Most Famous People in Japan
A live view of the names commanding the most attention in Japan, powered by the Global Fame Engine.
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As of September 2, 2026, Shohei Ohtani leads iFANN's Famous rankings for Japan, ahead of Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe.
Powered by the Global Fame Engine v5.62, which combines multiple worldwide public signals and discloses evidence coverage for each People ranking. Updated daily.
Shohei Ohtani
Fame score 58.6
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Donald Trump
Fame score 58.6
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Shinzo Abe
Fame score 56.3
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Michael Jackson
172.6K Wikipedia views
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Cristiano Ronaldo
98.7K Wikipedia views
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Oda Nobunaga
102.1K Wikipedia views
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Sanae Takaichi
89K Wikipedia views
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Lionel Messi
46.8K Wikipedia views
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Naruhito
44.9K Wikipedia views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
68.4K Wikipedia views
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
155K Wikipedia views
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Vladimir Putin
31.6K Wikipedia views
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Ichiro Suzuki
72.5K Wikipedia views
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Adolf Hitler
42K Wikipedia views
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Yuzuru Hanyū
22.3K Wikipedia views
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Ayumi Hamasaki
23.5K Wikipedia views
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Hayao Miyazaki
65.3K Wikipedia views
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Jesus Christ
15.1K Wikipedia views
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Elon Musk
32.5K Wikipedia views
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Yukio Mishima
71.8K Wikipedia views
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Hokusai
18.6K Wikipedia views
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Hirohito
50.2K Wikipedia views
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Fumio Kishida
16.9K Wikipedia views
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Taylor Swift
14.8K Wikipedia views
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Justin Bieber
12.6K Wikipedia views
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Takeshi Kitano
40.4K Wikipedia views
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Haruki Murakami
29.3K Wikipedia views
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Ariana Grande
43.7K Wikipedia views
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Keisuke Honda
27.7K Wikipedia views
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Osamu Tezuka
156.4K Wikipedia views
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Neymar
18.2K Wikipedia views
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Tarō Asō
55.4K Wikipedia views
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Akira Kurosawa
17.8K Wikipedia views
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Shigeru Ishiba
19.9K Wikipedia views
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Ado
33.5K Wikipedia views
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Takefusa Kubo
37.2K Wikipedia views
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Osamu Dazai
38.7K Wikipedia views
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Naoya Inoue
46.9K Wikipedia views
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Murasaki Shikibu
11.7K Wikipedia views
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Barack Obama
11.5K Wikipedia views
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Natsume Sōseki
30.6K Wikipedia views
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Madonna
15.5K Wikipedia views
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Kei Nishikori
32.8K Wikipedia views
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
62.3K Wikipedia views
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Lady Gaga
8.8K Wikipedia views
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Elvis Presley
19.2K Wikipedia views
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Kazunari Ninomiya
57.1K Wikipedia views
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Yūto Nagatomo
38.5K Wikipedia views
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Matsuo Bashō
8.2K Wikipedia views
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Brad Pitt
24.3K Wikipedia views
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Tom Cruise
23.1K Wikipedia views
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Jun Matsumoto
37.8K Wikipedia views
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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
32K Wikipedia views
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Akira Toriyama
31.6K Wikipedia views
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Eminem
11.8K Wikipedia views
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Kaoru Mitoma
28.2K Wikipedia views
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Bruno Mars
18.8K Wikipedia views
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Kylian Mbappé
21.6K Wikipedia views
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Angelina Jolie
15.9K Wikipedia views
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Erling Haaland
38.7K Wikipedia views
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Empress Masako
29.9K Wikipedia views
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Shakira
15K Wikipedia views
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Yu Aoi
135.8K Wikipedia views
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Takeru Satō
33.2K Wikipedia views
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Johnny Depp
15K Wikipedia views
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Keigo Higashino
205.2K Wikipedia views
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Beyoncé
6.3K Wikipedia views
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Tomohisa Yamashita
45.1K Wikipedia views
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Rihanna
6.3K Wikipedia views
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Ren Meguro
54.8K Wikipedia views
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David Beckham
12.7K Wikipedia views
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Junichiro Koizumi
20.4K Wikipedia views
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Selena Gomez
5.8K Wikipedia views
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Shun Oguri
45.3K Wikipedia views
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Miyamoto Musashi
21.4K Wikipedia views
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Airi Suzuki
100.5K Wikipedia views
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Eiichiro Oda
21.7K Wikipedia views
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Makoto Shinkai
23.6K Wikipedia views
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Kento Yamazaki
34.8K Wikipedia views
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Date Masamune
28.2K Wikipedia views
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Britney Spears
7.7K Wikipedia views
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Akechi Mitsuhide
39.4K Wikipedia views
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Yumi Matsutoya
29.6K Wikipedia views
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Sakura
40K Wikipedia views
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Ken Watanabe
24.8K Wikipedia views
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Mamoru Miyano
28.2K Wikipedia views
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Ryūsei Yokohama
48.8K Wikipedia views
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Yoshihiro Togashi
30.9K Wikipedia views
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Rumiko Takahashi
25.8K Wikipedia views
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Yuriko Koike
21.1K Wikipedia views
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Akihiro Miwa
69.7K Wikipedia views
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Hideaki Anno
20.7K Wikipedia views
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Shigeru Yoshida
21.5K Wikipedia views
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6K Wikipedia views
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Tadanobu Asano
20.5K Wikipedia views
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Junji Itō
15K Wikipedia views
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Hideo Kojima
11.2K Wikipedia views
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Tomokazu Seki
28.6K Wikipedia views
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Mamoru Oshii
24.3K Wikipedia views
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Daisuke Namikawa
26.1K Wikipedia views
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