Trending Poets in Japan — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Doppo Kunikida. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,849,524
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
56,761
views
views
2
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
56,203
views
views
3
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
54,582
views
views
4
Lily Franky
Japanese illustrator, writer and actor
49,078
views
views
5
Yuki Saito
Japanese actress and singer
48,947
views
views
6
Jitō
Empress of Japan (645-703)
46,392
views
views
7
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896–1933)
42,364
views
views
8
Miyuki Nakajima
Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality (1952-)
35,919
views
views
9
Ono no Takamura
Japanese scholar and poet (802–853)
35,678
views
views
10
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
34,928
views
views
11
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
33,743
views
views
12
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
33,603
views
views
13
GACKT
Japanese musician and actor
33,445
views
views
14
Yōsuke Eguchi
Japanese actor and singer (born 1967)
31,064
views
views
15
Tenji
Emperor of Japan (626-672)
30,587
views
views
16
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
27,689
views
views
17
Masako Natsume
Japanese actor and model (1957–1985)
25,618
views
views
18
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
25,592
views
views
19
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
25,405
views
views
20
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
25,173
views
views
21
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
24,924
views
views
22
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
24,869
views
views
23
Kōgyoku
Empress of Japan
24,580
views
views
24
Sugawara no Michizane
Japanese poet
22,892
views
views
25
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
22,215
views
views
26
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
22,144
views
views
27
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
21,959
views
views
28
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor
21,744
views
views
29
Motojirō Kajii
author (1901–1932)
21,519
views
views
30
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
20,102
views
views
31
Emperor Sutoku
Emperor of Japan
19,733
views
views
32
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Japanese musician
19,345
views
views
33
Minamoto no Yorimasa
Japanese court noble, samurai and poet
19,264
views
views
34
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
19,210
views
views
35
Hoshino Tomihiro
Japanese poet and painter
18,861
views
views
36
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
17,497
views
views
37
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
17,275
views
views
38
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
16,981
views
views
39
Takashi Yanase
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
16,188
views
views
40
Hitonari Tsuji
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
15,096
views
views
41
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
15,087
views
views
42
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
15,059
views
views
43
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)
14,773
views
views
44
Mokichi Saitō
Japanese poet (1882–1953)
14,199
views
views
45
Seiji Tsutsumi
Japanese businessman, novelist, poet, former member of the Japanese Communist Party
14,195
views
views
46
Chūya Nakahara
Japanese symbolist poet (1907–1937)
14,030
views
views
47
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
13,967
views
views
48
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
13,922
views
views
49
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
13,697
views
views
50
Yuki Kajiura
Japanese composer and music producer
13,325
views
views
51
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
12,796
views
views
52
Matsuo Bashō
Japanese poet（1644–1694）
12,761
views
views
53
Ōta Dōkan
Japanese poet and samurai
12,715
views
views
54
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
12,706
views
views
55
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
12,600
views
views
56
Prince Kusakabe
Japanese prince
12,567
views
views
57
Shigeru Izumiya
Japanese musician and actor
12,535
views
views
58
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
12,528
views
views
59
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
12,526
views
views
60
Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet
12,494
views
views
61
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
12,493
views
views
62
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
12,474
views
views
63
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
12,397
views
views
64
Akiko Yosano
Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)
12,396
views
views
65
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
12,308
views
views
66
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
12,192
views
views
67
Lu Xun
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
12,097
views
views
68
Cao Cao
Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)
12,095
views
views
69
Genmei
Empress regnant of Japan
11,886
views
views
70
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)
11,864
views
views
71
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
11,768
views
views
72
Takuboku Ishikawa
Japanese poet (1886-1912)
11,738
views
views
73
Go-Toba
Emperor of Japan
11,576
views
views
74
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
11,442
views
views
75
Konoe Nobutada
Japanese calligrapher (1565-1614)
11,187
views
views
76
Jomei
Japanese emperor
11,017
views
views
77
Prince Ōtsu
Japanese prince
10,855
views
views
78
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
10,773
views
views
79
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
10,696
views
views
80
Yukinojō Mori
Japanese lyricist, poet, composer
10,417
views
views
81
Haruhisa Handa
Japanese businessman and founder of the World Mate religion
10,409
views
views
82
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
10,359
views
views
83
Akira Aomatsu
Japanese poet and YouTuber
10,324
views
views
84
Ikkyū Sōjun
Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481)
10,188
views
views
85
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
10,026
views
views
86
Misuzu Kaneko
Japanese poet
9,856
views
views
87
Ishikawa Goemon
Japanese outlaw
9,823
views
views
88
Ono no Komachi
Japanese poet
9,792
views
views
89
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese author and court lady
9,590
views
views
90
Fumiko Hayashi
Japanese writer (1903–1951)
9,477
views
views
91
Yumeno Kyūsaku
Japanese writer (1889–1936)
9,289
views
views
92
Emperor Taizong of Tang
Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (598-649) (r. 626-649)
9,260
views
views
93
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
9,191
views
views
94
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
9,018
views
views
95
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
8,838
views
views
96
Ariwara no Narihira
Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet
8,822
views
views
97
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
8,697
views
views
98
Chikako, Princess Kazu
Japanese princess; youngest daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine, Hashimoto Tsuneko
8,679
views
views
99
Hosokawa Fujitaka
daimyo
8,331
views
views
100
Takeo Arishima
Japanese writer (1878-1923)
8,233
views
views
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