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

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#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	new	Toyotomi Hideyoshi	Japan	Politicians	56.0	1.3
#2	new	Takeda Shingen	Japan	Politicians	55.5	10.0
#3	new	Akira Toriyama	Japan	Business Professionals	53.8	15.5
#4	new	Shinzō Abe	Japan	Politicians	52.8	4.7
#5	new	Hayao Miyazaki	Japan	Actors	51.3	1.3
#6	new	Saigō Takamori	Japan	Historical Figures	50.9	7.2
#7	new	Oda Nobunaga	Japan	Historical Figures	50.6	0.0
#8	new	Hirohito	Japan	Politicians	50.4	0.0
#9	new	Isoroku Yamamoto	Japan	Historical Figures	49.7	4.4
#10	new	Emperor Jimmu	Japan	Politicians	49.6	12.6
#11	new	Naruhito	Japan	Business Professionals	48.5	0.7
#12	new	Toshiro Mifune	Japan	Actors	47.8	5.3
#13	new	Tokugawa Ieyasu	Japan	Historical Figures	46.9	0.3
#14	new	Yasunari Kawabata	Japan	Writers	44.5	3.6
#15	new	Akihito	Japan	Business Professionals	44.3	0.0
#16	new	Haruki Murakami	Japan	Writers	44.3	0.5
#17	new	Yasujirō Ozu	Japan	Actors	44.0	6.6
#18	new	Miyamoto Musashi	Japan	Writers	44.0	0.1
#19	new	Emperor Meiji	Japan	Politicians	43.2	0.4
#20	new	Hideki Tojo	Japan	Politicians	41.8	0.0
#21	new	Sakamoto Ryōma	Japan	Activists	41.0	1.5
#22	new	Mako	Japan	Actors	41.0	3.0
#23	new	Osamu Dazai	Japan	Writers	40.7	0.0
#24	new	Chūichi Nagumo	Japan	Historical Figures	40.7	13.6
#25	new	Emperor Taishō	Japan	Politicians	40.6	1.5
#26	new	Jiroemon Kimura	Japan	Politicians	39.2	10.9
#27	new	Kane Tanaka	Japan	Religious Figures	38.6	8.3
#28	new	Soichiro Honda	Japan	Executives	38.5	5.0
#29	new	Hiroo Onoda	Japan	Historical Figures	38.1	0.2
#30	new	Akechi Mitsuhide	Japan	Historical Figures	37.5	0.0
#31	new	Tokugawa Yoshinobu	Japan	Historical Figures	37.3	1.2
#32	new	Natsume Sōseki	Japan	Writers	37.1	0.6
#33	new	Sadako Sasaki	Japan	Activists	36.6	15.5
#34	new	Alberto Fujimori	Japan	Politicians	36.1	0.0
#35	new	Yoshinori Ohsumi	Japan	Scientists	35.5	8.1
#36	new	Hokusai	Japan	Artists	35.1	0.0
#37	new	Morihei Ueshiba	Japan	Business Professionals	35.0	16.0
#38	new	Isao Takahata	Japan	Actors	33.9	1.0
#39	new	Itō Hirobumi	Japan	Politicians	31.9	0.0
#40	new	Emperor Kōmei	Japan	Politicians	31.3	0.7
#41	new	Minamoto no Yoritomo	Japan	Politicians	29.5	0.0
#42	new	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	Japan	Historical Figures	29.3	0.0
#43	new	Yasuke	Japan	Religious Figures	28.2	0.0
#44	new	Sasaki Kojirō	Japan	Politicians	27.8	0.9
#45	new	Mas Oyama	Japan	Business Professionals	27.3	1.1
#46	new	Tomoe Gozen	Japan	Politicians	26.9	1.1
#47	new	Kenzaburō Ōe	Japan	Writers	26.8	0.0
#48	new	Matsuo Bashō	Japan	Writers	26.5	0.8
#49	new	Murasaki Shikibu	Japan	Writers	26.2	0.0
#50	new	Hiroshige	Japan	Artists	26.1	0.8
#51	new	Tadao Ando	Japan	Architects	26.1	0.0
#52	new	Yoshihide Suga	Japan	Politicians	26.0	0.1
#53	new	Dōgen	Japan	Religious Figures	24.4	2.1
#54	new	Gichin Funakoshi	Japan	Business Professionals	23.9	3.7
#55	new	Nichiren	Japan	Religious Figures	23.4	0.8
#56	new	Kanō Jigorō	Japan	Business Professionals	22.6	0.0
#57	new	Hideki Yukawa	Japan	Scientists	21.6	1.1
#58	new	Kenzō Tange	Japan	Architects	15.6	0.0
#59	new	Paulo Miki	Japan	Religious Figures	14.8	4.3
#60	new	Isamu Akasaki	Japan	Scientists	10.2	3.9
#61	new	Shin'ichirō Tomonaga	Japan	Scientists	8.9	0.0
#62	new	TK Takashi Kasahara	Japan	Footballers	4.7	15.0