Trending Poets in Japan this week
The 100 most-viewed poets this week on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Édith Piaf.
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1,137
Total Views (this week)
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Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
132
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2
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
53
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3
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
44
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4
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
29
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views
5
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
26
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6
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
23
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7
Miyuki Nakajima
Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality (1952-)
22
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8
Jean Cocteau
French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
21
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9
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
19
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10
Akira Aomatsu
Japanese poet and YouTuber
18
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11
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
17
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12
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
16
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13
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
16
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14
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
16
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15
Sugawara no Michizane
Japanese poet
15
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16
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
15
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17
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
14
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18
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
14
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19
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
13
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20
Seiji Tsutsumi
Japanese businessman, novelist, poet, former member of the Japanese Communist Party
13
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21
GACKT
Japanese musician and actor
13
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22
Masako Natsume
Japanese actor and model (1957–1985)
12
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views
23
Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
12
views
views
24
Tenji
Emperor of Japan (626-672)
12
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views
25
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
12
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views
26
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor
12
views
views
27
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
12
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views
28
Kō Machida
Japanese writer, musician, and actor (born 1962)
12
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views
29
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
11
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views
30
Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Japanese Edo period publisher (1750-1797)
11
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31
Cao Pi
Cao Wei Emperror (187-226)
10
views
views
32
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
10
views
views
33
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese author and court lady
10
views
views
34
Kiyoshi Ōkubo
Japanese serial killer (1935–1976)
10
views
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35
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
10
views
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36
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
10
views
views
37
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
10
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views
38
Lily Franky
Japanese illustrator, writer and actor
9
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views
39
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
9
views
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40
Emperor Sutoku
Emperor of Japan
9
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41
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
9
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42
Ono no Komachi
Japanese poet
9
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43
Yōsuke Eguchi
Japanese actor and singer (born 1967)
9
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44
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
9
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45
Emperor Taizong of Tang
Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (598-649) (r. 626-649)
8
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46
Yuki Saito
Japanese actress and singer
8
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views
47
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
8
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48
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
8
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views
49
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
8
views
views
50
Takeo Arishima
Japanese writer (1878-1923)
8
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51
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
8
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52
Kōgyoku
Empress of Japan
8
views
views
53
Jomei
Japanese emperor
8
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54
Akiko Yosano
Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)
8
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views
55
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
8
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views
56
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
7
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views
57
Mitsuo Aida
Japanese poet and calligrapher (1924–1991)
7
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58
Cao Cao
Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)
7
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views
59
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
7
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60
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)
7
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61
Hitonari Tsuji
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
7
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62
Misuzu Kaneko
Japanese poet
7
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63
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)
7
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64
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
7
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65
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
7
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66
Saigyō
Japanese poet
6
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67
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
6
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68
Lewis Carroll
British author and scholar (1832–1898)
6
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69
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
6
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70
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)
6
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71
Sei Ito
Japanese writer (1905-1969)
6
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72
Ikkyū Sōjun
Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481)
6
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views
73
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
6
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views
74
Ōta Dōkan
Japanese poet and samurai
6
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75
Haruhisa Handa
Japanese businessman and founder of the World Mate religion
6
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views
76
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
6
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77
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
6
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views
78
Hachirō Satō
Japanese poet and lyricist
6
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79
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
6
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views
80
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
6
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81
Takashi Yanase
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
6
views
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82
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
5
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83
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
5
views
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84
Teresa of Ávila
Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)
5
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85
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
5
views
views
86
Atagi Fuyuyasu
Japanese poet
5
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87
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
5
views
views
88
Yū Aku
Japanese lyricist (1937–2007)
5
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89
Yumeno Kyūsaku
Japanese writer (1889–1936)
5
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90
Michio Hoshino
Japanese photographer (1952–1996)
5
views
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91
Kenji Nakagami
Japanese writer (1946–1992)
5
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92
Cynthia Nixon
American actress and politician
5
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views
93
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
5
views
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94
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
5
views
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95
Sima Qian
2nd-century BCE Chinese historian and writer
5
views
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96
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
5
views
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97
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
5
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98
Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet
5
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99
Mother Goose
fictional character
5
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views
100
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
5
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