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Mikimoto Kōkichi

1858 - 1954

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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

Among businesspeople, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 300 out of 601Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 75Before 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 66Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 808 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 10Before 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).