Trending Priests in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Eikō Kano. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
357,580
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Eikō Kano
Japanese owarai talent, YouTuber, game commentator, singer-songwriter and kannushi (1982-)
31,282
views
views
2
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
18,255
views
views
3
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
14,732
views
views
4
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
14,624
views
views
5
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
13,477
views
views
6
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
12,836
views
views
7
Atsuko Ikeda
Japanese former princess; fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
11,509
views
views
8
Hosokawa Fujitaka
daimyo
9,204
views
views
9
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
9,029
views
views
10
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
8,599
views
views
11
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Japanese former princess; daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun (1929–1989)
8,267
views
views
12
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
8,217
views
views
13
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
8,070
views
views
14
Maeda Gen'i
daimyo
7,394
views
views
15
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
5,778
views
views
16
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
5,680
views
views
17
Saigyō
Japanese poet
5,642
views
views
18
Bodhidharma
Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
5,513
views
views
19
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
5,064
views
views
20
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
4,721
views
views
21
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
4,669
views
views
22
Takuan Sōhō
Japanese Buddhist priest
4,481
views
views
23
Hiroki Abe
Japanese politician
4,272
views
views
24
Thomas Byles
Catholic priest who remained on board the RMS Titanic as it was sinking (1870–1912)
4,234
views
views
25
Kamo no Chōmei
Japanese poet
4,138
views
views
26
Father Brown
fictional priest-detective created by British writer G.K. Chesterton
4,099
views
views
27
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)
4,011
views
views
28
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
3,888
views
views
29
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
3,772
views
views
30
Billy Graham
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
3,513
views
views
31
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
3,217
views
views
32
Laocoön
son of Acoetes in Greek mythology, a trojan priest
3,118
views
views
33
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
2,814
views
views
34
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese Christian social reformer (1888–1960)
2,598
views
views
35
Uemura Masahisa
Christian pastor (1857-1925)
2,553
views
views
36
Julião Nakaura
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period, member of Tenshō embassy
2,431
views
views
37
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
2,364
views
views
38
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
2,192
views
views
39
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
2,191
views
views
40
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
2,179
views
views
41
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
2,147
views
views
42
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
2,085
views
views
43
Innocent III
Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
2,076
views
views
44
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
2,006
views
views
45
Boniface VIII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
1,983
views
views
46
Chū Kosaka
Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, gospel singer, pastor (1948-2022)
1,968
views
views
47
Tomás de Torquemada
Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1420-1498)
1,965
views
views
48
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
1,924
views
views
49
Kōsei Morimoto
Japanese historian
1,923
views
views
50
Kujō Hisatada
kuge
1,805
views
views
51
Padre Pio
Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
1,796
views
views
52
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
1,719
views
views
53
Jacques de Molay
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
1,689
views
views
54
Alessandro Valignano
Italian Jesuit missionary
1,679
views
views
55
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
1,666
views
views
56
Yōji Inoue
1,643
views
views
57
Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Japanese archbishop
1,636
views
views
58
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
1,606
views
views
59
Steve Fox
Japanese bassist, pastor (1953-)
1,559
views
views
60
Ivan Illich
Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
1,486
views
views
61
Tomoshi Okuda
Japanese pastor
1,456
views
views
62
Martinão Hara
Christian samurai of the Sengoku period. member of Tenshō embassy
1,421
views
views
63
Yuna
fictional character in Final Fantasy X
1,389
views
views
64
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
1,386
views
views
65
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
1,376
views
views
66
Nightcrawler
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,362
views
views
67
Arthur Masayuki Hollands
American pastor
1,358
views
views
68
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
1,357
views
views
69
Thomas Aquino Man’yō Maeda
Japanese Cardinal
1,343
views
views
70
Yin Jiao
the leader of Tai Sui gods, the prince of Shang dynasty in Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods)
1,340
views
views
71
Giovanni Battista Sidotti
Italian priest
1,327
views
views
72
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
1,320
views
views
73
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
1,305
views
views
74
noro
priestess of the Ryukyuan religion
1,300
views
views
75
Taizō Jinnouchi
Japanese singer-songwriter, music producer, pastor (1965-)
1,283
views
views
76
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
1,259
views
views
77
Yokoi Tokio
Japanese Christian missionary, journalist, and member of the Japanese House of Representatives (1857-1927)
1,209
views
views
78
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
1,200
views
views
79
Sōkyū Gen'yū
Japanese novelist and writer
1,196
views
views
80
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
1,182
views
views
81
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
1,154
views
views
82
Fusako Kitashirakawa
daughter of Emperor Meiji; spouse of Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa (1890-1974)
1,152
views
views
83
Tokuharu Miki
Japanese founder of the Church of Perfect Liberty
1,142
views
views
84
Sawabe Takuma
1,100
views
views
85
Thomas Cranmer
leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury
1,094
views
views
86
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
1,079
views
views
87
Peter Kasui Kibe
Japanese Jesuit
1,038
views
views
88
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
1,024
views
views
89
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
1,016
views
views
90
Clement VII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)
1,003
views
views
91
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
982
views
views
92
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
971
views
views
93
Yoshida Kanetomo
Shinto priest
954
views
views
94
Aaron
male human biblical and quranic figure, brother of Moses
949
views
views
95
Hiroyuki Suzuki
947
views
views
96
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
933
views
views
97
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
924
views
views
98
Sophocles
ancient Greek playwright
921
views
views
99
Naruse Jinzō
Japanese educational reformer
921
views
views
100
Paul Miki
Roman Catholic Japanese Jesuit seminarian and martyr
919
views
views