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Emperor Jimmu

711 BC - 585 BC

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Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇, Jinmu-tennō) was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC. In Japanese mythology, he was a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, through her grandson Ninigi, as well as a descendant of the storm god Susanoo. He launched a military expedition from Hyūga near the Seto Inland Sea, captured Yamato, and established this as his center of power. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Jimmu has received more than 2,710,328 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Emperor Jimmu is the 532nd most popular politician (up from 608th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Japan and the 4th most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Jimmu is most famous for being the first emperor of Japan. He was born in 660 BC, and his father was a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Jimmu ranks 532 out of 19,576. Before him are Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, Amin al-Husseini, Henry VI of England, Herbert Hoover, Tahmasp I, and Friedrich Ebert. After him are Umberto II of Italy, Philip V of France, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Agrippina the Younger, Ertuğrul, and Theodosius II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 711 BC, Emperor Jimmu ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 585 BC, Emperor Jimmu ranks 1. After him are Rusa III, and Rusa IV.

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    Emperor Jimmu

    POLITICIAN

    711 BC - 585 BC

    HPI: 72.93

    Rank: 1

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    Rusa III

    POLITICIAN

    650 BC - 585 BC

    HPI: 52.19

    Rank: 2

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    Rusa IV

    NOBLEMAN

    650 BC - 585 BC

    HPI: 49.59

    Rank: 3

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Jimmu ranks 21 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Taishō (1879), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Yoko Ono (1933), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Osamu Dazai (1909), and Murasaki Shikibu (973). After him are Shinzō Abe (1954), Koji Tanaka (1955), Osamu Tezuka (1928), Hideki Tojo (1884), Kanō Jigorō (1860), and Kenzaburō Ōe (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Jimmu ranks 4. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Emperor Meiji (1852), and Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536). After him are Shinzō Abe (1954), Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), and Takeda Shingen (1521).

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