
511
views
views
23
Yumeji Takehisa
Japanese artist (1884-1934)
505
views
views
24
Tenji
Emperor of Japan (626-672)
500
views
views
25
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
498
views
views
26
Emperor Sutoku
Emperor of Japan
487
views
views
27
Machi Tawara
Japanese writer
484
views
views
28
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
464
views
views
29
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
459
views
views
30
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
457
views
views
31
Kōgyoku
Empress of Japan
450
views
views
32
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
447
views
views
33
Masako Natsume
Japanese actor and model (1957–1985)
423
views
views
34
Hakushū Kitahara
Japanese tanka poet (1885–1942)
413
views
views
35
Lily Franky
Japanese illustrator, writer and actor
398
views
views
36
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
396
views
views
37
Ishikawa Goemon
Japanese outlaw
393
views
views
38
Akiko Yosano
Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)
388
views
views
39
Ikkyū Sōjun
Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481)
388
views
views
40
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
387
views
views
41
Chūya Nakahara
Japanese symbolist poet (1907–1937)
387
views
views
42
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
387
views
views
43
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
385
views
views
44
Haruko Momoi
Japanese singer, songwriter and voice actress (born 1977)
383
views
views
45
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
382
views
views
46
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
380
views
views
47
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor
379
views
views
48
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer (1886–1942)
378
views
views
49
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
370
views
views
50
Cao Cao
Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)
369
views
views
51
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
367
views
views
52
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Japanese musician
365
views
views
53
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
363
views
views
54
Hosokawa Fujitaka
daimyo
363
views
views
55
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
349
views
views
56
Jitō
Empress of Japan (645-703)
340
views
views
57
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
335
views
views
58
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
329
views
views
59
Ōta Dōkan
Japanese poet and samurai
328
views
views
60
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
318
views
views
61
Kō Machida
Japanese writer, musician, and actor (born 1962)
311
views
views
62
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
308
views
views
63
Takuboku Ishikawa
Japanese poet (1886-1912)
306
views
views
64
Ariwara no Narihira
Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet
295
views
views
65
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)
286
views
views
66
Yuki Kajiura
Japanese composer and music producer
282
views
views
67
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
282
views
views
68
Haruhisa Handa
Japanese businessman and founder of the World Mate religion
280
views
views
69
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
275
views
views
70
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
275
views
views
71
Go-Toba
Emperor of Japan
274
views
views
72
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
271
views
views
73
Emperor Taizong of Tang
Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (598-649) (r. 626-649)
270
views
views
74
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)
267
views
views
75
Jomei
Japanese emperor
263
views
views
76
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
261
views
views
77
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
260
views
views
78
Murō Saisei
Japanese writer (1889–1962)
256
views
views
79
Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Japanese Edo period publisher (1750-1797)
254
views
views
80
Misuzu Kaneko
Japanese poet
253
views
views
81
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
250
views
views
82
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
250
views
views
83
Yū Aku
Japanese lyricist (1937–2007)
249
views
views
84
Akira Aomatsu
Japanese poet and YouTuber
248
views
views
85
Abe no Nakamaro
Japanese writer
244
views
views
86
David
king of Israel and Judah
241
views
views
87
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
239
views
views
88
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
239
views
views
89
Kobayashi Issa
Japanese writer (1763-1828)
238
views
views
90
Kōtarō Takamura
Japanese poet and sculptor (1883–1956)
236
views
views
91
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
235
views
views
92
Matsuo Bashō
Japanese poet (1644–1694)
235
views
views
93
Yoko Tawada
Japanese writer (1960-)
227
views
views
94
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
226
views
views
95
Fujiwara no Teika
poet and court noble (1162–1241)
223
views
views
96
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
223
views
views
97
Chikako, Princess Kazu
Japanese princess; youngest daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine, Hashimoto Tsuneko
222
views
views
98
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
222
views
views
99
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
222
views
views
100
Santōka Taneda
Japanese poet (1882–1940)
221
views
views
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