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Fusako Shigenobu

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Fusako Shigenobu (Japanese: 重信 房子, Hepburn: Shigenobu Fusako; born September 28, 1945) is a Japanese communist activist, writer, and the founder and leader of the now-disbanded terrorist group Japanese Red Army (JRA). Born in Japan, Shigenobu became involved in New Left activism while attending night school at Meiji University in Tokyo. In 1969, she joined the Red Army Faction (RAF), a communist group that advocated immediate, armed revolution against the governments of the United States and Japan. Eventually becoming one of its senior leaders, Shigenobu played a significant role in establishing the International Relations Bureau for the organization. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fusako Shigenobu is the 6,603rd most popular politician (up from 6,620th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Japan (down from 508th in 2019) and the 185th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 6,603 out of 19,576. Before her are Sisowath of Cambodia, Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Menander I, Demchugdongrub, Phillipe de Plessis, and Charles the Child. After her are Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Johan Nygaardsvold, Kimon Georgiev, Quintus Pedius, Frederick V, Duke of Swabia, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 158. Before her are Wolfgang Schüssel, Ernie Hudson, Phil Jackson, Mustafa Balel, Peter Criss, and Lee Jong-wook. After her are Yuen Woo-ping, Gal Costa, Dean Koontz, Christine Kaufmann, Radu Lupu, and Jessye Norman.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 537 out of 6,245. Before her are Shibata Katsuie (1522), Eiichiro Oda (1975), Kozo Arai (1950), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Hirohiko Araki (1960), and Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935). After her are Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Michio Ashikaga (1950), Takao Nishiyama (1942), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Miki Matsubara (1959), and Hideo Shinojima (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 185. Before her are Hayato Ikeda (1899), Emperor Kazan (967), Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435), Tokugawa Ienari (1773), and Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935). After her are Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Ōyama Iwao (1842), Empress Masako (1963), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), Emperor Ichijō (980), and Tokugawa Ieshige (1712).

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