Most Famous Japanese Religious Figures

20 Japanese Religious Figures in view out of 20

Religion 20
Japan 2,162
Kūkai
Kūkai Japanese Monk 774 – 835
#7,408
R
Ryōkan Japanese Monk 1758 – 1831
#22,731
SS
Shunryū Suzuki Japanese Missionary 1904 – 1971
#30,549
Eisai
Eisai Japanese Priest 1141 – 1215
#33,218
Nakayama Miki
Nakayama Miki Japanese Religious 1798 – 1887
#54,858
Ennin
Ennin Japanese Priest 793 – 864
#55,235
Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle
Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle Japanese Priest 1898 – 1990
#61,316
Onisaburo Deguchi
Onisaburo Deguchi Japanese Religious 1871 – 1948
#62,650
Gyōki
Gyōki Japanese Priest 668 – 749
#84,072
BY
Bankei Yōtaku Japanese Religious 1622 – 1693
#91,297
Enchin
Enchin Japanese Priest 814 – 891
#111,952
Itō Mancio
Itō Mancio Japanese Priest 1570 – 1612
#128,490
Nisshō Inoue
Nisshō Inoue Japanese Preacher 1887 – 1967
#134,373
KE
Kanzan Egen Japanese Monk 1277 – 1360
#236,750
PB
Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami Japanese Priest 1920 – 2014
#510,383
Ebina Danjō
Ebina Danjō Japanese Theologian 1856 – 1937
#588,186
Sayo Kitamura
Sayo Kitamura Japanese Religiös 1900 – 1967
#635,498
Paul Aijirō Yamaguchi
Paul Aijirō Yamaguchi Japanese Prelate 1894 – 1976
#715,779
Domingos Chohachi Nakamura
Domingos Chohachi Nakamura Japanese Missionary 1856 – 1940
#1,021,931
AM
Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama Japanese Priest Born 1962
#1,566,293

By the numbers

Inside Japan Religious Figures

20 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Japan Religious Figures peaked in the 1850s with 2 people.

What Japan Religious Figures Are Known For

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Priest are Japan Religious Figures's biggest group — 40% of all notables (8).

Japan Religious Figures over-index on priest14.2× the global rate.

  1. Priest8
  2. Monk3
  3. Religious3
  4. Missionary2
  5. Preacher1
  6. Theologian1
  7. Religiös1
  8. Prelate1
  1. Priest814.2×