Trending Scientists in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed scientists this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Osamu Tekina.
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Ranked
139,819
Total Views (this month)
1
Osamu Tekina
Japanese philosopher and writer
7,745
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views
2
Masahiro Yasuoka
Japanese scholar and educator
6,567
views
views
3
Sanae Takaichi
Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025
6,540
views
views
4
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
4,833
views
views
5
Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
4,069
views
views
6
Toshiko Chino
Japanese elementary school teacher
3,723
views
views
7
Masaru Satō
Japanese diplomat
3,469
views
views
8
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
3,048
views
views
9
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Japanese actress
2,560
views
views
10
San'yūtei Enraku VI
Japanese rakugoka (1950-2022)
2,335
views
views
11
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
2,330
views
views
12
Katsu Kaishū
Japanese noble, statesman and naval engineer (1823–1899)
1,910
views
views
13
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
1,868
views
views
14
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
1,817
views
views
15
Yukihide Takekawa
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
1,806
views
views
16
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
1,714
views
views
17
Scipio Africanus
Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
1,710
views
views
18
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
1,617
views
views
19
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
1,560
views
views
20
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
1,540
views
views
21
Akihiko Kondo
Japanese man known for symbolically marrying Hatsune Miku
1,520
views
views
22
Florence Nightingale
English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
1,512
views
views
23
Shōkō Asahara
founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo
1,509
views
views
24
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese composer (1952–2023)
1,508
views
views
25
Hiroki Azuma
Japanese philosopher, critic
1,464
views
views
26
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
1,435
views
views
27
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
1,400
views
views
28
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,368
views
views
29
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
1,287
views
views
30
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
1,254
views
views
31
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
1,232
views
views
32
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
1,212
views
views
33
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
1,186
views
views
34
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
1,175
views
views
35
Kanji Ishiwara
general in the Imperial Japanese Army (1889-1949)
1,174
views
views
36
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
1,169
views
views
37
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)
1,121
views
views
38
Yūsuke Narita
Japanese economist
1,119
views
views
39
Princess Akiko of Mikasa
Japanese princess; elder daughter of Prince and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
1,097
views
views
40
Arsène Wenger
French football manager
1,075
views
views
41
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
1,074
views
views
42
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
1,064
views
views
43
Takeshi Yōrō
Japanese Doctor of Medicine, Anatomist (1937-)
1,058
views
views
44
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
1,055
views
views
45
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
1,048
views
views
46
Tatsumasa Murasame
Swedish-Japanese gardener, television personality, actor, and model (1988-)
1,032
views
views
47
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
1,015
views
views
48
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer (1685–1750)
1,006
views
views
49
Emi Tamaki
Japanese scientist
1,002
views
views
50
Hideyo Noguchi
Japanese bacteriologist (1876–1928)
999
views
views
51
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
998
views
views
52
Ōyama Sutematsu
Japanese socialite, first Japanese female college student studied in the US, advocate of education for licensed medical nurse and higher edu
986
views
views
53
Ryōhei Abe
Japanese idol, weather forecaster, SnowMan member
984
views
views
54
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
981
views
views
55
Kaho Miyake
Japanese book reviewer
963
views
views
56
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist (1948–1997)
960
views
views
57
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
958
views
views
58
Puyi
Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)
954
views
views
59
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
949
views
views
60
Yangnyeong
Korean prince (1394-1462)
949
views
views
61
Shibusawa Eiichi
Japanese industrialist known as the "father of Japanese capitalism" (1840-1931)
942
views
views
62
Yoshida Shōin
Japanese politician (1830-1859)
941
views
views
63
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
925
views
views
64
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
925
views
views
65
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
906
views
views
66
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
904
views
views
67
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
897
views
views
68
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
854
views
views
69
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
854
views
views
70
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
851
views
views
71
Momoko Kikuchi
Japanese singer, idol and actress (1968-)
851
views
views
72
Yoichi Ochiai
Japanese academic and media artist
846
views
views
73
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
843
views
views
74
Ryōsuke Nishida
Japanese sociologist
843
views
views
75
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
834
views
views
76
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
829
views
views
77
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
812
views
views
78
Koji Murofushi
Japanese hammer thrower, university professor (physical education), commissioner of the Japan sports agency
811
views
views
79
Takami Asano
Japanese guitarist and music producer (1951-2020)
798
views
views
80
Sakuma Shōzan
Japanese politician (1811-1864)
768
views
views
81
Sakana-kun
Japanese illustrator, ichthyologist
748
views
views
82
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
748
views
views
83
Clarice Starling
fictional character from the Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris
747
views
views
84
Kengo Kuma
Japanese architect (1954-)
745
views
views
85
Yusaku Maezawa
Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur
744
views
views
86
Frédéric Chopin
Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)
743
views
views
87
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
734
views
views
88
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
709
views
views
89
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
700
views
views
90
Masashi Sada
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
699
views
views
91
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
690
views
views
92
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
689
views
views
93
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Modern Enlightenment thinker, educator, philosopher, scholar, author, writer, journalist, translator, entrepreneur, and founder of Keio Univ
677
views
views
94
Joe Hisaishi
Japanese composer, conductor, pianist
671
views
views
95
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
668
views
views
96
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Japanese video game designer (born 1962)
665
views
views
97
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
657
views
views
98
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
650
views
views
99
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player
645
views
views
100
Heizō Takenaka
Japanese economist
643
views
views