Imperial Guard (Japan)

Imperial Guard - branch of the Imperial Japanese Army (1867–1945) dedicated to the protection of the Emperor of Japan and the Imperial Family, palaces and other imperial properties. Article “Imperial Guard (Japan)” in English Wikipedia has 44.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 11 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.32 points.

This article has the best quality in Japanese Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Imperial Guard (Japan)”, its content was written by 108 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 367 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 377 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2356 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #44746 in July 2018
• Global: #55364 in July 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #204352 in August 2021
• Global: #51102 in August 2015

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Japanese (ja) 近衛師団		55.6199
2	English (en) Imperial Guard (Japan)		44.1591
3	Indonesian (id) Pengawal Kekaisaran (Jepang)		38.9272
4	Turkish (tr) İmparatorluk Muhafızları (Japonya)		32.4136
5	German (de) Kaiserliche Garde (Japan)		28.4183
6	Italian (it) Guardia imperiale giapponese		26.7241
7	Chinese (zh) 近衛師團		25.334
8	Arabic (ar) الحرس الإمبراطوري الياباني		24.8442
9	Portuguese (pt) Guarda Imperial (Japão)		20.3363
10	Malay (ms) Pengawal Empayar Jepun		19.0107

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Imperial Guard (Japan)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 近衛師団		1 766 686
2	English (en) Imperial Guard (Japan)		749 053
3	Chinese (zh) 近衛師團		188 969
4	German (de) Kaiserliche Garde (Japan)		101 072
5	Russian (ru) Императорская гвардия (Япония)		50 546
6	French (fr) Garde impériale du Japon		27 215
7	Italian (it) Guardia imperiale giapponese		15 959
8	Malay (ms) Pengawal Empayar Jepun		7 725
9	Portuguese (pt) Guarda Imperial (Japão)		2 828
10	Persian (fa) گارد امپراتوری (ژاپن)		2 621

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Imperial Guard (Japan)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 近衛師団		7 116
2	English (en) Imperial Guard (Japan)		4 452
3	Chinese (zh) 近衛師團		1 040
4	Russian (ru) Императорская гвардия (Япония)		286
5	German (de) Kaiserliche Garde (Japan)		224
6	French (fr) Garde impériale du Japon		85
7	Italian (it) Guardia imperiale giapponese		66
8	Indonesian (id) Pengawal Kekaisaran (Jepang)		45
9	Portuguese (pt) Guarda Imperial (Japão)		44
10	Persian (fa) گارد امپراتوری (ژاپن)		26

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Imperial Guard (Japan)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Imperial Guard (Japan)		108
2	Japanese (ja) 近衛師団		98
3	German (de) Kaiserliche Garde (Japan)		38
4	Chinese (zh) 近衛師團		28
5	Italian (it) Guardia imperiale giapponese		24
6	French (fr) Garde impériale du Japon		21
7	Russian (ru) Императорская гвардия (Япония)		15
8	Spanish (es) Guardia Imperial del Ejército Japonés		11
9	Hebrew (he) המשמר הקיסרי (האימפריה היפנית)		11
10	Malay (ms) Pengawal Empayar Jepun		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Imperial Guard (Japan)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) الحرس الإمبراطوري الياباني		1
2	Japanese (ja) 近衛師団		1
3	German (de) Kaiserliche Garde (Japan)		0
4	English (en) Imperial Guard (Japan)		0
5	Spanish (es) Guardia Imperial del Ejército Japonés		0
6	Persian (fa) گارد امپراتوری (ژاپن)		0
7	French (fr) Garde impériale du Japon		0
8	Hebrew (he) המשמר הקיסרי (האימפריה היפנית)		0
9	Indonesian (id) Pengawal Kekaisaran (Jepang)		0
10	Italian (it) Guardia imperiale giapponese		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Imperial Guard (Japan)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 近衛師団		852
2	Chinese (zh) 近衛師團		441
3	English (en) Imperial Guard (Japan)		377
4	French (fr) Garde impériale du Japon		153
5	German (de) Kaiserliche Garde (Japan)		149
6	Russian (ru) Императорская гвардия (Япония)		137
7	Persian (fa) گارد امپراتوری (ژاپن)		94
8	Indonesian (id) Pengawal Kekaisaran (Jepang)		52
9	Italian (it) Guardia imperiale giapponese		32
10	Hebrew (he) המשמר הקיסרי (האימפריה היפנית)		29

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الحرس الإمبراطوري الياباني
de	German Kaiserliche Garde (Japan)
en	English Imperial Guard (Japan)
es	Spanish Guardia Imperial del Ejército Japonés
fa	Persian گارد امپراتوری (ژاپن)
fr	French Garde impériale du Japon
he	Hebrew המשמר הקיסרי (האימפריה היפנית)
id	Indonesian Pengawal Kekaisaran (Jepang)
it	Italian Guardia imperiale giapponese
ja	Japanese 近衛師団
ms	Malay Pengawal Empayar Jepun
pt	Portuguese Guarda Imperial (Japão)
ru	Russian Императорская гвардия (Япония)
tr	Turkish İmparatorluk Muhafızları (Japonya)
zh	Chinese 近衛師團

Best Rank

English: #204352 08.2021

Global: #51102 08.2015

Best Rank

English: #44746 07.2018

Global: #55364 07.2018

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