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Hayao Miyazaki leads this board. 7.9K readers a day over recent months.

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  1. Hayao MiyazakiDirectorsJapan

    75.3Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

  2. Natsuki HanaeDirectorsJapan

    71.0Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

  3. Nobuyuki SakumaDirectorsJapan

    68.1Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

#PersonCountryCategoryFame score, How we knowWhy now
4thKōji YamamotoJapanese actor-singer b. 1976JapanDirectors67.3of 100Busiest day 31 Oct, no cause found yet
5thShunji IwaiJapanese film director b. 1963JapanDirectors66.8of 100About as usual
6thTakeshi KitanoJapanese film director, comedian, singer, actor b. 1947JapanDirectors66.7of 100About as usual
7thHideaki AnnoJapanese animator, film director, businessman b. 1960JapanDirectors65.7of 100About as usual
8thHirokazu KoreedaJapanese film director, producer b. 1962JapanDirectors65.5of 100Busiest day 3 Nov, no cause found yet
9thKiyoshi KurosawaJapanese film director, screenwriter and film critic b. 1955JapanDirectors65.5of 100Busiest day 28 Oct, no cause found yet
10thAtsurō WatabeJapanese actor b. 1968JapanDirectors65.4of 100
11thMakoto ShinkaiJapanese anime director b. 1973JapanDirectors65.3of 100About as usual
12thToshio OkadaJapanese anime producer b. 1958JapanDirectors65.2of 100
13thTakumi SaitoJapanese actor and filmmaker b. 1981JapanDirectors65.1of 100About as usual
14thRyusuke HamaguchiJapanese film director and screenwriter b. 1978JapanDirectors64.7of 100About as usual
15thKatsuo FukuzawaDirectors · b. 1964JapanDirectors63.8of 100Busiest day 26 Oct, no cause found yet
16thSion SonoJapanese filmmaker, author and poet b. 1961JapanDirectors63.6of 100About as usual
17thTakashi MiikeJapanese film director, film producer b. 1960JapanDirectors63.5of 100About as usual
18thHiro MuraiJapanese filmmaker b. 1983JapanDirectors63.4of 100About as usual
19thMamoru OshiiJapanese filmmaker, television director, and writer b. 1951JapanDirectors62.9of 100About as usual
20thRyohei SuzukiJapanese actor b. 1983JapanDirectors61.7of 100About as usual
21stTakashi YamazakiJapanese filmmaker and visual effects artist b. 1964JapanDirectors61.5of 100Busiest day 3 Nov, no cause found yet

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Hayao Miyazaki leads the 494 living directors from Japan. Ranked by public attention and updated every day. Climbing fastest this week: Takashi Yamazaki.

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