Trending Poets in Japan this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Yuki Saito.
100
Ranked
126,021
Total Views (this year)
1
Yuki Saito
Japanese actress and singer
7,730
views
views
2
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
6,099
views
views
3
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
3,833
views
views
4
Miyuki Nakajima
Japanese singer-songwriter, radio personality (1952-)
3,437
views
views
5
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
3,436
views
views
6
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
2,340
views
views
7
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
2,242
views
views
8
Takuji Ōte
Japanese poet
2,210
views
views
9
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
2,010
views
views
10
Sugawara no Michizane
Japanese poet
1,979
views
views
11
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,974
views
views
12
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor
1,954
views
views
13
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
1,938
views
views
14
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
1,938
views
views
15
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
1,805
views
views
16
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)
1,790
views
views
17
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
1,784
views
views
18
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
1,742
views
views
19
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
1,707
views
views
20
GACKT
Japanese musician and actor
1,676
views
views
21
Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Japanese Edo period publisher (1750-1797)
1,641
views
views
22
Masako Natsume
Japanese actor and model (1957–1985)
1,560
views
views
23
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
1,524
views
views
24
Takashi Yanase
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
1,413
views
views
25
Misuzu Kaneko
Japanese poet
1,406
views
views
26
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
1,402
views
views
27
Yōsuke Eguchi
Japanese actor and singer (born 1967)
1,397
views
views
28
Emperor Sutoku
Emperor of Japan
1,330
views
views
29
Hachirō Satō
Japanese poet and lyricist
1,325
views
views
30
Tenji
Emperor of Japan (626-672)
1,321
views
views
31
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
1,318
views
views
32
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,263
views
views
33
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
1,175
views
views
34
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
1,122
views
views
35
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
1,107
views
views
36
Cao Cao
Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)
1,058
views
views
37
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,046
views
views
38
Hitonari Tsuji
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
1,028
views
views
39
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
984
views
views
40
Akiko Yosano
Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)
981
views
views
41
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
973
views
views
42
Lily Franky
Japanese illustrator, writer and actor
954
views
views
43
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
953
views
views
44
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Japanese poet (1931–2024)
951
views
views
45
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer (1886–1942)
951
views
views
46
Chūya Nakahara
Japanese symbolist poet (1907–1937)
951
views
views
47
Kōgyoku
Empress of Japan
949
views
views
48
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Japanese musician
916
views
views
49
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
916
views
views
50
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
913
views
views
51
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
897
views
views
52
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
896
views
views
53
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
891
views
views
54
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
891
views
views
55
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)
880
views
views
56
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
879
views
views
57
Hosokawa Fujitaka
daimyo
873
views
views
58
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
871
views
views
59
Kōtarō Takamura
Japanese poet and sculptor (1883–1956)
866
views
views
60
Akira Aomatsu
Japanese poet and YouTuber
861
views
views
61
Haruhisa Handa
Japanese businessman and founder of the World Mate religion
859
views
views
62
Machi Tawara
Japanese writer
857
views
views
63
Jitō
Empress of Japan (645-703)
833
views
views
64
Ishikawa Goemon
Japanese outlaw
828
views
views
65
Ikkyū Sōjun
Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481)
827
views
views
66
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
816
views
views
67
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
814
views
views
68
Takuboku Ishikawa
Japanese poet (1886-1912)
812
views
views
69
Cao Pi
Cao Wei Emperror (187-226)
800
views
views
70
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
796
views
views
71
Yumeji Takehisa
Japanese artist (1884-1934)
791
views
views
72
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
791
views
views
73
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
786
views
views
74
Santōka Taneda
Japanese poet (1882–1940)
782
views
views
75
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
773
views
views
76
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese author and court lady
738
views
views
77
Ōta Dōkan
Japanese poet and samurai
734
views
views
78
Shigeru Izumiya
Japanese musician
733
views
views
79
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)
731
views
views
80
Go-Toba
Emperor of Japan
727
views
views
81
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
717
views
views
82
Emperor Taizong of Tang
Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (598-649) (r. 626-649)
706
views
views
83
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
704
views
views
84
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
698
views
views
85
Hakushū Kitahara
Japanese tanka poet (1885–1942)
686
views
views
86
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
666
views
views
87
Ariwara no Narihira
Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet
666
views
views
88
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
665
views
views
89
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
660
views
views
90
Motojirō Kajii
author (1901–1932)
644
views
views
91
Jomei
Japanese emperor
643
views
views
92
Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet
633
views
views
93
Matsuo Bashō
Japanese poet (1644–1694)
633
views
views
94
Kiyoshi Ōkubo
Japanese serial killer (1935–1976)
625
views
views
95
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
617
views
views
96
Yuki Kajiura
Japanese composer and music producer
607
views
views
97
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
599
views
views
98
Ichiyō Higuchi
Japanese writer
592
views
views
99
Michio Hoshino
Japanese photographer (1952–1996)
588
views
views
100
Keishū Ogawa
Japanese haiku poet (1961-)
587
views
views
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