Trending Novelists in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed novelists this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Shinji Fujiwara.
100
Ranked
58,110
Total Views (this month)
1
Shinji Fujiwara
Japanese novelist
5,306
views
views
2
Yoshiyuki Ishizuka
Japanese actor, novelist and mangaka
2,889
views
views
3
Maha Harada
Japanese novelist
2,820
views
views
4
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
2,001
views
views
5
Ryō Asai
Japanese novelist
1,942
views
views
6
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
1,235
views
views
7
Ogawa Ito
Japanese novelist and writer
1,194
views
views
8
Osamu Dazai
Japanese author
1,187
views
views
9
Toyoko Yamasaki
Japanese writer (1924–2013)
1,065
views
views
10
Kan Kikuchi
Japanese writer and businessman (1888-1948)
863
views
views
11
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
723
views
views
12
Oh Seung-ho
novelist in Korean
708
views
views
13
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
702
views
views
14
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)
669
views
views
15
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (b. 1958)
667
views
views
16
Hitomi Kanehara
Japanese writer
646
views
views
17
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
642
views
views
18
Kanae Minato
Japanese crime fiction writer
615
views
views
19
Hitonari Tsuji
Japanese writer, composer, and film director
609
views
views
20
Hiroyuki Itsuki
Japanese novelist and writer
584
views
views
21
Kana Akatsuki
Japanese author
566
views
views
22
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Japanese animation director (1941-)
563
views
views
23
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
560
views
views
24
Rena Matsui
Japanese actor, novelist and YouTuber
532
views
views
25
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
530
views
views
26
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Japanese author (1886–1965)
529
views
views
27
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (born 1929)
523
views
views
28
Takahiro Ōkura
Japanese novelist
521
views
views
29
Miyuki Miyabe
Japanese novelist
519
views
views
30
Munenori Harada
Japanese novelist
516
views
views
31
Ryuichi Kawamura
Japanese singer, actor, music producer, novelist
509
views
views
32
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Seichō Matsumoto
Japanese author（） (1909–1992)
491
views
views
33
Ryōtarō Shiba
Japanese writer (1923–1996)
483
views
views
34
Moegara
Japanese novelist
478
views
views
35
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
475
views
views
36
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
475
views
views
37
Kenji Ohtsuki
Japanese singer
470
views
views
38
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
469
views
views
39
Naoki Matayoshi
Japanese comedian and novelist
466
views
views
40
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
464
views
views
41
Takiji Kobayashi
Japanese writer (1903–1933)
462
views
views
42
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
459
views
views
43
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
457
views
views
44
Shizuka Ijūin
Japanese novelist, lyricist (1950–2023)
446
views
views
45
Taisuke Fujishima
Japanese novelist (1933-1997)
437
views
views
46
Chiyo Uno
Japanese writer (1897-1996)
430
views
views
47
Tsutomu Kuroiwa
Japanese screenwriter
421
views
views
48
Naoko Hayashiba
Japanese shogi player and manga writer
418
views
views
49
Kōtarō Isaka
Japanese writer
417
views
views
50
Michiru Fushino
Japanese novelist
414
views
views
51
Ryūichi Teshima
Japanese novelist
399
views
views
52
Masashi Sada
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
397
views
views
53
Ikki Kajiwara
Japanese manga artist (1936–1987)
397
views
views
54
Yuri Nakae
Japanese actress
390
views
views
55
Takashi Atōda
Japanese novelist and writer
387
views
views
56
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
387
views
views
57
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor (1934-)
387
views
views
58
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
385
views
views
59
Jun Ikeido
Japanese novelist
380
views
views
60
Michiko Matsuda
Japanese actress
380
views
views
61
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
378
views
views
62
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer (1886–1942)
378
views
views
63
Kazumi Takayama
Japanese female talent, television presenter, novelist
370
views
views
64
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
367
views
views
65
Hisashi Nozawa
Japanese screenwriter and mystery novelist
358
views
views
66
Masaya Takahashi
Japanese novelist
354
views
views
67
Hitori Gekidan
Japanese comedian, actor, novelist and film director
354
views
views
68
Mizuki Tsujimura
Japanese writer and novelist
340
views
views
69
Seishi Yokomizo
Japanese writer (1902-1981)
336
views
views
70
KYOKUTEI Bakin
Japanese novelist in the late Edo period (1767 - 1848)
335
views
views
71
Naoki Hyakuta
Japanese novelist and television producer
332
views
views
72
Yū Kamiya
Japanese artist
330
views
views
73
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
329
views
views
74
Yoko Hirano
Japanese novelist
327
views
views
75
Natsuo Kirino
Japanese writer
321
views
views
76
Yukito Ayatsuji
Japanese writer of mystery and horror
320
views
views
77
Yuu Nagira
Japanese novelist
316
views
views
78
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
314
views
views
79
Honobu Yonezawa
Japanese writer
311
views
views
80
Kō Machida
Japanese writer, musician, and actor (born 1962)
311
views
views
81
Ango Sakaguchi
Japanese writer (1906–1955)
311
views
views
82
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
308
views
views
83
Hideki Wada
Japanese critic, psychiatrist, novelist
306
views
views
84
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
306
views
views
85
Jukō Nishimura
Japanese writer
306
views
views
86
Aiko Satō
Japanese novelist
299
views
views
87
Noboru Ando
Japanese actor
299
views
views
88
Risa Wataya
Japanese writer
299
views
views
89
Norio Nagayama
Japanese writer and murderer (1949–1997)
296
views
views
90
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
295
views
views
91
Miliyah Kato
Japanese singer-songwriter (1988-)
291
views
views
92
Fujino Ōmori
Japanese light novel author
289
views
views
93
Shigeaki Katō
Japanese singer
287
views
views
94
Tomihiko Morimi
Japanese writer
284
views
views
95
Shinichi Hoshi
Japanese artist and writer (1926-1997)
284
views
views
96
Mito Orihara
Japanese novelist and mangaka
284
views
views
97
Shichiri Nakayama
Japanese novelist
283
views
views
98
Ryū Murakami
Japanese writer and filmmaker
282
views
views
99
Kuniko Mukōda
screenwriter, esayist and novelist (1929–1981)
282
views
views
100
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
282
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