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Takeda Shingen

1521 - 1573

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Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄, December 1, 1521 – May 13, 1573) was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a poor area with little arable land and no access to the sea, but he became one of Japan's leading daimyo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takeda Shingen has received more than 1,487,329 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Takeda Shingen is the 1,163rd most popular politician (up from 1,367th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Japan (up from 49th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Politician.

Takeda Shigen was a Japanese samurai who is most famous for his role in the Battle of Nagashino.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Takeda Shingen ranks 1,163 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohamed Morsi, Vasili IV of Russia, Henry the Lion, Vasili III of Russia, Christian III of Denmark, and Napoléon, Prince Imperial. After him are David Lloyd George, Nikolai Yezhov, Mohamed Naguib, Baldwin III of Jerusalem, Ahmed Ben Bella, and Sandra Mason.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1521, Takeda Shingen ranks 2. Before him is Pope Urban VII. After him are Peter Canisius, Christina of Denmark, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, Andrew Avellino, Xu Wei, Richard Chancellor, Philippe de Monte, Antoine Caron, and Thomas Wyatt the Younger. Among people deceased in 1573, Takeda Shingen ranks 1. After him are Fatma Sultan, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, Rafael Bombelli, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Matija Gubec, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Azai Nagamasa, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Michel de l'Hôpital, and Malyuta Skuratov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeda Shingen ranks 44 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Hiroshige (1797), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Hiroo Onoda (1922), and Morihei Ueshiba (1883). After him are Takeshi Kitano (1947), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Soichiro Honda (1906), and Olivia de Havilland (1916).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Takeda Shingen ranks 12. Before him are Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Emperor Kōmei (1831), and Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894). After him are Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), Koxinga (1624), Emperor Suizei (-669), and Fumio Kishida (1957).

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