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Shintaro Ishihara, an Uncommon card
Shintaro Ishihara was a Japanese politician and writer, who served as the Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 43,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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 criticized 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".
- A critic of relations between Japan and the United States, his artistic accomplishments included his authorship of a prize-winning novel, his authorship of best-sellers, and his work in theater, film, and journalism.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Shintaro Ishihara article was read about 43,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Shintaro Ishihara (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Cabinet Secretariat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.