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Shintaro Ishihara

1932 - 2022

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Shintaro Ishihara (石原 慎太郎, Ishihara Shintarō; 30 September 1932 – 1 February 2022) was a Japanese politician and writer, who served as the Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012. Being the former leader of the radical right Sunrise Party, later merged with Toru Hashimoto's Japan Restoration Party out of which he split his faction into the Party for Japanese Kokoro, he was one of the most prominent ultranationalists in modern Japanese politics. Ishihara was infamous for his misogynistic comments, his xenophobic views and his racist remarks against Chinese and Koreans in Japan, including his use of the antiquated pejorative term "sangokujin". He was also a denier of the Nanjing Massacre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shintaro Ishihara is the 8,047th most popular politician (down from 7,239th in 2019), the 682nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 565th in 2019) and the 237th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shintaro Ishihara ranks 8,047 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis IV, Elector Palatine, Gotarzes II of Parthia, Mihai Antonescu, Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, Bart De Wever, and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Emperor Shizong of Jin, William of Modena, and Elbridge Gerry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Shintaro Ishihara ranks 146. Before him are Marisa Pavan, Dino Sani, Zózimo, Momoko Kōchi, Christy Brown, and Ieng Thirith. After him are Gato Barbieri, Amrish Puri, Per Nørgård, Anna Moffo, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, and Nadira. Among people deceased in 2022, Shintaro Ishihara ranks 134. Before him are Margarita Lozano, Fernando Gomes, Nick Holonyak, Tony Sirico, Just Jaeckin, and Charles Greene. After him are Christos Sartzetakis, William Klein, Anne Heche, Uri Orlev, Jean-Jacques Beineix, and Kay Parker.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shintaro Ishihara ranks 682 out of 6,245. Before him are Ii Naomasa (1561), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Emperor En'yū (959), and Shigeru Mizuki (1922). After him are Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Minamoto no Yoriie (1182), Kazuyuki Mugita (1984), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), and Yuriko Koike (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shintaro Ishihara ranks 237. Before him are Tanaka Giichi (1864), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Ii Naomasa (1561), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), and Emperor En'yū (959). After him are Minamoto no Yoriie (1182), Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), Yuriko Koike (1952), Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Emperor Sanjō (976), and Hōjō Sōun (1432).

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