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 October 17, 2026, Shohei Ohtani leads iFANN's Famous rankings for Japan, ahead of Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe.
Powered by the Global Fame Engine v5.70, which combines multiple worldwide public signals and discloses evidence coverage for each People ranking. Updated daily.
Shohei Ohtani
Fame score 51.2
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Donald Trump
Fame score 46.7
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Shinzo Abe
Fame score 44.2
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Ayumi Hamasaki
52.6K Wikipedia views
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Sanae Takaichi
114.7K Wikipedia views
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Takuya Kimura
69.5K Wikipedia views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
101K Wikipedia views
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Oda Nobunaga
80.8K Wikipedia views
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Yuzuru Hanyū
18.5K Wikipedia views
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Michael Jackson
70.7K Wikipedia views
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Ichiro Suzuki
60.7K Wikipedia views
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
179K Wikipedia views
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Takefusa Kubo
404.4K Wikipedia views
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Naoya Inoue
140.1K Wikipedia views
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Lionel Messi
45.7K Wikipedia views
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Cristiano Ronaldo
44.7K Wikipedia views
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Kazunari Ninomiya
85.4K Wikipedia views
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Ren Meguro
72K Wikipedia views
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Kei Nishikori
101.9K Wikipedia views
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Ado
36K Wikipedia views
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Naruhito
47.1K Wikipedia views
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Yua Mikami
38.6K Wikipedia views
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Vladimir Putin
21.6K Wikipedia views
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Adolf Hitler
42K Wikipedia views
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Jesus Christ
16.8K Wikipedia views
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Haruki Murakami
41.5K Wikipedia views
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Yukio Mishima
56.4K Wikipedia views
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Elon Musk
45.5K Wikipedia views
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Fumio Kishida
14.6K Wikipedia views
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Vincent van Gogh
22.4K Wikipedia views
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Haruka Fukuhara
982.2K Wikipedia views
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Shun Oguri
82K Wikipedia views
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Takeru Satō
33.6K Wikipedia views
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Tomohisa Yamashita
72.4K Wikipedia views
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Jun Matsumoto
30.1K Wikipedia views
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Tarō Asō
53.6K Wikipedia views
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Hirohito
39.8K Wikipedia views
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Keisuke Honda
24.3K Wikipedia views
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Ryūsei Yokohama
262.9K Wikipedia views
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Hayao Miyazaki
27.2K Wikipedia views
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Takeshi Kitano
37.6K Wikipedia views
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Shigeru Ishiba
18.3K Wikipedia views
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Kaoru Mitoma
30.5K Wikipedia views
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Taylor Swift
17.1K Wikipedia views
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Osamu Dazai
39.9K Wikipedia views
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Xi Jinping
80.5K Wikipedia views
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Albert Einstein
22.8K Wikipedia views
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Ludwig van Beethoven
22K Wikipedia views
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
26.6K Wikipedia views
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Hokusai
15K Wikipedia views
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Airi Suzuki
95.1K Wikipedia views
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Natsume Sōseki
33.8K Wikipedia views
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Minami Hamabe
56.1K Wikipedia views
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Tom Cruise
44.1K Wikipedia views
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Keigo Higashino
76.9K Wikipedia views
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Justin Bieber
11.7K Wikipedia views
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Napoleon
30.4K Wikipedia views
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Empress Masako
28.2K Wikipedia views
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Steve Jobs
24.7K Wikipedia views
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
42.3K Wikipedia views
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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
33.6K Wikipedia views
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Tenshin Nasukawa
134K Wikipedia views
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Murasaki Shikibu
16K Wikipedia views
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Brad Pitt
38.3K Wikipedia views
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Yūto Nagatomo
27.8K Wikipedia views
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Yu Aoi
47.7K Wikipedia views
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Lady Gaga
18.6K Wikipedia views
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Neymar
14.1K Wikipedia views
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Osamu Tezuka
25.8K Wikipedia views
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Ariana Grande
17.8K Wikipedia views
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Pablo Picasso
20.5K Wikipedia views
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Bruno Mars
16.4K Wikipedia views
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Yumi Matsutoya
27.9K Wikipedia views
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Madonna
15.2K Wikipedia views
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Elizabeth II
25.4K Wikipedia views
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Kim Jong-un
38.7K Wikipedia views
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Ed Sheeran
17.4K Wikipedia views
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Junichiro Koizumi
30.5K Wikipedia views
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Matsuo Bashō
12.6K Wikipedia views
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Kento Yamazaki
29.4K Wikipedia views
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Barack Obama
13.3K Wikipedia views
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Leonardo DiCaprio
26.5K Wikipedia views
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Takahiro Moriuchi
64.6K Wikipedia views
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Nana Komatsu
33.2K Wikipedia views
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Jackie Chan
24.7K Wikipedia views
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Emma Watson
19.2K Wikipedia views
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Angelina Jolie
17.1K Wikipedia views
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Akira Toriyama
26.3K Wikipedia views
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William Shakespeare
14.8K Wikipedia views
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Mackenyu
31.5K Wikipedia views
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Date Masamune
27.7K Wikipedia views
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Mamoru Miyano
33.7K Wikipedia views
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Kentaro Sakaguchi
89.7K Wikipedia views
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Elvis Presley
15.6K Wikipedia views
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Sakura
42.3K Wikipedia views
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Johnny Depp
14.3K Wikipedia views
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.9K Wikipedia views
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Joe Biden
7.3K Wikipedia views
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Ken Watanabe
40.6K Wikipedia views
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Eminem
9.6K Wikipedia views
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