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Kōichi Kido

1889 - 1977

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Marquess Kōichi Kido (木戸 幸一, Kido Kōichi) (July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to emperor Hirohito throughout World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment, of which he served 6 years before being released in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Kōichi Kido is the 13,680th most popular politician (down from 10,225th in 2024), the 1,165th most popular biography from Japan (down from 837th in 2019) and the 311th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kōichi Kido ranks 13,680 out of 19,576. Before him are King Kao of Zhou, Frans Schollaert, Māris Kučinskis, Júlio Prestes, Georgios Rallis, and Georgi Atanasov. After him are Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Mario Abdo Benítez, Prince Aribert of Anhalt, Vitaly Churkin, Puzur-Ashur III, and Lee Wan-koo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Kōichi Kido ranks 198. Before him are Georg Schrimpf, Erick-Oskar Hansen, Ronald Fairbairn, Abbās al-Aqqād, Nathan Altman, and Willi Baumeister. After him are János Garay, Pearl White, Richard O'Connor, Albert Hill, Clifton Webb, and Anita Malfatti. Among people deceased in 1977, Kōichi Kido ranks 171. Before him are Philipp Etter, Edward Van Dijck, Richard Addinsell, Antonino Rocca, Louis Clarke, and Casimiro Torres. After him are Brian McGuire, Vladimir Tributs, Paul Bernays, Edgar Basel, Jean Hagen, and José Planas.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōichi Kido ranks 1,165 out of 6,245. Before him are Akihito Kusunose (1986), Takeshi Okada (1956), Shigeo Arai (1916), Tsukasa Hojo (1959), Masako Yoshida (1957), and Shinji Mikami (1965). After him are Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Ayako Wakao (1933), Naoki Matsushita (1978), Toshio Furukawa (1946), Kyoko Kuroda (1969), and Yuriko Shima (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kōichi Kido ranks 311. Before him are Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Ichirō Ozawa (1942), Ōmura Masujirō (1824), Shigeru Kayano (1926), Masayoshi Ito (1913), and Saigō Jūdō (1843). After him are Makino Nobuaki (1861), Kenji Miyamoto (1908), Iccho Itoh (1945), Mutsu Munemitsu (1844), Sadakazu Tanigaki (1945), and Yukio Ozaki (1858).

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