POLITICIAN

Shō Hashi

1371 - 1439

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Shō Hashi (尚巴志, 1372 – June 1, 1439) was the last King of Chūzan and the first king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, uniting the three polities of Chūzan, Hokuzan, and Nanzan by conquest and ending the Sanzan period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shō Hashi has received more than 94,140 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Shō Hashi is the 9,521st most popular politician (down from 9,255th in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from Japan (down from 761st in 2019) and the 280th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shō Hashi ranks 9,521 out of 19,576Before him are Inge II of Norway, Ho Feng-Shan, Princess Anne of Orléans, Cynric, Louis V, Elector Palatine, and Nicomedes III of Bithynia. After him are Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Dub, King of Scotland, Edward Ochab, Rolandas Paksas, John A. Macdonald, and Xiang of Xia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1371, Shō Hashi ranks 9Before him are Vasily I of Moscow, Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, Pierre Cauchon, Leopold IV, Duke of Austria, and Sophia of Lithuania.  Among people deceased in 1439, Shō Hashi ranks 5Before him are Albert II of Germany, Frederick IV, Duke of Austria, Joseph II of Constantinople, and Maria of Trebizond. After him is Ambrose Traversari.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shō Hashi ranks 770 out of 6,245Before him are Masao Takada (null), Tadao Kobayashi (1930), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Prince Munetaka (1242), Matsudaira Katamori (1836), and Koichi Tanaka (1959). After him are Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Motoo Tatsuhara (1913), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Kengo Kuma (1954), Koji Sasaki (1936), and Seijun Suzuki (1923).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shō Hashi ranks 280Before him are Prince Hisaaki (1276), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Ōmura Sumitada (1533), Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Prince Munetaka (1242), and Matsudaira Katamori (1836). After him are Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), Prince Koreyasu (1264), Sanjō Sanetomi (1837), Ashikaga Yoshihide (1538), Kiyoura Keigo (1850), and Takizawa Bakin (1767).