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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 1,367,566 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Takeda Shingen is the 1,370th most popular politician (down from 1,164th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Japan (down from 40th in 2019) and the 14th 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 1,370 out of 15,577. Before him are An Lushan, Süleyman Demirel, Rodolfo Graziani, Johan de Witt, Yang Guifei, and Mohammed Nadir Shah. After him are Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, George Tupou V, Urho Kekkonen, Lothair of France, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, and Æthelred I, King of Wessex.

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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, Philippe de Monte, Xu Wei, Richard Chancellor, and Thomas Wyatt the Younger. Among people deceased in 1573, Takeda Shingen ranks 2. Before him is Fatma Sultan. After him are Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, Rafael Bombelli, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Azai Nagamasa, Matija Gubec, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Malyuta Skuratov, and Michel de l'Hôpital.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeda Shingen ranks 49 out of 6,048. Before him are Takeshi Kitano (1947), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), Saigō Takamori (1828), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), and Chūichi Nagumo (1887). After him are Utamaro (1753), Isao Takahata (1935), Soichiro Honda (1906), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Joan Fontaine (1917), and Yasujirō Ozu (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Takeda Shingen ranks 14. Before him are Himiko (175), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), and Itō Hirobumi (1841). After him are Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Shinzō Abe (1954), Emperor Suizei (-669), Koxinga (1624), and Uesugi Kenshin (1530).

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