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Chōsokabe Motochika

1539 - 1599

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Chōsokabe Motochika (長宗我部 元親; 1539 – July 11, 1599) was a prominent daimyō in Japanese Sengoku-period. He was the 21st chief of the Chōsokabe clan of Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture), the ruler of Shikoku region. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chōsokabe Motochika is the 8,096th most popular politician (down from 6,977th in 2019), the 687th most popular biography from Japan (down from 540th in 2019) and the 239th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chōsokabe Motochika ranks 8,096 out of 19,576. Before him are Lord Guildford Dudley, Marcianus, Paul von Hase, Zhong Yao, Trygve Bratteli, and Andronikos II of Trebizond. After him are Chand Bibi, Muhammad III of Córdoba, Wilhelm Marr, Ernst Niekisch, Dawda Jawara, and Alexandre Ribot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Chōsokabe Motochika ranks 12. Before him are Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, and George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Jost Amman, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Yi San-hae, Nicolò Donato, Humphrey Gilbert, and Pierre Pithou. Among people deceased in 1599, Chōsokabe Motochika ranks 8. Before him are Gabrielle d'Estrées, Edmund Spenser, Luca Marenzio, Maeda Toshiie, Andrew Báthory, and Cornelis de Houtman. After him are Chand Bibi, Menocchio, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, Francisco Guerrero, and Edzard II, Count of East Frisia.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chōsokabe Motochika ranks 687 out of 6,245. Before him are Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Minamoto no Yoriie (1182), Kazuyuki Mugita (1984), and Nobuo Kawakami (1947). After him are Yuriko Koike (1952), Ishirō Honda (1911), Hideo Sakai (1909), Masaki Yokotani (1952), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), and Kōdō Sawaki (1880).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Chōsokabe Motochika ranks 239. Before him are Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Ii Naomasa (1561), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Emperor En'yū (959), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), and Minamoto no Yoriie (1182). After him are Yuriko Koike (1952), Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Emperor Sanjō (976), Hōjō Sōun (1432), Nitobe Inazō (1862), and Ii Naosuke (1815).

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