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Ōtomo Sōrin

1530 - 1587

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Ōtomo Sōrin (大友 宗麟; January 31, 1530 – June 11, 1587), also known as Fujiwara no Yoshishige (藤原 義鎮) or Ōtomo Yoshishige (大友 義鎮), was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyō) of the Ōtomo clan, one of the few to have converted to Catholicism. The eldest son of Ōtomo Yoshiaki, he inherited the Funai Domain, on Kyūshū, Japan's southernmost main island, from his father. He is perhaps most significant for having appealed to Toyotomi Hideyoshi to intervene in Kyūshū against the Shimazu clan, thus spurring Hideyoshi's Kyūshū Campaign of 1587. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ōtomo Sōrin is the 10,247th most popular politician (down from 9,236th in 2019), the 857th most popular biography from Japan (down from 742nd in 2019) and the 281st most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ōtomo Sōrin ranks 10,247 out of 19,576. Before him are Johannes Popitz, Chuck Grassley, Samuel von Brukenthal, Norman Lamont, Cartimandua, and José Napoleón Duarte. After him are Armand Louis de Gontaut, Antiochus IV of Commagene, Bonne of Bourbon, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Marouf al-Bakhit, and Emperor Jianwen of Jin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Ōtomo Sōrin ranks 20. Before him are Christopher Báthory, Starina Novak, Giambattista Benedetti, Ranuccio Farnese, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, and Symon Budny. After him are Nicholas Rémy, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow, and John Shakespeare. Among people deceased in 1587, Ōtomo Sōrin ranks 9. Before him are Occhiali, Gotthard Kettler, Bianca Cappello, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Felix of Cantalice, and Ōmura Sumitada. After him are Hai Rui, John Foxe, Juraj Drašković, Francisco Hernández de Toledo, Caspar Olevian, and Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōtomo Sōrin ranks 857 out of 6,245. Before him are Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), Kōji Yakusho (1956), Eiko Ishioka (1938), Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Ichiji Otani (1912), and Haruhisa Hasegawa (1957). After him are Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Matsudaira Katamori (1836), Shūji Terayama (1935), Mitsugu Nomura (1956), Kusumoto Ine (1827), and Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ōtomo Sōrin ranks 281. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628), Katō Takaaki (1860), Inoue Kaoru (1836), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), and Kujō Yoritsugu (1239). After him are Matsudaira Katamori (1836), Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434), Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759), Sakuma Shōzan (1811), Tsuda Umeko (1864), and Takizawa Bakin (1767).

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