Trending Scientists in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed scientists this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Mary Magdalene.
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Ranked
95,526
Total Views (this month)
1
Mary Magdalene
follower of Jesus (-100)
6,428
views
views
2
Ōyama Sutematsu
Japanese socialite, first Japanese female college student studied in the US, advocate of education for licensed medical nurse and higher edu
5,252
views
views
3
Hiroko Koshino
Japanese designer
4,323
views
views
4
Harue Okada
Japanese Public health scholar
3,549
views
views
5
Ryōsuke Nishida
Japanese sociologist
3,182
views
views
6
Toshihiko Koga
Japanese judoka (1967–2021)
2,803
views
views
7
Daidōji Yūzan
samurai in Edo period (1639–1730)
2,005
views
views
8
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
2,001
views
views
9
Sanae Takaichi
Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025
1,937
views
views
10
Keiko Hamada
Japanese journalist, feminist, and trans ally (1966-)
1,802
views
views
11
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
1,526
views
views
12
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
1,472
views
views
13
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
1,450
views
views
14
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
1,372
views
views
15
Kazuo Takahashi
Japanese political scientist
1,334
views
views
16
Inō Tadataka
Japanese surveyor and cartographer (1745-1818)
1,300
views
views
17
Princess Akiko of Mikasa
Japanese princess; elder daughter of Prince and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
1,260
views
views
18
Nobuko Nakano
Japanese scientist
1,221
views
views
19
Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
1,215
views
views
20
Ai Haibara
fictional character from Detective Conan
1,148
views
views
21
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
1,066
views
views
22
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
1,057
views
views
23
Ryōhei Abe
Japanese idol, weather forecaster, SnowMan member
1,041
views
views
24
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese composer (1952–2023)
1,031
views
views
25
Kazuto Suzuki
Japanese Political Scientist
959
views
views
26
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
953
views
views
27
Kazuhiro Maeshima
Japanese political scientist
949
views
views
28
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
898
views
views
29
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
851
views
views
30
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
845
views
views
31
San'yūtei Enraku VI
Japanese rakugoka (1950-2022)
822
views
views
32
Katsu Kaishū
Japanese noble, statesman and naval engineer (1823–1899)
810
views
views
33
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
773
views
views
34
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
769
views
views
35
Tsuda Umeko
Japanese educator (1864–1929)
751
views
views
36
Takashi Homma
Japanese photographer (1962-)
741
views
views
37
Tatsumasa Murasame
Swedish-Japanese gardener, television personality, actor, and model (1988-)
731
views
views
38
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
723
views
views
39
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
723
views
views
40
Shōkō Asahara
founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo
705
views
views
41
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
702
views
views
42
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
701
views
views
43
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
692
views
views
44
Kaho Miyake
Japanese book reviewer
692
views
views
45
Masaru Satō
Japanese diplomat
683
views
views
46
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
678
views
views
47
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)
669
views
views
48
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Japanese actress
661
views
views
49
Yoshida Shōin
Japanese politician (1830-1859)
645
views
views
50
Puyi
Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)
607
views
views
51
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
606
views
views
52
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
602
views
views
53
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
602
views
views
54
Toshitaka Suzuki
Japanese zoologist researching animal behavior
596
views
views
55
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
581
views
views
56
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
570
views
views
57
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
565
views
views
58
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
562
views
views
59
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
560
views
views
60
Sakana-kun
Japanese illustrator, ichthyologist
550
views
views
61
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
545
views
views
62
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer (1685–1750)
543
views
views
63
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
540
views
views
64
Heizō Takenaka
Japanese economist
536
views
views
65
Kohei Saito
Japanese philosopher, Marxist (1987-)
527
views
views
66
Shibusawa Eiichi
Japanese industrialist known as the "father of Japanese capitalism" (1840-1931)
525
views
views
67
Kōichirō Tanaka
Japanese researcher and diplomat
520
views
views
68
Kanji Ishiwara
general in the Imperial Japanese Army (1889-1949)
517
views
views
69
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
515
views
views
70
Masaaki Suzuki
Japanese music director, harpsichordist, organist
514
views
views
71
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
508
views
views
72
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
498
views
views
73
Iehiro Tokugawa
Japanese author and translator
497
views
views
74
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
496
views
views
75
Naoto Takenaka
Japanese actor, voice actor, film director, talent, comedian, singer
494
views
views
76
Jitsurō Terashima
Japanese economist and critic
489
views
views
77
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
487
views
views
78
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
485
views
views
79
Machi Tawara
Japanese writer
484
views
views
80
Kashiwa Ōyama
Japanese military personnel, historian and archaeologist (1889-1969)
482
views
views
81
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
475
views
views
82
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
475
views
views
83
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
475
views
views
84
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
469
views
views
85
Shinji Tanimura
Japanese singer-songwriter, talent
469
views
views
86
Ryōta Komatsu
Japanese bandoneón player (1973-)
465
views
views
87
Haruko Obokata
Japanese stem-cell researcher (born 1983)
465
views
views
88
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
464
views
views
89
Professor Moriarty
fictional character from Sherlock Holmes
461
views
views
90
Yusaku Maezawa
Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur
458
views
views
91
Mako Komuro
Japanese princess; eldest child of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan, and Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan
458
views
views
92
Makiko Nakamuro
Japanese economist
457
views
views
93
Yoichi Ochiai
Japanese academic and media artist
456
views
views
94
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
438
views
views
95
Jotaro Kujo
fictional character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
438
views
views
96
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
427
views
views
97
Florence Nightingale
English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
425
views
views
98
Kanji Nishio
Japanese germanist, philosopher and historian
425
views
views
99
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
421
views
views
100
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
401
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