1519 - 1560
Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川 義元, 1519 – June 12, 1560) was a Japanese daimyō (feudal lord) of the Sengoku period. Based in Suruga Province, he was known as "The number one Daimyō in the Tōkaidō" (海道一の弓取り, Kaidō-ichi no Yumitori); he was one of the three daimyō that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shogun. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Imagawa Yoshimoto has received more than 297,035 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Imagawa Yoshimoto is the 3,576th most popular politician (up from 3,737th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Japan (up from 201st in 2019) and the 66th most popular Japanese Politician.
Imagawa Yoshimoto was a Japanese daimyo who is most famous for his failed invasion of the neighboring Owari Province in 1560.
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Among politicians, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 3,576 out of 15,577. Before him are Mircea II of Wallachia, Louis, Count of Évreux, Hiero I of Syracuse, Blaise Compaoré, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, and Phocion. After him are Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Emperor Wenzong of Tang, Onjo of Baekje, Aristagoras, and Mundzuk.
1422 - 1447
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 3,570
1276 - 1319
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 3,571
600 BC - 466 BC
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 3,572
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 3,573
1632 - 1649
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 3,574
402 BC - 318 BC
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 3,575
1519 - 1560
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 3,576
1853 - 1907
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 3,577
1941 - 2020
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 3,578
809 - 840
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 3,579
1 BC - 28
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 3,580
600 BC - 497 BC
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 3,581
368 - 434
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 3,582
Among people born in 1519, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 11. Before him are Gaspard II de Coligny, Francis, Duke of Guise, Occhiali, Isabella Jagiellon, Theodore Beza, and Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset. After him are Antonis Mor, Andrea Cesalpino, Thomas Gresham, Frans Floris, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. Among people deceased in 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 7. Before him are Francis II of France, Gustav I of Sweden, Philip Melanchthon, Andrea Doria, Anastasia Romanovna, and Mary of Guise. After him are Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Joachim du Bellay, Jan Mandijn, Melchor Cano, Nicolas Gombert, and Domingo de Soto.
1519 - 1572
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 5
1519 - 1563
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 6
1519 - 1587
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 7
1519 - 1559
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8
1519 - 1605
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 9
1519 - 1536
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 10
1519 - 1560
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 11
1519 - 1575
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 12
1519 - 1603
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 13
1519 - 1579
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 14
1519 - 1570
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 15
1519 - 1567
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 16
1519 - 1574
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 17
1544 - 1560
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 1
1496 - 1560
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 2
1497 - 1560
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 3
1466 - 1560
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 4
1530 - 1560
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 5
1515 - 1560
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 6
1519 - 1560
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 7
1488 - 1560
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 8
1522 - 1560
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 9
1500 - 1560
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 10
1509 - 1560
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 11
1495 - 1560
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 12
1494 - 1560
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 13
Among people born in Japan, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 178 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Kanmu (737), Empress Genshō (680), Emperor Richū (336), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Tsugumi Ohba (1950), and Naoto Kan (1946). After him are Emperor Antoku (1178), Masamune (1300), Emperor Tenmu (631), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Sen no Rikyū (1522), and Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838).
737 - 806
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 172
680 - 748
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 173
336 - 405
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 174
1363 - 1443
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 175
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 176
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 177
1519 - 1560
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 178
1178 - 1185
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 179
1300 - 1400
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 180
631 - 686
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 181
1659 - 1719
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 182
1522 - 1591
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 183
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 184
Among politicians born in Japan, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 66. Before him are Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Emperor Tenji (626), Emperor Kanmu (737), Empress Genshō (680), Emperor Richū (336), and Naoto Kan (1946). After him are Emperor Antoku (1178), Masamune (1300), Emperor Tenmu (631), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), and Emperor Kōtoku (596).
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 60
626 - 672
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 61
737 - 806
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 62
680 - 748
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 63
336 - 405
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 64
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 65
1519 - 1560
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 66
1178 - 1185
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 67
1300 - 1400
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 68
631 - 686
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 69
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 70
1915 - 2016
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 71
596 - 654
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 72