Japanese holdout

Japanese holdout - World War II soldier in the Pacific who continued to fight after Japan surrendered. Article “Japanese holdout” in English Wikipedia has 53.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 38 references and 9 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “Japanese holdout” was edited by 6 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 8 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Japanese holdout”, its content was written by 270 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 640 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 303 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1632 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #15826 in January 2014
• Global: #13174 in January 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #11704 in January 2014
• Global: #8883 in January 2014

There are 16 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, 2026 (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	Chinese (zh) 殘留日本兵		54.3677
2	English (en) Japanese holdout		53.3868
3	Hebrew (he) הנאחזים היפנים		43.0366
4	Portuguese (pt) Holdouts japoneses		40.4585
5	Indonesian (id) Serdadu Jepang yang tetap tinggal		39.8762
6	Japanese (ja) 残留日本兵		37.5632
7	Catalan (ca) Últims resistents japonesos de la Segona Guerra Mundial		33.3558
8	Polish (pl) Japoński opór po II wojnie światowej		29.1231
9	Italian (it) Soldati fantasma giapponesi		28.7156
10	French (fr) Soldats japonais restants		27.7657

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Japanese holdout" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Japanese holdout		3 804 500
2	Japanese (ja) 残留日本兵		1 494 713
3	Italian (it) Soldati fantasma giapponesi		342 291
4	Russian (ru) Сопротивление японских военнослужащих после капитуляции Японии в 1945 году		253 827
5	French (fr) Soldats japonais restants		234 201
6	Spanish (es) Soldados japoneses que no se rindieron tras el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial		194 221
7	Chinese (zh) 殘留日本兵		188 685
8	German (de) Holdout (Japanische Soldaten)		161 482
9	Indonesian (id) Serdadu Jepang yang tetap tinggal		120 391
10	Polish (pl) Japoński opór po II wojnie światowej		97 525

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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 "Japanese holdout" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Japanese holdout		14 171
2	Japanese (ja) 残留日本兵		3 679
3	Italian (it) Soldati fantasma giapponesi		1 385
4	Russian (ru) Сопротивление японских военнослужащих после капитуляции Японии в 1945 году		1 153
5	German (de) Holdout (Japanische Soldaten)		1 148
6	Chinese (zh) 殘留日本兵		915
7	French (fr) Soldats japonais restants		615
8	Spanish (es) Soldados japoneses que no se rindieron tras el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial		409
9	Indonesian (id) Serdadu Jepang yang tetap tinggal		250
10	Polish (pl) Japoński opór po II wojnie światowej		226

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Japanese holdout		270
2	Japanese (ja) 残留日本兵		58
3	Chinese (zh) 殘留日本兵		53
4	French (fr) Soldats japonais restants		50
5	Italian (it) Soldati fantasma giapponesi		50
6	German (de) Holdout (Japanische Soldaten)		46
7	Russian (ru) Сопротивление японских военнослужащих после капитуляции Японии в 1945 году		31
8	Polish (pl) Japoński opór po II wojnie światowej		22
9	Hebrew (he) הנאחזים היפנים		16
10	Spanish (es) Soldados japoneses que no se rindieron tras el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial		11

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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 "Japanese holdout" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Japanese holdout		6
2	German (de) Holdout (Japanische Soldaten)		2
3	Catalan (ca) Últims resistents japonesos de la Segona Guerra Mundial		0
4	Spanish (es) Soldados japoneses que no se rindieron tras el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial		0
5	Persian (fa) سربازهای باقیمانده ژاپنی		0
6	French (fr) Soldats japonais restants		0
7	Hebrew (he) הנאחזים היפנים		0
8	Indonesian (id) Serdadu Jepang yang tetap tinggal		0
9	Italian (it) Soldati fantasma giapponesi		0
10	Japanese (ja) 残留日本兵		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 "Japanese holdout" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 残留日本兵		364
2	English (en) Japanese holdout		303
3	Chinese (zh) 殘留日本兵		303
4	Russian (ru) Сопротивление японских военнослужащих после капитуляции Японии в 1945 году		183
5	Polish (pl) Japoński opór po II wojnie światowej		160
6	Persian (fa) سربازهای باقیمانده ژاپنی		99
7	Korean (ko) 잔류 일본병		91
8	Indonesian (id) Serdadu Jepang yang tetap tinggal		45
9	French (fr) Soldats japonais restants		20
10	Italian (it) Soldati fantasma giapponesi		20

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Últims resistents japonesos de la Segona Guerra Mundial
de	German Holdout (Japanische Soldaten)
en	English Japanese holdout
es	Spanish Soldados japoneses que no se rindieron tras el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
fa	Persian سربازهای باقیمانده ژاپنی
fr	French Soldats japonais restants
he	Hebrew הנאחזים היפנים
id	Indonesian Serdadu Jepang yang tetap tinggal
it	Italian Soldati fantasma giapponesi
ja	Japanese 残留日本兵
ko	Korean 잔류 일본병
pl	Polish Japoński opór po II wojnie światowej
pt	Portuguese Holdouts japoneses
ro	Romanian Soldații japonezi rătăciți
ru	Russian Сопротивление японских военнослужащих после капитуляции Японии в 1945 году
zh	Chinese 殘留日本兵

Best Rank

English: #11704 01.2014

Global: #8883 01.2014

Best Rank

English: #15826 01.2014

Global: #13174 01.2014

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