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Honda Tadakatsu

1548 - 1610

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Honda Tadakatsu (本多 忠勝, March 17, 1548 – December 3, 1610), also called Honda Heihachirō (本多 平八郎) was a Japanese samurai, general, and daimyo of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. Honda Tadakatsu was one of the Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings (Shitennō) along with Ii Naomasa, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Sakai Tadatsugu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Honda Tadakatsu has received more than 594,431 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Honda Tadakatsu is the 474th most popular military personnel (down from 400th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 165th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Honda Tadakatsu was a samurai who served Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Sekigahara. He is most famous for his bravery in battle and his loyalty to his lord.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.02

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 474 out of 2,058. Before him are Fyodor Ushakov, Andreas Hofer, George Maniakes, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., and Alfred Redl. After him are Karl von Bülow, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Tamon Yamaguchi, Peter Townsend, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, and Erich Fellgiebel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 9. Before him are Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francisco Suárez, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Karel van Mander, Bianca Cappello, and William V, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, Fatma Sultan, Cornelis Ketel, Antonio Priuli, and Sebastián Vizcaíno. Among people deceased in 1610, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 6. Before him are Caravaggio, Henry IV of France, Matteo Ricci, Ludolph van Ceulen, and François Ravaillac. After him are Adam Elsheimer, False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Anna of Sweden, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and Hasegawa Tōhaku.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 253 out of 6,245. Before him are Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Ko Yong-hui (1952), Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Hideo Kojima (1963), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), and Rumiko Takahashi (1957). After him are Yoshio Okada (1926), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Masaru Ibuka (1908), Emperor Senka (467), Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853), and Kenji Miyazawa (1896).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 25. Before him are Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Iwane Matsui (1878), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Nogi Maresuke (1849), and Shoichi Yokoi (1915). After him are Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Saitō Hajime (1844), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), Kawakami Gensai (1834), and Seishirō Itagaki (1885).

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