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Kuniaki Koiso

1880 - 1950

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Kuniaki Koiso (小磯 國昭, Koiso Kuniaki, 22 March 1880 – 3 November 1950) was a Japanese politician, military leader and convicted war criminal who served as the 28th prime minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945 during World War II. He previously served as the ninth governor-general of Korea from 1942 to 1944. After Japan's surrender in World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kuniaki Koiso has received more than 504,319 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Kuniaki Koiso is the 2,906th most popular politician (up from 3,160th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 146th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Japanese Politician.

Kuniaki Koiso was a Japanese general who was the last Prime Minister of Japan during World War II. He was the first person to be appointed to the position of Prime Minister after the start of the war.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kuniaki Koiso ranks 2,906 out of 19,576. Before him are Yigal Allon, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, Guillaume de Nogaret, Adad-nirari III, and Abdul Salam Arif. After him are Odilo Globočnik, Reynaldo Bignone, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Midhat Pasha, Fritigern, and Neferefre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Kuniaki Koiso ranks 28. Before him are Max Wertheimer, Otto Weininger, H. L. Mencken, Vajiravudh, Bruno Taut, and Alexander Blok. After him are Vojtech Tuka, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Michel Fokine, Giuseppe Moscati, Mohammed Alim Khan, and Álvaro Obregón. Among people deceased in 1950, Kuniaki Koiso ranks 29. Before him are Ramana Maharshi, Roman Shukhevych, Nicolai Hartmann, Karl Seitz, Max Beckmann, and Cesare Pavese. After him are Mao Anying, Petre Dumitrescu, Emmanuel Mounier, Dinu Lipatti, Nikolai Myaskovsky, and Milada Horáková.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kuniaki Koiso ranks 142 out of 6,245. Before him are Shunroku Hata (1879), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Kakuichi Mimura (1931), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Tameo Ide (1908), and Yamagata Aritomo (1838). After him are Makoto Kobayashi (1944), Sakichi Toyoda (1867), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Emperor Sujin (-147), Ishikawa Goemon (1558), and Emperor Kanmu (737).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kuniaki Koiso ranks 45. Before him are Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Yamato Takeru (72), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), and Tokugawa Hidetada (1579). After him are Emperor Sujin (-147), Emperor Kanmu (737), Emperor Kōrei (-341), Issey Miyake (1938), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), and Emperor Ōjin (210).

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