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Imagawa Yoshimoto

1519 - 1560

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Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川 義元; 1519 – June 12, 1560) was a Japanese daimyō (feudal lord) of the Sengoku period. Based in Suruga Province, he was known as The number one Daimyō in the Tōkaidō (海道一の弓取り, Kaidō-ichi no Yumitori); he was one of the three daimyō that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shogun. He was killed in the village of Dengakuhazama in Okehazama by Oda Nobunaga. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Imagawa Yoshimoto is the 3,851st most popular politician (down from 3,462nd in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Japan (down from 178th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Japanese Politician.

Imagawa Yoshimoto was a Japanese daimyo who is most famous for his failed invasion of the neighboring Owari Province in 1560.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 3,851 out of 19,576. Before him are Eleonora Gonzaga, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, Intef II, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, and Al-Muhtadi. After him are 3rd Dalai Lama, Eric Adams, Yury of Moscow, Matthias Erzberger, Constantius Gallus, and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia.

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Among people born in 1519, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 11. Before him are Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Francis, Duke of Guise, Gaspard II de Coligny, Isabella Jagiellon, Occhiali, and Theodore Beza. After him are Andrea Cesalpino, Antonis Mor, Thomas Gresham, Frans Floris, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. Among people deceased in 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 9. Before him are Gustav I of Sweden, Andrea Doria, Mary of Guise, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Anastasia Romanovna, and Joachim du Bellay. After him are Stańczyk, Domingo de Soto, Melchor Cano, Jean du Bellay, Jan Mandijn, and Philip I, Duke of Pomerania.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 211 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Kaika (-208), Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Sakichi Toyoda (1867), Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), and Syukuro Manabe (1931). After him are Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Tsukasa Hosaka (1937), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), and Shojiro Sugimura (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 69. Before him are Yukio Hatoyama (1947), Emperor Ōjin (210), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Emperor Richū (336), Emperor Kaika (-208), and Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537). After him are Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Emperor Seimu (83), Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Emperor Kenzō (450), and Emperor Shōkō (1401).

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