COMPANION

Empress Kōjun

1903 - 2000

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Nagako (6 March 1903 – 16 June 2000), posthumously honoured as Empress Kōjun, was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Empress Kōjun has received more than 1,404,302 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Empress Kōjun is the 184th most popular companion (up from 190th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 120th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Companion.

Empress Kōjun was most famous for her role in the Meiji Restoration. She was the wife of Emperor Meiji and the mother of Emperor Taishō. She was also a strong supporter of women's rights and education.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Empress Kōjun ranks 184 out of 784. Before her are Helena Dragaš, Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Eleanor of Provence, Hoelun, and Blanche of Burgundy. After her are Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Elizabeth of Austria, Maud of Wales, Joan the Lame, and Hümaşah Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Empress Kōjun ranks 43. Before her are Haldan Keffer Hartline, Bruno Bettelheim, Julius Fučík, Lars Onsager, Georg Elser, and Alec Douglas-Home. After her are Bing Crosby, John Eccles, Andrei Grechko, Rudolf Abel, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, and Prince Charles, Count of Flanders. Among people deceased in 2000, Empress Kōjun ranks 25. Before her are Giovanna of Italy, Erich Mielke, Walter Matthau, Pierre Trudeau, Tommaso Buscetta, and Carl Barks. After her are Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Jason Robards, Ofra Haza, Bettino Craxi, Gino Bartali, and Anatoly Sobchak.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Kōjun ranks 122 out of 6,245. Before her are Emperor Reigen (1654), Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571), Chiune Sugihara (1900), Yoichiro Nambu (1921), Emperor Kōan (-427), and Akio Morita (1921). After her are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Eisaku Satō (1901), and Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604).

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Among COMPANIONS In Japan

Among companions born in Japan, Empress Kōjun ranks 1. After her are Empress Shōken (1849), Empress Teimei (1884), Shigeko Higashikuni (1925), and Olivia Lufkin (1979).

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