1858 - 1954
Kokichi Mikimoto (Japanese: 御木本 幸吉, Hepburn: Mikimoto Kōkichi, 25 January 1858 – 21 September 1954) was a Japanese entrepreneur who is credited with creating the first cultured pearl and subsequently starting the cultured pearl industry with the establishment of his luxury pearl company Mikimoto.He was inducted into the House of Peers by imperial decree and posthumously awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure. On 18 April 1985, the Japan Patent Office selected him as one of Ten Japanese Great Inventors.The company was ranked as one of the world's most luxurious brands by Women's Wear Daily Magazine and Mikimoto was considered one of the best Japanese financial leaders of the 20th century by Nihon Keizai Shimbun. He is also known as the founder of Mikimoto Pharmaceuticals, a company specialising in beauty products containing pearl calcium. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikimoto Kōkichi has received more than 244,973 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mikimoto Kōkichi is the 300th most popular businessperson (down from 251st in 2019), the 808th most popular biography from Japan (down from 731st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 300 out of 601. Before him are Colonel Tom Parker, Ken Aston, Serge Dassault, Ghislaine Maxwell, Bruce Buck, and Mark Thatcher. After him are Haim Saban, Meyer Guggenheim, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Gennady Timchenko, Allen Klein, and Tadashi Yanai.
1909 - 1997
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 294
1915 - 2001
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 295
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 296
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 297
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 298
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 299
1858 - 1954
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 300
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 301
1828 - 1905
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 302
1958 - 2018
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 303
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 304
1931 - 2009
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 305
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 306
Among people born in 1858, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 75. Before him are Vincas Kudirka, Petar Bojović, Jenő Hubay, Anthon van Rappard, Dhondo Keshav Karve, and Oldfield Thomas. After him are Emma Calvé, Wilhelm Fliess, Richard Bergh, Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, William Stanley Jr., and Cipriano Castro. Among people deceased in 1954, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 66. Before him are Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, Thành Thái, Franz Neumann, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, B. C. Forbes, and Henri Laurens. After him are Jacob Tullin Thams, Joachim Lemelsen, Hugo Eckener, Rudolf Beran, Friedrich Meinecke, and Mikhail Prishvin.
1858 - 1899
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 69
1858 - 1945
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 70
1858 - 1937
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 71
1858 - 1892
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 72
1858 - 1962
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 73
1858 - 1929
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 74
1858 - 1954
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 75
1858 - 1942
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 76
1858 - 1928
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 77
1858 - 1919
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 78
1858 - 1946
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 79
1858 - 1916
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 80
1858 - 1924
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 81
1904 - 1954
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 60
1879 - 1954
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 61
1900 - 1954
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 62
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 63
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 64
1885 - 1954
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 65
1858 - 1954
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 66
1898 - 1954
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 67
1888 - 1954
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 68
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 69
1887 - 1954
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 70
1862 - 1954
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 71
1873 - 1954
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 72
Among people born in Japan, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 808 out of 6,048. Before him are Goro Shimura (1930), Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1906), Prince Munetaka (1242), Hiroshi Amano (1960), Kōzō Okamoto (1947), and Kamo no Chōmei (1155). After him are Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), Ashikaga Yoshihide (1538), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Tsutomu Miyazaki (1962), Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434), and Mayumi Tanaka (1955).
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 802
1906 - 1980
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 803
1242 - 1274
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 804
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 805
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 806
1155 - 1216
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 807
1858 - 1954
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 808
1896 - 1982
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 809
1538 - 1568
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 810
718 - 785
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 811
1962 - 2008
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 812
1434 - 1443
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 813
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 814
Among businesspeople born in Japan, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 10. Before him are Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Masayoshi Son (1957), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), and Eiji Toyoda (1913). After him are Tadashi Yanai (1949), Norio Ohga (1930), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Akio Toyoda (1956), Kaz Hirai (1960), and Hiro Matsushita (1961).
1927 - 2013
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4
1835 - 1885
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 6
1851 - 1916
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 7
1859 - 1940
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 8
1913 - 2013
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 9
1858 - 1954
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 10
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 11
1930 - 2011
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 13
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 14
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 15
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 16