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The most famous Founders in Japan

The most publicly visible founders in Japan.

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The most famous founders in Japan right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

JapanFounders65 peopleHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Masayoshi Son	Japan	Founders	64.0	9.6
#2	—	Shu Uemura	Japan	Founders	61.9	0.0
#3	—	Satoru Iwata	Japan	Founders	61.2	27.2
#4	—	Akio Toyoda	Japan	Founders	60.7	12.4
#5	—	Fumitake Fujita	Japan	Founders	60.7	0.0
#6	—	Masaru Ibuka	Japan	Founders	58.0	30.4
#7	—	Kiichirō Toyoda	Japan	Founders	57.8	2.5
#8	—	Toshifumi Suzuki	Japan	Founders	57.8	10.0
#9	—	YM Yūji Mizoguchi	Japan	Founders	57.7	9.9
#10	—	Satoshi Tajiri	Japan	Founders	57.0	0.0
#11	—	Kōnosuke Matsushita	Japan	Founders	57.0	0.8
#12	—	Hiroshi Mikitani	Japan	Founders	56.9	18.1
#13	—	Kazuo Inamori	Japan	Founders	56.6	8.0
#14	—	Hiroshi Yamauchi	Japan	Founders	55.9	0.0
#15	—	Iwasaki Yatarō	Japan	Founders	55.7	0.0
#16	—	Tadashi Yanai	Japan	Founders	55.5	0.7
#17	—	Kazuo Hirai	Japan	Founders	54.3	15.8
#18	—	FY Fusajirō Yamauchi	Japan	Founders	54.0	0.0
#19	—	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	Japan	Founders	53.4	1.7
#20	—	Eiji Toyoda	Japan	Founders	53.1	1.4
#21	—	HY Haruna Yukawa	Japan	Founders	52.4	10.3
#22	—	Torakusu Yamaha	Japan	Founders	51.9	0.0
#23	—	TA Takakichi Asō	Japan	Founders	51.3	15.8
#24	—	Akihiro Hino	Japan	Founders	51.3	2.4
#25	—	Fujio Mitarai	Japan	Founders	51.1	6.4
#26	—	Yōhei Sasakawa	Japan	Founders	51.0	1.3
#27	—	Yoshisuke Aikawa	Japan	Founders	51.0	0.0
#28	—	AM Akira Mori	Japan	Founders	50.8	18.3
#29	—	Mikimoto Kōkichi	Japan	Founders	50.7	0.0
#30	—	Jujiro Matsuda	Japan	Founders	50.6	1.3
#31	—	Suzuki Osamu	Japan	Founders	50.4	0.7
#32	—	NS Nobutada Saji	Japan	Founders	50.3	3.4
#33	—	MN Masashi Nishikawa	Japan	Founders	50.1	25.0
#34	—	IO Isao Okawa	Japan	Founders	49.9	7.1
#35	—	Masuda Takashi	Japan	Founders	49.6	0.0
#36	—	Atsushi Inaba	Japan	Founders	49.5	0.1
#37	—	Minoru Mori	Japan	Founders	49.2	0.0
#38	—	Hajime Satomi	Japan	Founders	48.9	0.0
#39	—	Ryoei Saito	Japan	Founders	48.9	16.4
#40	—	Atsutoshi Nishida	Japan	Founders	48.7	13.3
#41	—	Kawasaki Shōzō	Japan	Founders	48.6	0.0
#42	—	Mitsui Takatoshi	Japan	Founders	48.2	0.0
#43	—	Kōjirō Matsukata	Japan	Founders	47.9	0.0
#44	—	Namihei Odaira	Japan	Founders	47.7	0.5
#45	—	Toshio Iue	Japan	Founders	47.4	0.0
#46	—	Takanobu Itō	Japan	Founders	46.3	0.0
#47	—	SM Sumitomo Masatomo	Japan	Founders	45.5	0.0
#48	—	TK Tadao Kashio	Japan	Founders	45.5	0.8
#49	—	Takeuchi Meitarō	Japan	Founders	45.3	4.9
#50	—	Tokushichi Nomura II	Japan	Founders	44.4	0.0
#51	—	Kunihiko Iwadare	Japan	Founders	44.0	0.9
#52	—	KI Kōichi Itagaki	Japan	Founders	43.1	0.0
#53	—	Ryōji Chūbachi	Japan	Founders	42.7	0.0
#54	—	Oki Kibatarō	Japan	Founders	41.8	0.0
#55	—	Shibusawa Eiichi	Japan	Founders	26.4	0.0
#56	—	Maki Kaji	Japan	Founders	20.0	0.0
#57	—	DI Daisuke Inoue	Japan	Founders	17.8	0.0
#58	—	Shōjirō Ishibashi	Japan	Founders	15.4	0.0
#59	—	Yamada Torajirō	Japan	Founders	14.3	0.0
#60	—	Hisaya Morishige	Japan	Founders	13.1	0.0

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