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Empress Masako

1963 - Today

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Masako (雅子, born Masako Owada (小和田雅子, Owada Masako); 9 December 1963) is Empress of Japan as the wife of Emperor Naruhito. Born in Tokyo, Masako was educated at Belmont High School in Massachusetts before attending Harvard College, earning a B.A., magna cum laude, in economics. She also studied law at the University of Tokyo and international relations at Balliol College, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Empress Masako has received more than 1,680,623 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Empress Masako is the 4,750th most popular politician (up from 5,429th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Japan (up from 355th in 2019) and the 124th most popular Japanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Empress Masako ranks 4,750 out of 19,576. Before her are Olav Magnusson of Norway, İslâm III Giray, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Casimir II the Just, Bernard de Tremelay, and King Mu of Zhou. After her are Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria, Andrew, Duke of Calabria, Edward Gierek, Paul Langerhans, and Francisco da Costa Gomes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Empress Masako ranks 45. Before her are Mike Powell, Harold Perrineau, Matti Nykänen, Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, Míchel, and Til Schweiger. After her are Lars Ulrich, Natasha Richardson, Félix Tshisekedi, Mike Myers, Helen Hunt, and Mark Strong.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Masako ranks 301 out of 6,245. Before her are Emperor Yūryaku (418), Akira Nozawa (1914), Chūya Nakahara (1907), Kunitaka Sueoka (1917), Maeda Toshiie (1538), and Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887). After her are Akira Kitaguchi (1935), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442), Emperor Sushun (520), Empress Teimei (1884), and Ikkyū (1394).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Empress Masako ranks 124. Before her are Emperor Bidatsu (538), Konishi Yukinaga (1555), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), Emperor Yūryaku (418), Maeda Toshiie (1538), and Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887). After her are Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442), Emperor Sushun (520), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), Emperor Fushimi (1265), Jiroemon Kimura (1897), and Emperor Seiwa (850).

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