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Sword Art Online

Japanese light novel series
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Summary

Sword Art Online is a light novel series[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of light novel series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,620 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Reki Kawahara[3]
  • Illustrator: abec[4]
  • Publisher: Dengeki Bunko[5], Yen Press, LLC[6], M&C![7]
  • Genre: cyberpunk[8], adventure fiction[9], isekai[10], Online Game Novel[11]
  • Commons category: Sword Art Online[12]
  • Language of work or name: Japanese[13]
  • Country of origin: Japan[14]
  • Publication date: April 10, 2009[15]
  • Characters: Kirito[16], Asuna Yūki[17], Leafa[18], Shino Asada[19], Akihiko Kayaba[20]
  • Official website: http://www.swordart-online.net/[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sword Art Online[22]
  • Main subject: role-playing video game[23], artificial intelligence[24]
  • Title: ソードアート・オンライン[25], Sword Art Online[26]
  • Set in period: 2020s[27]
  • Has spin-off: Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online[28], Sword Art Online Alternative: Clover's Regret[29]
  • Number of parts of this work: 29 volume[30]
  • Derivative work: Sword Art Online[31], Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment[32], Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment[33], Sword Art Online: Lost Song[34], Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization[35], Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet[36], Sword Art Online: Code Register[37], Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale[38], Sword Art Online: Aincrad[39], Sword Art☆Online.[40], Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance[41], Sword Art Online: Progressive[42], Sword Art Online: Girls Ops[43], Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet[44]
  • Media franchise: Sword Art Online[45]
  • Social media followers: 106,000[46], 118,000[47], 130,000[48]

Why It Matters

Sword Art Online has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . MyAnimeList. Retrieved . myanimelist.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . 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. 9d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment +25
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Sword Art Online: Last Recollection, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791729072495"
  2. 19d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ban', 'ca', 'ce', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa',
    Derivative work → Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment +25
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Sword Art Online Extra Edition, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790847560943"
  3. 29d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment +25
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789998808409"
  4. 6w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → swordartonline:Sword_Art_Online_(series), isekai:Sword_Art_Online
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: isekai:Sword_Art_Online, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/322409892|Sword Art Online (#322409892)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8405"
  5. 10w ago · Taistealaithe · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ソードアート・オンライン'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sword Art Online'}
    Main subject → role-playing video game, artificial intelligence
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main subject: role-playing video game"
  6. 15w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 2020s
    Publisher → —
    Has spin-off → Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online, Sword Art Online Alternative: Clover's Regret
    Genre → cyberpunk, adventure fiction, isekai +1
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Derivative work: Sword Art Online the Movie: Integral Domain"
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