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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 1,372,600 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Empress Kōjun is the 190th most popular companion (up from 220th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Japan 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)

  • 63.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Empress Kōjun ranks 190 out of 673. Before her are Faustina the Elder, Philippa of Lancaster, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Juwayriyya bint al-Harith, Rachele Mussolini, and Joan the Lame. After her are Shahnaz Pahlavi, Louise of the Netherlands, Clementia of Hungary, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Empress Kōjun ranks 44. Before her are Eliot Ness, Tunku Abdul Rahman, George Beadle, Georg Elser, Julius Fučík, and Lars Onsager. After her are Andrei Grechko, Jiro Horikoshi, Claudio Arrau, Tamam Shud case, John Eccles, and Bruno Bettelheim. Among people deceased in 2000, Empress Kōjun ranks 25. Before her are Giovanna of Italy, Pierre Trudeau, Erich Mielke, Tommaso Buscetta, Louis Néel, and Jason Robards. After her are Steve Reeves, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Frederick Herzberg, Arkan, Lila Kedrova, and Anatoly Sobchak.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Kōjun ranks 120 out of 6,048. Before her are Paulo Miki (1564), Emperor Reigen (1654), Akio Morita (1921), Emperor Momozono (1741), Kakuichi Mimura (1931), and Kūkai (774). After her are Emperor Nintoku (290), Emperor Kōrei (-341), Ken Watanabe (1959), Isamu Akasaki (1929), Jiro Horikoshi (1903), and Iwane Matsui (1878).

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Among COMPANIONS In Japan

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

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