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Prince Kan'in Kotohito

1865 - 1945

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Prince Kan'in Kotohito (閑院宮載仁親王, Kan'in-no-miya Kotohito-shinnō, November 10, 1865 – May 21, 1945) was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940. During his tenure as the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, the Imperial Japanese Army committed numerous war crimes against Chinese civilians including the Nanjing massacre and the systemic use of chemical and bacteriological weapons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Kan'in Kotohito has received more than 198,447 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Kan'in Kotohito is the 8,269th most popular politician (down from 7,973rd in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from Japan (down from 639th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular Japanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Prince Kan'in Kotohito has had the most page views in the with 60,813 views, followed by English (33,257), and Chinese (14,862). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (44.30%), Ukrainian (31.69%), and Russian (29.11%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Kan'in Kotohito ranks 8,269 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Michael Krešimir II of Croatia, Alghu, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, and Jin Midi. After him are Kim Tok-hun, Ariobarzanes of Pontus, Corrado Gini, Uthong, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, and John I, Margrave of Brandenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Prince Kan'in Kotohito ranks 68. Before him are Friedrich Paschen, Hantaro Nagaoka, Said Halim Pasha, Rafael Merry del Val, Aspazija, and Charles Proteus Steinmetz. After him are John Stanley Plaskett, Isaac Israëls, Henri Desgrange, J. Walter Christie, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and James Henry Breasted. Among people deceased in 1945, Prince Kan'in Kotohito ranks 160. Before him are Vilém Mathesius, Sigmund Rascher, John Basilone, Alla Nazimova, Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, and Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.. After him are Nikolai Berzarin, Eduard Wirths, Jacques Doriot, Richard Thomalla, Matome Ugaki, and Gustav Flatow.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Prince Kan'in Kotohito ranks 658 out of 6,245. Before him are Takeo Takagi (1892), Mariya Takeuchi (1955), Keisuke Okada (1868), Emperor Sanjō (976), Katsu Kaishū (1823), and Hakaru Hashimoto (1881). After him are Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866), Takashi Miike (1960), Shigenori Tōgō (1882), Kazu Naoki (1918), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), and Kazuyo Sejima (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Prince Kan'in Kotohito ranks 253. Before him are Sen Katayama (1859), Masaharu Homma (1888), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Sōsuke Uno (1922), Keisuke Okada (1868), and Emperor Sanjō (976). After him are Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866), Shigenori Tōgō (1882), Ii Naosuke (1815), Katō Takaaki (1860), Gotō Shinpei (1857), and Kujō Yoritsune (1218).

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