Trending Priests in Japan — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Eikō Kano. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
322,451
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Eikō Kano
Japanese owarai talent, YouTuber, game commentator, singer-songwriter and kannushi (1982-)
28,603
views
views
2
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
16,729
views
views
3
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
13,771
views
views
4
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
13,333
views
views
5
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
12,493
views
views
6
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
11,029
views
views
7
Atsuko Ikeda
Japanese former princess; fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
10,906
views
views
8
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
8,371
views
views
9
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
7,916
views
views
10
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Japanese former princess; daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun (1929–1989)
7,713
views
views
11
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
7,482
views
views
12
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
7,347
views
views
13
Maeda Gen'i
daimyo
7,066
views
views
14
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
5,331
views
views
15
Saigyō
Japanese poet
5,186
views
views
16
Bodhidharma
Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
5,164
views
views
17
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
5,129
views
views
18
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
4,605
views
views
19
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
4,504
views
views
20
Takuan Sōhō
Japanese Buddhist priest
4,285
views
views
21
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
4,266
views
views
22
Hiroki Abe
Japanese politician
4,216
views
views
23
Thomas Byles
Catholic priest who remained on board the RMS Titanic as it was sinking (1870–1912)
4,203
views
views
24
Father Brown
fictional priest-detective created by British writer G.K. Chesterton
3,923
views
views
25
Karl Hermann Frank
Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and German politician (Sudeten German Party, NSDAP), MdR, executed war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1898–1946)
3,918
views
views
26
Kamo no Chōmei
Japanese poet
3,861
views
views
27
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
3,502
views
views
28
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
3,439
views
views
29
Billy Graham
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
3,388
views
views
30
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
3,063
views
views
31
Laocoön
son of Acoetes in Greek mythology, a trojan priest
3,042
views
views
32
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
2,586
views
views
33
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese Christian social reformer (1888–1960)
2,417
views
views
34
Uemura Masahisa
Christian pastor (1857-1925)
2,286
views
views
35
Julião Nakaura
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period, member of Tenshō embassy
2,262
views
views
36
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
2,203
views
views
37
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
2,054
views
views
38
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
2,051
views
views
39
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
2,003
views
views
40
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
1,996
views
views
41
Innocent III
Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
1,941
views
views
42
Tomás de Torquemada
Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1420-1498)
1,939
views
views
43
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
1,908
views
views
44
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
1,897
views
views
45
Boniface VIII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
1,882
views
views
46
Chū Kosaka
Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, gospel singer, pastor (1948-2022)
1,792
views
views
47
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
1,787
views
views
48
Padre Pio
Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
1,766
views
views
49
Kujō Hisatada
kuge
1,693
views
views
50
Yōji Inoue
1,625
views
views
51
Jacques de Molay
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
1,591
views
views
52
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
1,579
views
views
53
Alessandro Valignano
Italian Jesuit missionary
1,554
views
views
54
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
1,554
views
views
55
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
1,515
views
views
56
Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Japanese archbishop
1,464
views
views
57
Ivan Illich
Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
1,406
views
views
58
Tomoshi Okuda
Japanese pastor
1,358
views
views
59
Nightcrawler
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,339
views
views
60
Martinão Hara
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period. member of Tenshō embassy
1,325
views
views
61
Yuna
fictional character in Final Fantasy X
1,311
views
views
62
Arthur Masayuki Hollands
American pastor
1,281
views
views
63
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
1,275
views
views
64
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
1,265
views
views
65
Yin Jiao
the leader of Tai Sui gods, the prince of Shang dynasty in Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods)
1,264
views
views
66
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
1,252
views
views
67
Giovanni Battista Sidotti
Italian priest
1,244
views
views
68
Thomas Aquino Man’yō Maeda
Japanese Cardinal
1,240
views
views
69
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
1,223
views
views
70
noro
priestess of the Ryukyuan religion
1,221
views
views
71
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
1,196
views
views
72
Taizō Jinnouchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, music producer, pastor (1965-)
1,184
views
views
73
Yokoi Tokio
Japanese Christian missionary, journalist, and member of the Japanese House of Representatives (1857-1927)
1,159
views
views
74
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
1,152
views
views
75
Steve Fox
Japanese bassist, pastor (1953-)
1,134
views
views
76
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
1,131
views
views
77
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
1,110
views
views
78
Tokuharu Miki
Japanese founder of the Church of Perfect Liberty
1,067
views
views
79
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
1,049
views
views
80
Thomas Cranmer
leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury
1,043
views
views
81
Fusako Kitashirakawa
daughter of Emperor Meiji; spouse of Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa (1890-1974)
1,037
views
views
82
Sawabe Takuma
998
views
views
83
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
990
views
views
84
Peter Kasui Kibe
Japanese Jesuit
951
views
views
85
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
940
views
views
86
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
934
views
views
87
Clement VII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)
919
views
views
88
Hiroyuki Suzuki
911
views
views
89
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
904
views
views
90
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
895
views
views
91
Yoshida Kanetomo
Shinto priest
887
views
views
92
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
878
views
views
93
Paul Miki
Roman Catholic Japanese Jesuit seminarian and martyr
877
views
views
94
Sophocles
ancient Greek playwright
869
views
views
95
Aaron
male human biblical and quranic figure, brother of Moses
864
views
views
96
Mychal Judge
American Friar Minor and 1st WTC victim (1933–2001)
858
views
views
97
Naruse Jinzō
Japanese educational reformer
857
views
views
98
Chinda Sutemi
Japanese diplomat (1857-1929)
850
views
views
99
Thomas Wolsey
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)
846
views
views
100
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
828
views
views