Trending Poets in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Yukio Mishima.
100
Ranked
78,060
Total Views (this month)
1
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
4,864
views
views
2
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
3,148
views
views
3
Miyuki Nakajima
Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality (1952-)
2,428
views
views
4
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
1,617
views
views
5
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
1,603
views
views
6
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor
1,575
views
views
7
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
1,540
views
views
8
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
1,485
views
views
9
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
1,435
views
views
10
Yuki Saito
Japanese actress and singer
1,422
views
views
11
Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Japanese Edo period publisher (1750-1797)
1,387
views
views
12
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,368
views
views
13
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
1,283
views
views
14
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
1,229
views
views
15
Sugawara no Michizane
Japanese poet
1,226
views
views
16
Hachirō Satō
Japanese poet and lyricist
1,206
views
views
17
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
1,169
views
views
18
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
1,154
views
views
19
Misuzu Kaneko
Japanese poet
1,153
views
views
20
Masako Natsume
Japanese actor and model (1957–1985)
1,137
views
views
21
GACKT
Japanese musician and actor
1,124
views
views
22
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)
1,121
views
views
23
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
891
views
views
24
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
854
views
views
25
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
849
views
views
26
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
847
views
views
27
Emperor Sutoku
Emperor of Japan
843
views
views
28
Tenji
Emperor of Japan (626-672)
821
views
views
29
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
812
views
views
30
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
802
views
views
31
Yōsuke Eguchi
Japanese actor and singer (born 1967)
767
views
views
32
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
748
views
views
33
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
740
views
views
34
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
727
views
views
35
Takashi Yanase
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
692
views
views
36
Cao Cao
Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)
689
views
views
37
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
650
views
views
38
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
640
views
views
39
Kōtarō Takamura
Japanese poet and sculptor (1883–1956)
630
views
views
40
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)
613
views
views
41
Akira Aomatsu
Japanese poet and YouTuber
613
views
views
42
Cao Pi
Cao Wei Emperror (187-226)
606
views
views
43
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
597
views
views
44
Akiko Yosano
Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)
593
views
views
45
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
586
views
views
46
Haruhisa Handa
Japanese businessman and founder of the World Mate religion
579
views
views
47
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer (1886–1942)
573
views
views
48
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
568
views
views
49
Chūya Nakahara
Japanese symbolist poet (1907–1937)
564
views
views
50
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
563
views
views
51
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
562
views
views
52
Santōka Taneda
Japanese poet (1882–1940)
561
views
views
53
Lily Franky
Japanese illustrator, writer and actor
556
views
views
54
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Japanese musician
551
views
views
55
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
547
views
views
56
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
541
views
views
57
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
536
views
views
58
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
532
views
views
59
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
528
views
views
60
George Eliot
English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)
527
views
views
61
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese author and court lady
523
views
views
62
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
522
views
views
63
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
515
views
views
64
Shigeru Izumiya
Japanese musician
513
views
views
65
Hosokawa Fujitaka
daimyo
510
views
views
66
Takuboku Ishikawa
Japanese poet (1886-1912)
506
views
views
67
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
504
views
views
68
Kōgyoku
Empress of Japan
499
views
views
69
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
496
views
views
70
Jitō
Empress of Japan (645-703)
493
views
views
71
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
478
views
views
72
Motojirō Kajii
author (1901–1932)
462
views
views
73
Go-Toba
Emperor of Japan
453
views
views
74
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)
445
views
views
75
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
444
views
views
76
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
441
views
views
77
Ikkyū Sōjun
Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481)
439
views
views
78
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
437
views
views
79
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
437
views
views
80
Emperor Taizong of Tang
Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (598-649) (r. 626-649)
436
views
views
81
Ishikawa Goemon
Japanese outlaw
435
views
views
82
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
432
views
views
83
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
431
views
views
84
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
429
views
views
85
Hitonari Tsuji
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
419
views
views
86
Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet
412
views
views
87
Ōta Dōkan
Japanese poet and samurai
406
views
views
88
Kiyoshi Ōkubo
Japanese serial killer (1935–1976)
405
views
views
89
Matsuo Bashō
Japanese poet (1644–1694)
398
views
views
90
Ichiyō Higuchi
Japanese writer
394
views
views
91
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
393
views
views
92
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
389
views
views
93
Misao Fujimura
Japanese writer
386
views
views
94
Michio Hoshino
Japanese photographer (1952–1996)
385
views
views
95
Jomei
Japanese emperor
380
views
views
96
Machi Tawara
Japanese writer
373
views
views
97
Sylvie Vartan
French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
372
views
views
98
Ariwara no Narihira
Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet
371
views
views
99
Ono no Komachi
Japanese poet
364
views
views
100
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
361
views
views
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