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Shō Shin

1465 - 1526

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Shō Shin (尚真; 1465 – 13 January 1527; r. 1477–1527) was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the third ruler of the second Shō dynasty. Shō Shin's long reign has been described as "the Great Days of Chūzan", a period of great peace and relative prosperity. He was the son of Shō En, the founder of the dynasty, by Yosoidon, Shō En's second wife, often referred to as the queen mother. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shō Shin is the 8,515th most popular politician (up from 8,712th in 2019), the 719th most popular biography from Japan (down from 697th in 2019) and the 246th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shō Shin ranks 8,515 out of 19,576. Before him are Helü of Wu, Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Eduard Meyer, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Constantine Kanaris, and John Lyng. After him are Adem Demaçi, John, Duke of Östergötland, Asin of Baekje, Mazaeus, Lulach, and Floris III, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1465, Shō Shin ranks 13. Before him are Mehmed I Giray, Gil Vicente, Agostino Chigi, Paulo da Gama, Jan Provoost, and Bramantino. After him are Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Johann von Staupitz, Konrad Peutinger, Philotheus of Pskov, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, and Cassandra Fedele. Among people deceased in 1526, Shō Shin ranks 13. Before him are Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Emperor Go-Kashiwabara, Rodrigo de Triana, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, and Elisabetta Gonzaga. After him are Conrad Grebel, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, and Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shō Shin ranks 719 out of 6,245. Before him are Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Takashi Murakami (1962), Mikio Naruse (1905), Ikuo Takahara (1957), Ii Naosuke (1815), and Aritatsu Ogi (1942). After him are Isao Tomita (1932), Emperor Shijō (1231), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Izumi Shikibu (976), and Shō Hashi (1371).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shō Shin ranks 246. Before him are Yuriko Koike (1952), Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Emperor Sanjō (976), Hōjō Sōun (1432), Nitobe Inazō (1862), and Ii Naosuke (1815). After him are Emperor Shijō (1231), Shō Hashi (1371), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), and Shintaro Abe (1924).

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