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 August 31, 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
185.1K Wikipedia views
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Cristiano Ronaldo
106.6K Wikipedia views
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Sanae Takaichi
95K Wikipedia views
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Oda Nobunaga
103.5K Wikipedia views
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Lionel Messi
47.8K Wikipedia views
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Naruhito
46.6K Wikipedia views
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
153.2K Wikipedia views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
66.7K Wikipedia views
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Vladimir Putin
31.9K Wikipedia views
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Ichiro Suzuki
73.9K Wikipedia views
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Adolf Hitler
43.5K Wikipedia views
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Yuzuru Hanyū
22.9K Wikipedia views
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Ayumi Hamasaki
24.5K Wikipedia views
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Hayao Miyazaki
66K Wikipedia views
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Jesus Christ
15.4K Wikipedia views
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Elon Musk
33.5K Wikipedia views
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Yukio Mishima
73.8K Wikipedia views
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Ariana Grande
76K Wikipedia views
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Hokusai
18.8K Wikipedia views
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Hirohito
51.3K Wikipedia views
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Fumio Kishida
17.5K Wikipedia views
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Taylor Swift
15.5K Wikipedia views
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Justin Bieber
13K Wikipedia views
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Takeshi Kitano
42.2K Wikipedia views
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Haruki Murakami
30.4K Wikipedia views
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Keisuke Honda
29.3K Wikipedia views
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Neymar
19.3K Wikipedia views
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Osamu Tezuka
158.1K Wikipedia views
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Tarō Asō
58.3K Wikipedia views
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Akira Kurosawa
18K Wikipedia views
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Ado
34.5K Wikipedia views
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Takefusa Kubo
39.4K Wikipedia views
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Shigeru Ishiba
20.9K Wikipedia views
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Osamu Dazai
40K Wikipedia views
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Naoya Inoue
48.6K Wikipedia views
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Murasaki Shikibu
11.9K Wikipedia views
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Barack Obama
11.9K Wikipedia views
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Madonna
16.3K Wikipedia views
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Natsume Sōseki
29.6K Wikipedia views
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Kei Nishikori
32.9K Wikipedia views
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
63.5K Wikipedia views
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Lady Gaga
9.1K Wikipedia views
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Elvis Presley
20K Wikipedia views
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Kazunari Ninomiya
58.6K Wikipedia views
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Yūto Nagatomo
41.2K Wikipedia views
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Matsuo Bashō
8.4K Wikipedia views
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Brad Pitt
25.2K Wikipedia views
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Tom Cruise
23.7K Wikipedia views
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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
33.4K Wikipedia views
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Jun Matsumoto
38.7K Wikipedia views
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Eminem
12.4K Wikipedia views
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Akira Toriyama
31.9K Wikipedia views
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Kaoru Mitoma
30.5K Wikipedia views
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Shakira
16.9K Wikipedia views
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Bruno Mars
19.7K Wikipedia views
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Kylian Mbappé
23.2K Wikipedia views
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Erling Haaland
42K Wikipedia views
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Yu Aoi
164.6K Wikipedia views
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Empress Masako
31.1K Wikipedia views
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Angelina Jolie
16.3K Wikipedia views
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Takeru Satō
34.9K Wikipedia views
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Johnny Depp
15.6K Wikipedia views
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Keigo Higashino
228.3K Wikipedia views
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Beyoncé
6.6K Wikipedia views
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Junichiro Koizumi
23.9K Wikipedia views
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Tomohisa Yamashita
45.6K Wikipedia views
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Rihanna
6.5K Wikipedia views
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David Beckham
13.5K Wikipedia views
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Ren Meguro
55.5K Wikipedia views
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Shun Oguri
47.5K Wikipedia views
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Selena Gomez
5.9K Wikipedia views
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Miyamoto Musashi
22.1K Wikipedia views
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Airi Suzuki
101.7K Wikipedia views
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Eiichiro Oda
25.6K Wikipedia views
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Makoto Shinkai
24.3K Wikipedia views
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Kento Yamazaki
38.4K Wikipedia views
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Date Masamune
29.1K Wikipedia views
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Britney Spears
7.9K Wikipedia views
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Akechi Mitsuhide
41.8K Wikipedia views
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Yumi Matsutoya
30.5K Wikipedia views
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Sakura
41.2K Wikipedia views
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Ken Watanabe
25.9K Wikipedia views
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Mamoru Miyano
29.3K Wikipedia views
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Yoshihiro Togashi
32.2K Wikipedia views
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Ryūsei Yokohama
50.6K Wikipedia views
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Rumiko Takahashi
26.5K Wikipedia views
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Yuriko Koike
21.3K Wikipedia views
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Akihiro Miwa
70.8K Wikipedia views
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Hideaki Anno
21.3K Wikipedia views
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Shigeru Yoshida
22.3K Wikipedia views
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6.2K Wikipedia views
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Tadanobu Asano
21K Wikipedia views
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Junji Itō
15.7K Wikipedia views
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Hideo Kojima
11.6K Wikipedia views
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Tomokazu Seki
31K Wikipedia views
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Mamoru Oshii
25.1K Wikipedia views
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Daisuke Namikawa
26.9K Wikipedia views
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