Trending Novelists in Japan this week
The 100 most-viewed novelists this week on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Chie Shinohara.
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1,446
Total Views (this week)
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Chie Shinohara
Japanese manga artist
66
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2
Kazuki Sakuraba
Japanese writer (1971–)
65
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3
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
53
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4
Aiko Satō
Japanese novelist
50
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5
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
36
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6
Rena Matsui
Japanese actor, novelist and YouTuber
30
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7
Hiroko Isayama
Japanese actor and novelist
30
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8
Miliyah Kato
Japanese singer-songwriter (1988-)
28
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views
9
Kumo Kagyū
Japanese light novelist
27
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10
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
26
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11
Osamu Dazai
Japanese author
24
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12
Ichirō Araki
Japanese actor, novelist and singer-songwriter
23
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13
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
23
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14
Kanae Minato
Japanese crime fiction writer
22
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15
Jean Cocteau
French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
21
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16
Hiroyuki Itsuki
Japanese novelist and writer
21
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17
Kyōko Sugiyama
Japanese novelist
21
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views
18
Hiroki Azuma
Japanese philosopher, critic
20
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19
Haruka Tono
Japanese novelist
19
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20
Yuka Murayama
Japanese writer
19
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21
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
19
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22
Takeru Inukai
Japanese politician (1896–1960)
18
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23
Ikki Kajiwara
Japanese manga artist (1936–1987)
18
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24
Osami Nabe
Japanese actor, novelist and seiyū
18
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views
25
Ryō Asai
Japanese novelist
17
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views
26
Masashi Sada
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
16
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27
Mamoru Oshii
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
16
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views
28
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
16
views
views
29
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
16
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views
30
Kayoko Ebina
Japanese novelist (1933-2025)
16
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views
31
Shinji Nojima
Japanese writer
14
views
views
32
Yukihide Takekawa
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
14
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views
33
Tominao Kageno
Japanese novelist
14
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views
34
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
13
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35
Honobu Yonezawa
Japanese writer
12
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views
36
Kō Machida
Japanese writer, musician, and actor (born 1962)
12
views
views
37
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
11
views
views
38
Makoto Shinkai
Japanese anime director
11
views
views
39
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
11
views
views
40
Issei Sagawa
Japanese author, murderer (1949-2022)
11
views
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41
Tamio Kageyama
Japanese writer (1947-1998)
11
views
views
42
Jane Asher
English actress and author
11
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views
43
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Japanese animation director (1941-)
11
views
views
44
Kōtarō Isaka
Japanese writer
11
views
views
45
Ango Sakaguchi
Japanese writer (1906–1955)
11
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views
46
Izuru Yumizuru
Japanese video game writer and novelist
11
views
views
47
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
10
views
views
48
Fujino Ōmori
Japanese light novel author
10
views
views
49
Shūsaku Endō
author from Japan (1923–1996)
10
views
views
50
Tomihiko Morimi
Japanese writer
10
views
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51
Oh Seung-ho
novelist in Korean
10
views
views
52
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
10
views
views
53
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
10
views
views
54
Kawakami Minoru
Japanese author
10
views
views
55
Daisuke Satō
Japanese writer (1964–2017)
10
views
views
56
Hitori Gekidan
Japanese comedian, actor, novelist and film director
10
views
views
57
Shūji Terayama
Japanese playwright, writer (1935-1983)
10
views
views
58
Sion Sono
Japanese filmmaker, author and poet
9
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views
59
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
9
views
views
60
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor (1934-)
9
views
views
61
Kōhei Hata
Japanese novelist
9
views
views
62
Hisayoshi Tsuge
Japanese novelist
9
views
views
63
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
9
views
views
64
Cocco
Japanese singer-songwriter
9
views
views
65
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
9
views
views
66
Takemaru Abiko
Japanese writer and novelist
9
views
views
67
Saori
9
views
views
68
Hiroyuki Kagami
Japanese novelist
9
views
views
69
Hitomi Kanehara
Japanese writer
9
views
views
70
Noriko Ishihara
Japanese novelist (1938-2022)
9
views
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71
Atsushi Nakajima
Japanese writer (1909–1942)
9
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72
Kenta Nishimura
Japanese novelist and writer
8
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views
73
Kōji Suzuki
Japanese writer (1957-2026)
8
views
views
74
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
8
views
views
75
Sayaka Murata
Japanese writer
8
views
views
76
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Seichō Matsumoto
Japanese author（） (1909–1992)
8
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77
Kōroku Satō
8
views
views
78
Jun Ikeido
Japanese novelist
8
views
views
79
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943)
8
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80
Takiji Kobayashi
Japanese writer (1903–1933)
8
views
views
81
Takeo Arishima
Japanese writer (1878-1923)
8
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82
Carlo Zen
Japanese novelist
8
views
views
83
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Japanese mangaka and animator
8
views
views
84
Yūko Tsushima
Japanese author (1947–2016)
8
views
views
85
Hitoma Iruma
Japanese light novelist
8
views
views
86
Shōtarō Ikenami
Japanese writer (1923–1990)
8
views
views
87
Ryū Murakami
Japanese writer and filmmaker
8
views
views
88
Jūrō Kara
Japanese playwright (1940–2024)
8
views
views
89
Risa Wataya
Japanese writer
8
views
views
90
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
8
views
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91
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
8
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92
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
8
views
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93
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
8
views
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94
Yuri Nakae
Japanese actress
8
views
views
95
KYOKUTEI Bakin
Japanese novelist in the late Edo period (1767 - 1848)
8
views
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96
Ramo Nakajima
Japanese writer (1952–2004)
7
views
views
97
Sunao Ōtsubo
Japanese novelist
7
views
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98
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
7
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99
Shinichi Hoshi
Japanese artist and writer (1926-1997)
7
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100
Tsukasa Fushimi
Japanese writer
7
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