Kenjiro Haitani

Japanese children's writer, elementary school teacher, and socialist intellectuals (1934–2006)
Person human Q6389392
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Summary

Kenjiro Haitani was born on October 31, 1934[1], in Kobe[2]. He died on November 23, 2006[3], in Shizuoka Prefecture[4]. He worked as a writer[5] and novelist[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (983 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Japan[8], Empire of Japan[9]
  • Educated at: Osaka Kyoiku University[10]
  • Sex or gender: male[11]
  • Cause of death: esophageal cancer[12]
  • Given name: Kenjirō[13]
  • Topic's main category: Q10158283[14]
  • Manner of death: natural causes[15]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese[16]
  • Name in native language: 灰谷健次郎[17]
  • Name in kana: はいたに けんじろう[18]
  • Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights[19]
  • P14565: 0000166349[20]

Why It Matters

Kenjiro Haitani has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

Where was Kenjiro Haitani born?

Kenjiro Haitani's place of birth was Kobe[2].

Where did Kenjiro Haitani die?

Kenjiro Haitani passed away in Shizuoka Prefecture[4].

What did Kenjiro Haitani do for work?

Kenjiro Haitani worked as a writer[5] and novelist[6].

Where did Kenjiro Haitani go to school?

Kenjiro Haitani was educated at Osaka Kyoiku University[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'ja', 'ru', 'sah', 'zh']
    Place of death → Shizuoka Prefecture
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56926|batch #56926]]: Import places of birth, death from dewiki"
  2. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rotten tomatoes id → celebrity/kenjiro_haitani
    Penguin random house author id → 71436
    Allociné person id → 1000012779
    Fandango person id → 1324309
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14565: 0000166349, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296353755|灰谷健次郎 (#296353755)]] for {{P|14565}}"
  3. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person id → 242378
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Allcinema person id: 242378, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/322280570|灰谷健次郎 (#322280570)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8395|Allcinema person]] #mix'n'"
  4. 24w ago · Mayatogs · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Osaka Kyoiku University
    Cause of death → esophageal cancer
    Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights
    Sex or gender → male
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ja, en */"
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