1915 - 1997
Shōichi Yokoi (横井 庄一, Yokoi Shōichi, 31 March 1915 – 22 September 1997) was a Japanese soldier who served as a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War, and was one of the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945. He was discovered in the jungles of Guam on 24 January 1972, almost 28 years after U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shoichi Yokoi has received more than 1,327,409 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Shoichi Yokoi is the 334th most popular military personnel (up from 350th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Japan and the 19th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.
Shoichi Yokoi was a Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle for 28 years after World War II. He was found in 1974 and was the last Japanese soldier to surrender.
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Among military personnels, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 334 out of 1,468. Before him are Roger de Flor, Walther Wenck, Ivan Paskevich, Iwane Matsui, Sanada Yukimura, and Hugo Sperrle. After him are Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Friedrich Dollmann, Titus Labienus, Yamagata Aritomo, Giovanni Messe, and Polyperchon.
1267 - 1305
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 328
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 329
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 330
1878 - 1948
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 331
1567 - 1615
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 332
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 333
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 334
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 335
1882 - 1944
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 336
100 BC - 45 BC
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 337
1838 - 1922
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 338
1883 - 1968
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 339
394 BC - 303 BC
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 340
Among people born in 1915, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 31. Before him are Les Paul, Curd Jürgens, Charles H. Townes, Robert Hofstadter, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. After him are Robert A. Dahl, Thomas Huckle Weller, Clifford Shull, Brother Roger, Aziz Nesin, and Bob Kane. Among people deceased in 1997, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 37. Before him are Willem de Kooning, Edward Mills Purcell, Clyde Tombaugh, Otto Ernst Remer, Helenio Herrera, and Zoltán Czibor. After him are Dodi Fayed, John Eccles, Alfred Hershey, Nikolai Tikhonov, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, and John Kendrew.
1915 - 2009
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 25
1915 - 1982
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 26
1915 - 2015
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 27
1915 - 1990
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 28
1915 - 2011
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 29
1915 - 2006
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 30
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 31
1915 - 2014
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 32
1915 - 2008
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 33
1915 - 2001
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 34
1915 - 2005
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 35
1915 - 1995
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 36
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 37
1904 - 1997
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 31
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 32
1906 - 1997
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 33
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 34
1910 - 1997
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 35
1929 - 1997
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 36
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 37
1955 - 1997
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 38
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 39
1908 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 40
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 41
1912 - 1997
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 42
1917 - 1997
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 43
Among people born in Japan, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 128 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Kōrei (-341), Ken Watanabe (1959), Isamu Akasaki (1929), Jiro Horikoshi (1903), Iwane Matsui (1878), and Sanada Yukimura (1567). After him are Momofuku Ando (1910), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Issei Sagawa (1949), Sakichi Toyoda (1867), Emperor Suinin (-69), and Junko Tabei (1939).
341 BC - 214 BC
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 122
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 123
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 124
1903 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 125
1878 - 1948
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 126
1567 - 1615
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 127
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 128
1910 - 2007
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 129
1838 - 1922
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 130
1949 - 2022
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 131
1867 - 1930
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 132
69 BC - 70
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 133
1939 - 2016
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 134
Among military personnels born in Japan, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 19. Before him are Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Iwane Matsui (1878), and Sanada Yukimura (1567). After him are Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Kawakami Gensai (1834), and Saburō Sakai (1916).
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 13
1559 - 1600
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 14
1885 - 1946
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 15
1593 - 1615
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 16
1878 - 1948
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 17
1567 - 1615
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 18
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 19
1838 - 1922
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 20
1902 - 1976
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 21
1548 - 1610
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 22
1887 - 1945
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 23
1834 - 1872
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 24
1916 - 2000
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 25