POLITICIAN

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kōichi Kido has received more than 272,189 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kōichi Kido is the 10,232nd most popular politician (down from 9,067th in 2019), the 837th most popular biography from Japan (down from 745th in 2019) and the 290th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kōichi Kido ranks 10,232 out of 19,576Before him are Odoardo Farnese, Borjana Krišto, Thilo Sarrazin, Frank Caprio, Nitocris I, and Oswiu. After him are Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria, Phillipe de Plessis, Raymond-Roupen, Václav Talich, Erishum I, and Machanidas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Kōichi Kido ranks 127Before him are Otto Deßloch, Vasiliy Ulrikh, Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Lev Mekhlis, Ernst Reuter, and Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg. After him are Kanji Ishiwara, G. M. B. Dobson, Edmond Privat, Bernhard Karlgren, Lloyd Bacon, and Zhang Qun. Among people deceased in 1977, Kōichi Kido ranks 114Before him are Luigi Bertolini, Louis Beel, Henri Langlois, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Diana Hyland, and Mirzo Tursunzoda. After him are Jan-Carl Raspe, Ronnie Van Zant, Rudolf Vytlačil, E. F. Schumacher, Isaac Boleslavsky, and Hans Erich Nossack.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōichi Kido ranks 837 out of 6,245Before him are Naoto Tajima (1912), Goro Shimura (1930), Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407), Toshio Miyaji (null), Sō Yoshitoshi (1568), and Hitoshi Igarashi (1947). After him are Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Inoue Kaoru (1836), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), and Seiichi Sakiya (1950).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kōichi Kido ranks 290Before him are Ashikaga Yoshihide (1538), Kiyoura Keigo (1850), Takizawa Bakin (1767), Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Shigeru Kayano (1926), and Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407). After him are Inoue Kaoru (1836), Tsuda Umeko (1864), Nakayama Yoshiko (1836), Asakura Yoshikage (1533), Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434), and Kyuichi Tokuda (1894).