The Top 100 Historical Persons in Japan

The Top 100 Historical Persons (超大型歴史アカデミー史上初1億3000万人が選ぶニッポン人が好きな偉人ベスト100発表[1] in Japanese), aired on Nippon Television on May 7, 2006. The program featured the results of a survey that asked Japanese people to choose their favorite great person from history. The show featured several re-enactments of scenes from the lives of the people on the list.[2]

The survey asked Japanese people to name their most-liked historical figures, not the most influential. The selection was not restricted to Japanese people, and only about two thirds of the names are Japanese, mostly important Japanese historical figures, such as samurai, prime ministers, war leaders, authors, poets. and popular Meiji Restoration figures.[3]

The program was followed up with a women-only Top-100 list (ニッポン人が好きな１００人の美人) which aired September 23, 2006,[4] and History's 100 Most Influential People: Hero Edition which aired in March 2007.[5]

List

The final list was as follows:[6]

  1. Japan Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) daimyō in the 16th century
  2. Japan Sakamoto Ryōma (1836–1867) The samurai who overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate in bakumatsu Japan.
  3. United States Thomas Edison (1847–1931) America's greatest inventor
  4. Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598) politician, samurai who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier"
  5. Japan Matsushita Kōnosuke (1894–1989) industrialist, founder of Panasonic
  6. Japan Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) The founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate
  7. Japan Noguchi Hideyo (1876–1928) bacteriologist who in 1911 discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease.
  8. IndiaAlbania Mother Teresa (1910–1997) Roman Catholic nun and missionary
  9. United States Helen Keller (1880–1968) author and lecturer who was a deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
  10. Japan Hijikata Toshizō (1835–1869) Fukucho of Shinsengumi, a great swordsman and a talented military leader who resisted the Meiji Restoration
  11. Japan Saigō Takamori (1828–1877) One of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration.
  12. United Kingdom Princess Diana (1961–1997) Member of British royal family, philanthropist and known for her charity work
  13. GermanyUnited States Albert Einstein (1879–1955) physicist, known for theory of relativity
  14. Japan Misora Hibari (1937–1989) singer and actress
  15. Japan Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835–1901) Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and journalist who founded Keio University
  16. Germany Netherlands Anne Frank (1929–1945) diarist, known for "Het Achterhuis"
  17. United Kingdom Florence Nightingale (1890–1910) English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.
  18. Japan Yoshida Shigeru (1878–1967) Prime Minister of Japan
  19. United States Walt Disney (1901–1966) Entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.
  20. Germany Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) German composer and pianist
  21. Japan Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159–1189) Military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods
  22. Brazil Ayrton Senna (1960–1994) One of the greatest formula drivers of all time
  23. Italy Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) polymath, universal genius
  24. Japan Tezuka Osamu (1928–1989) Manga artist who created Astro Boy, cartoonist, animator, film producer, medical doctor
  25. France Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) Emperor of French
  26. Japan Prince Shōtoku (574–622) Semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko.
  27. United Kingdom John Lennon (1940–1980) Member of The Beatles
  28. China Zhuge Liang (181–234) Imperial Chancellor and regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period
  29. Japan Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) Japanese swordsman, philosopher, writer and rōnin.
  30. Japan Ozaki Yutaka (1965–1992) Musician
  31. United Kingdom Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) British actress during Hollywood's Golden Age, dancer and humanitarian.
  32. India Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) activist, that led to Indian independence movement against British rule.
  33. Japan Soseki Natsume (1867–1916) novelist
  34. Japan Takasugi Shinsaku (1839–1867) Samurai from the Chōshū Domain of Japan who contributed significantly to the Meiji Restoration.
  35. Japan Murasaki Shikibu novelist and poet
  36. Austria Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Austria greatest composer
  37. Japan Yamamoto Isoroku (1884–1943) Marshal Admiral of the Navy and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II
  38. Japan Miyazawa Kenji (1896–1933) author for children's literature
  39. United States John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th President of United States
  40. Japan Ninomiya Sontoku (1787–1856) Agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist
  41. Japan Kondō Isami (1834–1868) Japanese swordsman and official of the late Edo period
  42. Japan Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830–1878) Main founders of Modern Japan.
  43. Japan Takeda Shingen (1521–1573) pre-eminent daimyō in feudal Japan
  44. Japan Himiko (d. 248) was a shaman queen of Yamataikoku in Wa (ancient Japan
  45. Japan Inō Tadataka (1745–1818) surveyor and cartographer, completed the first map of Modern Japan.
  46. Japan Ishihara Yujiro (1934–1987) actor and singer
  47. Japan Sen no Rikyū (1522–1591) Prominent figure who had influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha
  48. United Kingdom Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) actor of Silent Era
  49. Japan Sugihara Chiune (1900–1986) Government official who served as vice consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania
  50. Japan Date Masamune (1567–1636) Regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period
  51. Japan Tanaka Giichi (1864–1929) Prime Minister of Japan
  52. Hong KongUnited States Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong actor and the greatest martial artist of all time
  53. Japan Okita Sōji (1842–1868) The captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late shogunate period
  54. Japan Matsuda Yusaku (1949–1989) One of Japan's most important actors
  55. Austria Marie Antoinette (1755–1793) The last Queen of France before the French Revolution
  56. Japan Ōishi Kuranosuke (1659–1703) (karō) of the Akō Domain in Harima Province
  57. Japan Ikariya Chosuke (1931–2004) comedian and film actor
  58. United States Wright Brothers
  59. Japan Katsu Kaishū (1823–1899) statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period
  60. United States Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) civil rights activist for black people
  61. Japan Yoshida Shōin (1830–1859) distinguished intellectual in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate
  62. Japan Kurosawa Akira (1910–1998) Japan's greatest director
  63. Japan Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578) daimyō
  64. PolandFrance Marie Curie (1867–1934) physicist and chemist, First woman to win a Nobel Prize
  65. Japan Satō Eisaku (1901–1975) Prime Minister of Japan
  66. Japan Sanada Yukimura (1567–1615) Samurai warrior of the Sengoku period
  67. China Cao Cao (155–220) Chinese warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty
  68. Japan Kato Daijiro (1976–2003) Grand Prix motorcycle road racer,
  69. Greece Egypt Cleopatra (69BC–30BC) the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
  70. Japan Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628–1701) Prominent daimyō who was known for his influence in the politics of the early Edo period
  71. United States Elvis Presley (1935–1977) King of Rock and Roll
  72. Japan Ogi Akira (1935–2005) professional Japanese baseball player, coach and manager
  73. Japan Tōgō Heihachirō (1848–1934) Gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes
  74. Italy Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer that discovered America
  75. Japan Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909) statesman and genrō
  76. Spain Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) 20th century best painter
  77. Italy Marco Polo (1254–1324) Italian explorer
  78. Germany Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.
  79. Japan Yosano Akiko (1878–1942) author and social activist
  80. Switzerland Andy Hug (1964–2000) Swiss karateka and one of the best kickboxers
  81. Japan Tsuburaya Eiji (1901–1970) special effects director, co-creator of Godzilla
  82. France Joan of Arc (1412–1431) Roman Catholic saint
  83. Japan Honda Minako (1967–2005) pop star
  84. Japan Uemura Naomi (1941–1984) adventurer
  85. Japan Sugita Genpaku (1733–1817) scholar known for his translation of Kaitai Shinsho
  86. China Confucius (551BC–479BC) ancient philosopher
  87. France Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823–1915) French naturalist, entomologist
  88. Japan Natsume Masako (1957–1985) actress
  89. Portugal Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522
  90. Japan Honda Soichiro (1906–1991) engineer, founder of Honda
  91. United States Anne Sullivan (1866–1937) teacher, lifelong companion of Helen Keller
  92. Japan Shohei "Giant" Baba (1938–1999) professional wrestler, co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling
  93. United States Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of United States
  94. Japan Dazai Osamu (1909–1948) author
  95. Poland Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) Polish composer
  96. Japan Ikkyū (1391–1481) iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet.
  97. Japan Akechi Mitsuhide (1528–1582) samurai and general who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan
  98. United Kingdom Isaac Newton (1642–1727) physicist and theologian, known for implementing the law of gravity
  99. Japan Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) most known poet during Edo period
  100. United Kingdom Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) writer, known for creating the character Sherlock Holmes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Top 100 Historical Persons in Japanの意味 - 英和辞典 Weblio辞書". Ejje.weblio.jp. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  2. ↑ "Japanese rank their favorite 100 historical figures - Japan Probe". Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "ニッポン人が好きな偉人ベスト１００・・・ オイラにひとこと言わせろよ！/ウェブリブログ". Sin-sei.at.webry.info. 2007-03-30. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  4. ↑ "History's 100 Most Influential People: Hero Edition (Video) - Japan Probe". Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "History's 100 Most Influential People: Hero Edition (Video) - Japan Probe". Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  6. ↑ ニッポン人が好きな偉人ベスト１００（美女編） (in Japanese)
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