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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hattori Hanzō

1542 - 1597

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Hattori Hanzō (服部 半蔵, c. 1542 – January 2, 1597) or Second Hanzō, nicknamed Oni no Hanzō (鬼の半蔵, Demon Hanzō), was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era, who served the Tokugawa clan as a general, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan. He is often a subject of varied portrayals in modern popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hattori Hanzō has received more than 2,708,744 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Hattori Hanzō is the 87th most popular military personnel (down from 70th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Japan (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Hattori HANZO is most famous for being the retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. He was also a skilled swordsman and a spy.

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  • 70.79

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hattori Hanzō ranks 87 out of 1,468. Before him are Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Wilhelm Canaris, Hiroo Onoda, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Andrea Doria, and Alexander Suvorov. After him are Tadeusz Kościuszko, Jan Žižka, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Subutai, Robert E. Lee, and Albert Kesselring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1542, Hattori Hanzō ranks 5. Before him are Mary, Queen of Scots, Akbar, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and John of the Cross. After him are Robert Bellarmine, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Isabella de' Medici, Mariam-uz-Zamani, Jan Zamoyski, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, and Henriette of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1597, Hattori Hanzō ranks 2. Before him is Willem Barentsz. After him are Peter Canisius, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Paulo Miki, Maharana Pratap, Joseph of Anchieta, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Barbara Blomberg, Franciscus Patricius, Edward Kelley, and Gunilla Bielke.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hattori Hanzō ranks 27 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Jimmu (-711), Yoko Ono (1933), Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Olivia de Havilland (1916), and Hiroo Onoda (1922). After him are Yayoi Kusama (1929), Osamu Tezuka (1928), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kane Tanaka (1903), and Gichin Funakoshi (1868).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hattori Hanzō ranks 5. Before him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), and Hiroo Onoda (1922). After him are Saigō Takamori (1828), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Date Masamune (1567), and Tōgō Heihachirō (1848).

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