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Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni

1887 - 1990

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Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni (東久邇宮稔彦王, Higashikuni-no-miya Naruhiko Ō, 3 December 1887 – 20 January 1990) was a member of the Japanese imperial family and general of the army who served as prime minister of Japan from 17 August to 9 October 1945. He is the only member of the Japanese imperial family to head a cabinet, and Japan's shortest-serving prime minister, serving for only 54 days. Born in Kyoto, Prince Higashikuni was a son of Prince Kuni Asahiko and married Toshiko, Princess Yasu, a daughter of Emperor Meiji, thus making him an uncle-in-law of Emperor Hirohito. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni has received more than 595,422 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni is the 4,002nd most popular politician (up from 4,273rd in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Japan (up from 234th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Japanese Politician.

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  • 61.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni ranks 4,002 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Marie Anne de Mailly, Alain Poher, Petru Groza, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, and Sancho I of León. After him are Emperor Go-Komatsu, Gérard Genette, Rudolf Slánský, Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Antonín Zápotocký.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni ranks 52. Before him are Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Mitsuru Ushijima, Hans Oster, George Pólya, Violet Jessop, and Georg-Hans Reinhardt. After him are Giovanni Gronchi, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Raoul Walsh, Arnold Zweig, Boris Karloff, and Bernardo Houssay. Among people deceased in 1990, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni ranks 37. Before him are Bruno Kreisky, Sergio Corbucci, Luigi Nono, Patrick White, Meir Kahane, and Robert Noyce. After him are Viktor Tsoi, Rex Harrison, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Vasili Kuznetsov, Ugo Tognazzi, and Capucine.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni ranks 227 out of 6,245. Before him are Takashi Shimura (1905), Emperor Sutoku (1119), Emperor Kenzō (450), Osamu Shimomura (1928), Kyu Sakamoto (1941), and Emperor Ankō (401). After him are Mikao Usui (1865), Fujiko Fujio (1934), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), and Yosano Akiko (1878).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni ranks 86. Before him are Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464), Emperor Shōkō (1401), Empress Jingū (169), Emperor Sutoku (1119), Emperor Kenzō (450), and Emperor Ankō (401). After him are Fujiko Fujio (1934), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), and Emperor Ninken (449).

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