Trending Novelists in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed novelists this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Aiko Satō.
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Ranked
94,502
Total Views (this month)
1
Aiko Satō
Japanese novelist
7,333
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views
2
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
4,864
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views
3
Tominao Kageno
Japanese novelist
3,692
views
views
4
Miliyah Kato
Japanese singer-songwriter (1988-)
1,962
views
views
5
Norio Nagayama
Japanese writer and murderer (1949–1997)
1,951
views
views
6
Ryō Asai
Japanese novelist
1,846
views
views
7
Yukihide Takekawa
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
1,806
views
views
8
Osamu Dazai
Japanese author
1,754
views
views
9
Issey Ogata
Japanese actor and comedian
1,692
views
views
10
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
1,617
views
views
11
Saori
1,583
views
views
12
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
1,560
views
views
13
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
1,540
views
views
14
Hiroki Azuma
Japanese philosopher, critic
1,464
views
views
15
Kawakami Minoru
Japanese author
1,463
views
views
16
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
1,435
views
views
17
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
1,287
views
views
18
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
1,283
views
views
19
Hachirō Satō
Japanese poet and lyricist
1,206
views
views
20
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)
1,121
views
views
21
Keigo Higashino
Japanese mystery writer (b. 1958)
1,094
views
views
22
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
1,055
views
views
23
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
1,054
views
views
24
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
1,048
views
views
25
Kyōko Sugiyama
Japanese novelist
940
views
views
26
Ryōtarō Shiba
Japanese writer (1923–1996)
936
views
views
27
Mugihiko Tabata
Japanese novelist (1928–2008)
936
views
views
28
Maha Harada
Japanese novelist
865
views
views
29
Kōji Suzuki
Japanese writer (1957-2026)
858
views
views
30
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Japanese animation director (1941-)
856
views
views
31
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
854
views
views
32
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
829
views
views
33
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Japanese author (1886–1965)
826
views
views
34
Kōroku Satō
822
views
views
35
Akiko Ikeda
Japanese writer, novelist and essayist
819
views
views
36
Jun Ikeido
Japanese novelist
803
views
views
37
Kanae Minato
Japanese crime fiction writer
803
views
views
38
Hisashi Inoue
Japanese novelist, playwright, progressive intellectual, civic activist, Opponent of amending the Japanese Constitution (1934-2010)
797
views
views
39
Motoko Arai
Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer
790
views
views
40
Sonoko Machida
Japanese novelist
784
views
views
41
Hitomi Kanehara
Japanese writer
777
views
views
42
Kōtarō Isaka
Japanese writer
744
views
views
43
Jakucho Setouchi
Japanese novelist, nun (1922–2021)
739
views
views
44
Shigeharu Aoyama
Japanese politician, researcher, novelist
720
views
views
45
Masashi Sada
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
699
views
views
46
Chiyo Uno
Japanese writer (1897-1996)
698
views
views
47
Risa Wataya
Japanese writer
693
views
views
48
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor (1934-)
664
views
views
49
Honobu Yonezawa
Japanese writer
660
views
views
50
Ramo Nakajima
Japanese writer (1952–2004)
659
views
views
51
Shizuka Ijūin
Japanese novelist, lyricist (1950–2023)
658
views
views
52
Gitan Ōtsuru
Japanese actor and novelist (1968-)
645
views
views
53
Oh Seung-ho
novelist in Korean
625
views
views
54
Osami Nabe
Japanese actor, novelist and seiyū
602
views
views
55
Kenta Nishimura
Japanese novelist and writer
598
views
views
56
Mariko Koike
Japanese novelist
595
views
views
57
Jun Miura
Japanese novelist, illustrator and mangaka
594
views
views
58
Yō Kusakabe
Japanese novelist
593
views
views
59
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Japanese religious leader who founded the world religion "Happy Science" (1956-2023)
586
views
views
60
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (born 1929)
583
views
views
61
Masanori Hata
Japanese zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker (1935-2023)
583
views
views
62
Ango Sakaguchi
Japanese writer (1906–1955)
576
views
views
63
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer (1886–1942)
573
views
views
64
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
571
views
views
65
Giichi Fujimoto
Japanese novelist, screenwriter and lyricist (1933-2012)
571
views
views
66
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
568
views
views
67
Mizuki Tsujimura
Japanese writer and novelist
565
views
views
68
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
563
views
views
69
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
562
views
views
70
Ryuichi Kawamura
Japanese singer, actor, music producer, novelist
562
views
views
71
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
558
views
views
72
Atsushi Nakajima
Japanese writer (1909–1942)
557
views
views
73
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
547
views
views
74
Shichiri Nakayama
Japanese novelist
544
views
views
75
Nisio Isin
Japanese novelist
539
views
views
76
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
537
views
views
77
Tomihiko Morimi
Japanese writer
532
views
views
78
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese novelist and singer
532
views
views
79
Shūsaku Endō
author from Japan (1923–1996)
531
views
views
80
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
528
views
views
81
George Eliot
English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)
527
views
views
82
Shigeaki Katō
Japanese singer
523
views
views
83
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Japanese mangaka and animator
522
views
views
84
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
522
views
views
85
Rena Matsui
Japanese actor, novelist and YouTuber
520
views
views
86
Daisuke Satō
Japanese writer (1964–2017)
520
views
views
87
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Seichō Matsumoto
Japanese author（） (1909–1992)
516
views
views
88
Kyojin Ōnishi
Japanese novelist
515
views
views
89
Nobuhiko Kobayashi
Japanese novelist
509
views
views
90
Mito Orihara
Japanese novelist and mangaka
508
views
views
91
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
504
views
views
92
Ikki Kajiwara
Japanese manga artist (1936–1987)
503
views
views
93
Noboru Ando
Japanese actor
500
views
views
94
Natsuhiko Kyōgoku
novelist
497
views
views
95
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
496
views
views
96
Naoki Hyakuta
Japanese novelist and television producer
489
views
views
97
Seishi Yokomizo
Japanese writer (1902-1981)
477
views
views
98
Kie Hōjō
Japanese novelist
477
views
views
99
Motojirō Kajii
author (1901–1932)
462
views
views
100
Mari Yonehara
Japanese translator
456
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