Himiko

Himiko (卑弥呼) was an obscure shaman queen of Yamataikoku, an ancient country within the islands that would become Japan. According to early Chinese history, people in the country agreed to elect a woman for their ruler, so that she ascended to the throne, successfully uniting the country and ending the prior Emperors' eighty years of disturbances and warfare. Her skills in magic and sorcery were highly respected by her people. She is said to remain unmarried, living in a beautiful palace, surrounded by towers and stockades, where a thousand women and only one man served her as attendants, along with countless imperial guards watching on each corner of the palace. Her reign was strict and discipline, but peaceful. She is also mentioned to have a good connection with the Wei Kingdom. People of Yamataikoku took her death as a great loss, and they did not obey nor respected the new King's order, until one of her relative, a thirteen-year old girl was made Queen. History involving the early Japan does not mention her at all, but she is often considered a legendary figure. Nowadays, her existence is still debatable among scholars and is considered to be one of the most controversial debate of the ancient Japanese history.