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Fusako Shigenobu

1945 - Today

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Fusako Shigenobu (Japanese: 重信 房子, Hepburn: Shigenobu Fusako, born 28 September 1945) is a Japanese communist activist, writer, and the founder and leader of the now-disbanded militant group Japanese Red Army (JRA). Born in Japan, Shigenobu became involved in New Left activism while attending night school at Meiji University in Tokyo. In 1969, she joined the Red Army Faction (RAF), a communist group that advocated immediate, armed revolution against the governments of the United States and Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fusako Shigenobu has received more than 593,863 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Fusako Shigenobu is the 8,221st most popular politician (up from 8,739th in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from Japan (up from 746th in 2019) and the 251st most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 8,221 out of 15,577Before her are Demetrius of Pharos, Publius Claudius Pulcher, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, Théoneste Bagosora, Ulugh Muhammad, and Fatos Nano. After her are August Eigruber, Zu Jia, Francesco Saverio Nitti, King Yi of Zhou, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 170Before her are Ilija Petković, Bobby Solo, Radu Lupu, Adam Zagajewski, Marek Grechuta, and Assi Dayan. After her are Marsha P. Johnson, Basil Poledouris, Betty Davis, Eizo Yuguchi, Nick Simper, and Roland Joffé.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 661 out of 6,048Before her are Miki Matsubara (1959), Emperor Sanjō (976), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), and Kikuzo Kisaka (null). After her are Takashi Miike (1960), Emperor Reizei (949), Shigeru Takahashi (null), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Tomohiko Ikoma (1932), and Ogata Kōrin (1658).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 251Before her are Hitoshi Ashida (1887), Sen Katayama (1859), Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Hosokawa Gracia (1563), and Emperor Sanjō (976). After her are Emperor Reizei (949), Emperor Horikawa (1079), Inoue Kaoru (1836), Ii Naosuke (1815), Keisai Eisen (1790), and Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866).