Trending Poets in Japan — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ikkyū Sōjun. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
467,709
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
Ikkyū Sōjun
Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481)
20,761
views
views
2
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
19,647
views
views
3
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
15,624
views
views
4
Yōsuke Eguchi
Japanese actor and singer (born 1967)
14,692
views
views
5
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
13,561
views
views
6
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
11,647
views
views
7
Haruhisa Handa
Japanese businessman and founder of the World Mate religion
11,628
views
views
8
Yuki Saito
Japanese actress and singer
10,442
views
views
9
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
9,204
views
views
10
Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet
9,194
views
views
11
Miyuki Nakajima
Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality (1952-)
8,103
views
views
12
Kenji Nakagami
Japanese writer (1946–1992)
7,977
views
views
13
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor
7,661
views
views
14
Takashi Yanase
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
7,622
views
views
15
Motojirō Kajii
author (1901–1932)
7,452
views
views
16
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896–1933)
7,355
views
views
17
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
6,877
views
views
18
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
6,330
views
views
19
Sugawara no Michizane
Japanese poet
6,065
views
views
20
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
5,889
views
views
21
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
5,862
views
views
22
Ōta Dōkan
Japanese poet and samurai
5,782
views
views
23
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
5,521
views
views
24
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
5,430
views
views
25
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
5,352
views
views
26
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
5,346
views
views
27
Tenji
Emperor of Japan (626-672)
5,332
views
views
28
GACKT
Japanese musician and actor
5,285
views
views
29
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
4,756
views
views
30
Go-Toba
Emperor of Japan
4,615
views
views
31
Lily Franky
Japanese illustrator, writer and actor
4,350
views
views
32
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
4,303
views
views
33
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
4,289
views
views
34
Emperor Sutoku
Emperor of Japan
4,282
views
views
35
Chūya Nakahara
Japanese symbolist poet (1907–1937)
4,061
views
views
36
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
3,934
views
views
37
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
3,888
views
views
38
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
3,878
views
views
39
Yuki Kajiura
Japanese composer and music producer
3,775
views
views
40
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)
3,655
views
views
41
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
3,636
views
views
42
Hitonari Tsuji
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
3,617
views
views
43
Lu Xun
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
3,616
views
views
44
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
3,611
views
views
45
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
3,576
views
views
46
Masako Natsume
Japanese actor and model (1957–1985)
3,553
views
views
47
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
3,549
views
views
48
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
3,455
views
views
49
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
3,373
views
views
50
Jitō
Empress of Japan (645-703)
3,345
views
views
51
Matsuo Bashō
Japanese poet（1644–1694）
3,331
views
views
52
Fumiko Hayashi
Japanese writer (1903–1951)
3,328
views
views
53
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
3,271
views
views
54
Takuboku Ishikawa
Japanese poet (1886-1912)
3,267
views
views
55
Cao Cao
Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)
3,238
views
views
56
Mokichi Saitō
Japanese poet (1882–1953)
3,204
views
views
57
Akira Aomatsu
Japanese poet and YouTuber
3,191
views
views
58
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
3,057
views
views
59
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
3,006
views
views
60
Chikako, Princess Kazu
Japanese princess; youngest daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine, Hashimoto Tsuneko
2,933
views
views
61
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
2,898
views
views
62
Akiko Yosano
Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)
2,894
views
views
63
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)
2,873
views
views
64
Kōgyoku
Empress of Japan
2,873
views
views
65
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
2,845
views
views
66
Ishikawa Goemon
Japanese outlaw
2,839
views
views
67
Kaori Ekuni
Japanese writer
2,821
views
views
68
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
2,794
views
views
69
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
2,770
views
views
70
Ono no Komachi
Japanese poet
2,747
views
views
71
Yumeji Takehisa
Japanese artist (1884-1934)
2,737
views
views
72
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
2,724
views
views
73
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
2,694
views
views
74
Ise no Taifu
Japanese poet
2,691
views
views
75
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
2,650
views
views
76
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
2,614
views
views
77
Misuzu Kaneko
Japanese poet
2,587
views
views
78
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
2,531
views
views
79
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Japanese musician
2,476
views
views
80
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
2,473
views
views
81
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
2,469
views
views
82
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
2,415
views
views
83
Minamoto no Yorimasa
Japanese court noble, samurai and poet
2,399
views
views
84
Haruo Satō
Japanese writer and poet (1892-1964)
2,355
views
views
85
Ono no Takamura
Japanese scholar and poet (802–853)
2,345
views
views
86
Ariwara no Narihira
Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet
2,329
views
views
87
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
2,325
views
views
88
Takaaki Yoshimoto
Japanese poet and Philosopher (1924–2012)
2,303
views
views
89
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
2,240
views
views
90
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
2,211
views
views
91
Motoori Norinaga
Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)
2,194
views
views
92
Hosokawa Fujitaka
daimyo
2,175
views
views
93
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
2,171
views
views
94
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
2,139
views
views
95
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
2,129
views
views
96
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese author and court lady
2,125
views
views
97
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
2,123
views
views
98
Yukinojō Mori
Japanese lyricist, poet, composer
2,052
views
views
99
Machi Tawara
Japanese writer
2,050
views
views
100
Yasushi Inoue
Japanese writer (1907–1991)
2,045
views
views
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