MARTIAL ARTS
Kanō Jigorō
1860 - 1938
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Kanō Jigorō
Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎, 10 December 1860 – 4 May 1938) was a Japanese judoka, educator, politician, and the founder of judo. Along with ju-jutsu, judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official Olympic sport. Pedagogical innovations attributed to Kanō include the use of black and white belts, and the introduction of dan ranking to show the relative ranking among members of a martial art style. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kanō Jigorō has received more than 1,435,749 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Kanō Jigorō is the 2nd most popular martial arts (down from 1st in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Japan (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Martial Arts.
Kanō Jigorō is most famous for being the founder of judo, which he created in 1882.
Memorability Metrics
1.4M
Page Views (PV)
70.83
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
51
Languages Editions (L)
9.02
Effective Languages (L*)
2.80
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Among MARTIAL ARTS
Among martial arts, Kanō Jigorō ranks 2 out of 179. Before him are Ip Man. After him are Gichin Funakoshi, Morihei Ueshiba, Mas Oyama, Huo Yuanjia, Wong Fei-hung, Randy Couture, Linda Lee Cadwell, Choi Hong Hi, Ankō Itosu, and Kenwa Mabuni.
Most Popular Martial Arts in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsIp Man
1893 - 1972
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 1
Kanō Jigorō
1860 - 1938
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 2
Gichin Funakoshi
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 3
Morihei Ueshiba
1883 - 1969
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 4
Mas Oyama
1923 - 1994
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 5
Huo Yuanjia
1868 - 1910
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 6
Wong Fei-hung
1925 - 1925
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 7
Randy Couture
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 8
Linda Lee Cadwell
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 9
Choi Hong Hi
1918 - 2002
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 10
Ankō Itosu
1831 - 1915
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 11
Kenwa Mabuni
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1860, Kanō Jigorō ranks 8. Before him are Gustav Mahler, Theodor Herzl, Klara Hitler, Jane Addams, Alphonse Mucha, and Eduard Buchner. After him are Raymond Poincaré, Anders Zorn, Willem Einthoven, William Jennings Bryan, Isaac Albéniz, and Herman Hollerith. Among people deceased in 1938, Kanō Jigorō ranks 8. Before him are Edmund Husserl, Karel Čapek, Georges Méliès, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Konstantin Stanislavski, and Nikolai Bukharin. After him are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Béla Kun, Faustina Kowalska, Karl Kautsky, and Alexei Rykov.
Others Born in 1860
Go to all RankingsGustav Mahler
COMPOSER
1860 - 1911
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 2
Theodor Herzl
WRITER
1860 - 1904
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 3
Klara Hitler
COMPANION
1860 - 1907
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 4
Jane Addams
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1860 - 1935
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 5
Alphonse Mucha
PAINTER
1860 - 1939
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 6
Eduard Buchner
CHEMIST
1860 - 1917
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 7
Kanō Jigorō
MARTIAL ARTS
1860 - 1938
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 8
Raymond Poincaré
POLITICIAN
1860 - 1934
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 9
Anders Zorn
ARTIST
1860 - 1920
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 10
Willem Einthoven
PHYSICIAN
1860 - 1927
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 11
William Jennings Bryan
POLITICIAN
1860 - 1925
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 12
Isaac Albéniz
MUSICIAN
1860 - 1909
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 13
Herman Hollerith
INVENTOR
1860 - 1929
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 14
Others Deceased in 1938
Go to all RankingsEdmund Husserl
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1938
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 2
Karel Čapek
WRITER
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 3
Georges Méliès
FILM DIRECTOR
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 4
Charles Édouard Guillaume
PHYSICIST
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 5
Konstantin Stanislavski
FILM DIRECTOR
1863 - 1938
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 6
Nikolai Bukharin
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1938
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 7
Kanō Jigorō
MARTIAL ARTS
1860 - 1938
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 8
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
PAINTER
1880 - 1938
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 9
Gabriele D'Annunzio
WRITER
1863 - 1938
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 10
Béla Kun
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1938
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 11
Faustina Kowalska
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 12
Karl Kautsky
PHILOSOPHER
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 13
Alexei Rykov
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 14
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Kanō Jigorō ranks 26 out of 6,245. Before him are Murasaki Shikibu (973), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Shinzō Abe (1954), Koji Tanaka (1955), Osamu Tezuka (1928), and Hideki Tojo (1884). After him are Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Sadako Sasaki (1943), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Saigō Takamori (1828), and Yayoi Kusama (1929).
Others born in Japan
Go to all RankingsMurasaki Shikibu
WRITER
973 - 1014
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 20
Emperor Jimmu
POLITICIAN
711 BC - 585 BC
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 21
Shinzō Abe
POLITICIAN
1954 - 2022
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 22
Koji Tanaka
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 23
Osamu Tezuka
COMIC ARTIST
1928 - 1989
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 24
Hideki Tojo
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1948
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 25
Kanō Jigorō
MARTIAL ARTS
1860 - 1938
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 26
Kenzaburō Ōe
WRITER
1935 - 2023
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 27
Hattori Hanzō
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1542 - 1597
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 28
Sadako Sasaki
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1943 - 1955
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 29
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
WRITER
1892 - 1927
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 30
Saigō Takamori
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1828 - 1877
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 31
Yayoi Kusama
PAINTER
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 32
Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan
Among martial arts born in Japan, Kanō Jigorō ranks 1. After him are Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Ankō Itosu (1831), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Motobu Chōki (1870), Koichi Tohei (1920), and Matsumura Sōkon (1809).
Kanō Jigorō
1860 - 1938
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 1
Gichin Funakoshi
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 2
Morihei Ueshiba
1883 - 1969
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 3
Ankō Itosu
1831 - 1915
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 4
Kenwa Mabuni
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 5
Chōjun Miyagi
1888 - 1953
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 6
Masatoshi Nakayama
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 7
Higaonna Kanryō
1853 - 1916
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 8
Hironori Ōtsuka
1892 - 1982
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 9
Motobu Chōki
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 10
Koichi Tohei
1920 - 2011
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 11
Matsumura Sōkon
1809 - 1899
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 12