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