Trending Priests in Japan — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Eikō Kano. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
105,945
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
Eikō Kano
Japanese owarai talent, YouTuber, game commentator, singer-songwriter and kannushi (1982-)
7,018
views
views
2
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
7,009
views
views
3
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
5,983
views
views
4
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
5,565
views
views
5
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
5,521
views
views
6
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
5,353
views
views
7
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
3,046
views
views
8
Atsuko Ikeda
Japanese former princess; fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
2,439
views
views
9
William Kamm
Australian child abuser
2,423
views
views
10
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
2,211
views
views
11
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
2,190
views
views
12
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
2,160
views
views
13
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
2,123
views
views
14
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Japanese former princess; daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun (1929–1989)
2,035
views
views
15
Michitomo Kanamori
(1857-1945)
1,777
views
views
16
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
1,632
views
views
17
Sawabe Takuma
1,625
views
views
18
Steve Fox
Japanese bassist, pastor (1953-)
1,572
views
views
19
Januarius
Bishop of Naples (232-305)
1,518
views
views
20
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
1,514
views
views
21
Saigyō
Japanese poet
1,498
views
views
22
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
1,498
views
views
23
Bodhidharma
Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
1,495
views
views
24
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
1,484
views
views
25
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
1,237
views
views
26
Maeda Gen'i
daimyo
1,223
views
views
27
Takuan Sōhō
Japanese Buddhist priest
1,182
views
views
28
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
1,122
views
views
29
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
1,060
views
views
30
Hiroki Abe
Japanese politician
987
views
views
31
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
971
views
views
32
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
943
views
views
33
Kamo no Chōmei
Japanese poet
930
views
views
34
Father Brown
fictional priest-detective created by British writer G.K. Chesterton
864
views
views
35
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
840
views
views
36
Julião Nakaura
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period, member of Tenshō embassy
810
views
views
37
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese Christian social reformer (1888–1960)
762
views
views
38
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
739
views
views
39
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
685
views
views
40
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
616
views
views
41
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
580
views
views
42
Martinão Hara
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period. member of Tenshō embassy
568
views
views
43
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
535
views
views
44
Laocoön
son of Acoetes in Greek mythology, a trojan priest
524
views
views
45
Innocent III
Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
517
views
views
46
Chū Kosaka
Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, gospel singer, pastor (1948-2022)
512
views
views
47
Taizō Jinnouchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, music producer, pastor (1965-)
468
views
views
48
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
465
views
views
49
Hiromichi Kozaki
Japanese Christian minister (1856-1938)
462
views
views
50
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
431
views
views
51
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
430
views
views
52
Danjo Ebina
Japanese Christian missionary (1856-1937)
426
views
views
53
Kujō Hisatada
kuge
426
views
views
54
Alessandro Valignano
Italian Jesuit missionary
417
views
views
55
Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Japanese archbishop
411
views
views
56
Boniface VIII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
407
views
views
57
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
401
views
views
58
Naohiro Sakamoto
399
views
views
59
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
392
views
views
60
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
383
views
views
61
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
381
views
views
62
Yokoi Tokio
Japanese Christian missionary, journalist, and member of the Japanese House of Representatives (1857-1927)
373
views
views
63
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
369
views
views
64
Peter the Hermit
11th century French Christian priest and key figure during the First Crusade
367
views
views
65
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
348
views
views
66
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
331
views
views
67
Billy Graham
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
317
views
views
68
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
314
views
views
69
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
313
views
views
70
Tokuharu Miki
Japanese founder of the Church of Perfect Liberty
311
views
views
71
Yōji Inoue
303
views
views
72
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
299
views
views
73
Thomas Aquino Man’yō Maeda
Japanese Cardinal
297
views
views
74
Ivan Illich
Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
293
views
views
75
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
291
views
views
76
Gregory III
90th Pope of the Catholic Church
288
views
views
77
Naruse Jinzō
Japanese educational reformer
285
views
views
78
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
284
views
views
79
Tomeoka Kōsuke
280
views
views
80
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
270
views
views
81
noro
priestess of the Ryukyuan religion
269
views
views
82
Jacques de Molay
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
264
views
views
83
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
264
views
views
84
Peter Kasui Kibe
Japanese Jesuit
257
views
views
85
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
251
views
views
86
Tomoshi Okuda
Japanese pastor
251
views
views
87
Fusako Kitashirakawa
daughter of Emperor Meiji; spouse of Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa (1890-1974)
251
views
views
88
Giovanni Battista Sidotti
Italian priest
247
views
views
89
Marcellino Daiji Tani
Japanese Roman Catholic Bishop
240
views
views
90
Nightcrawler
fictional character in Marvel Comics
238
views
views
91
Gregory VII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
236
views
views
92
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
French priest and statesman (1748-1836)
236
views
views
93
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)
232
views
views
94
Jerzy Popieluszko
Polish Catholic priest, martyr, blessed (1947–1984)
231
views
views
95
Yoshida Kanetomo
Shinto priest
231
views
views
96
Yuna
fictional character in Final Fantasy X
227
views
views
97
Uemura Masahisa
Christian pastor (1857-1925)
226
views
views
98
Martin Niemöller
German theologian (1892–1984)
224
views
views
99
Julius II
pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)
223
views
views
100
Yin Jiao
the leader of Tai Sui gods, the prince of Shang dynasty in Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods)
219
views
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