Author 385 profiles

385 profiles in this database, most often author, novelist, actor. They include Takeshi Kitano, Miho Nakazono, Hiromitsu Ochiai, Sakana-kun, Matsuko Deluxe. Every profile lists birth date, background, career highlights and an honest "My Take".

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Takeshi Kitano

北野武

Japanese comedian, film director, actor, and multifaceted artist

Miho Nakazono

中園ミホ

Japanese screenwriter and author known for emotionally resonant TV dramas

Hiromitsu Ochiai

落合博満

Former Japanese professional baseball player, manager, and author

Sakana-kun

さかなクン

Illustrator from Japan

Matsuko Deluxe

マツコ・デラックス

Japan's outspoken columnist and TV personality

Mio Sugita

杉田水脈

Japanese politician and author from Hyogo Prefecture

Shi Ping

石平

Chinese-born Japan commentator and author

Machi Tawara

俵万智

Tanka poet who brought classical Japanese verse into everyday life

Yasutaka Tsutsui

筒井康隆

Pioneering Japanese science fiction and satirical novelist

Kobe Bryant

コービー・ブライアント

American basketball player

Yoshiharu Habu

羽生善治

Japanese professional shogi player and author

Hiroshi Hase

馳浩

Wrestler-turned-politician who scaled Japan's political heights from the pro-wrestling ring

Shūji Terayama

寺山修司

Japanese avant-garde poet, playwright, and filmmaker

Kazuo Ishiguro

カズオ・イシグロ

Nobel Prize-winning British novelist born in Nagasaki

Muhammad Ali

モハメド・アリ

American boxer

Derek Jeter

デレク・ジーター

American professional baseball player

Keiko Kishi

岸惠子

Veteran actress and author from Japan's golden age of cinema

Makiko Watanabe

渡辺真起子

Actor from Japan

Sumire Hirotsuru

廣津留すみれ

Harvard-educated violinist, entrepreneur, and author from Oita

Yasuo Tanaka

田中康夫

Novelist turned Governor of Nagano Prefecture

Kōbō Abe

安部公房

Pioneering Japanese novelist and playwright known for surrealist, existential fiction

Moyoco Anno

安野モヨコ

Manga artist and author celebrated for unflinching portrayals of women's inner lives

Wilhelm II

ヴィルヘルム2世

Monarch from Germany

Junji Itō

伊藤潤二

Japanese horror manga artist and former dentist

Momoko Andō

安藤桃子

Japanese film director, screenwriter, and author known for 0.5mm

Keiichiro Hirano

平野啓一郎

Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist and Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters

Hiroshi Aramata

荒俣宏

Novelist from Japan

Ayako Fujitani

藤谷文子

Actor from Japan

Sanjugo Naoki

直木三十五

Japanese author and filmmaker whose name lives on in Japan's Naoki Prize for popular fiction

Jordan Belfort

ジョーダン・ベルフォート

American motivational speaker

Yoko Tawada

多和田葉子

Bilingual novelist writing at the intersection of Japanese and German literature

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

カリーム・アブドゥル＝ジャバー

American basketball player

Jessica Michibata

道端ジェシカ

Author from Japan

Hironobu Sakaguchi

坂口博信

Creator of the Final Fantasy series

Takashi Shimizu

清水崇

Japanese horror film director and screenwriter from Gunma

Connie Francis

コニー・フランシス

American singer

Lilian Thuram

リリアン・テュラム

Association football player from France

Seijun Suzuki

鈴木清順

Avant-garde Japanese film director known for his bold, stylized cinema

Rina Sawayama

リナ・サワヤマ

Niigata-born, Cambridge-educated singer-songwriter and multi-hyphenate artist

Shino Sakuragi

桜木紫乃

Hokkaido-born novelist and poet, winner of two major Japanese literary prizes

Soji Shimada

島田荘司

Grandmaster of Japanese honkaku mystery fiction

Juliette Binoche

ジュリエット・ビノシュ

Film actor from France

Fumiyo Kōno

こうの史代

Hiroshima-born manga artist known for her quietly powerful wartime stories

Manamo Miyata

宮田愛萌

Tokyo-born idol and author

Hideo Nakata

中田秀夫

Japanese horror film director and author

Kazuki Sakuraba

桜庭一樹

Japanese novelist who bridged light fiction and literary prize recognition

Dorian Sukegawa (Tetsuya Akikawa)

ドリアン助川

Multifaceted Japanese singer, author, comedian, and university lecturer

Katherine Schwarzenegger

キャサリン・シュワルツェネッガー

American writer

Wahei Tatematsu

立松和平

Japanese novelist known for spiritually rooted literary fiction

Billie Holiday

ビリー・ホリデイ

American actor

Sergey Brin

セルゲイ・ブリン

Computer scientist from Duchy of Moscow

Kris Jenner

クリス・ジェンナー

American socialite

Yukirinu

ゆきりぬ

YouTuber and author from Niigata, Yokohama National University graduate

Charles Barkley

チャールズ・バークレー

American basketball player

Tatiana Schlossberg

タチアナ・シュロスバーグ

American journalist

Hiromi Itō

伊藤比呂美

Award-winning Japanese poet and novelist

May Pang

メイ・パン

American jewelry designer

Kevin Hart

ケヴィン・ハート

Comedian

Anna Ogino

荻野アンナ

Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist, rakugo performer, and Keio University professor

Shichiro Fukazawa

深沢七郎

Japanese novelist, screenwriter, and guitarist

Benny Blanco

ベニー・ブランコ

American record producer

Tracy Pollan

トレイシー・ポラン

American actor

Alex Honnold

アレックス・オノルド

American rock climber

Ukeru Magosaki

孫崎享

Former Japanese diplomat and outspoken foreign-policy commentator

Katsura Morimura

森村桂

Japanese novelist and author

Ryo Mizuno

水野良

Japanese fantasy novelist, creator of Record of Lodoss War

Tagame Gengoroh

田亀源五郎

Manga artist and illustrator known for tackling LGBTQ+ family themes

Akira Sakata

坂田明

Jazz clarinetist, pianist, actor, and author from Hiroshima

Ted Chiang

テッド・チャン

American author

Nana Kitade

北出菜奈

Sapporo-born singer-songwriter, poet, and author

Ben Askren

ベン・アスクレン

American author

Kemi Badenoch

ケミ・ベイドノック

Politician from United Kingdom

Marlee Matlin

マーリー・マトリン

American actor

Kawatake Mokuami

河竹黙阿弥

Master kabuki playwright of the Edo–Meiji transition

Henry Purcell

ヘンリー・パーセル

Composer from United Kingdom

Jill Biden

ジル・トレーシー・ジェイコブズ

American first lady

Debito Arudou

有道出人

Naturalized Japanese civil rights activist and author

Seiichi Kushida

串田誠一

Japanese lawyer, educator, author, and politician

Daron Acemoğlu

ダロン・アセモグル

Economist from Turkey

Edwin Schlossberg

エドウィン・シュロスバーグ

American designer

Lorde

ロード

Singer-songwriter from New Zealand

Zbigniew Brzezinski

ズビグネフ・ブレジンスキー

Geopolitical analyst from Poland

Hiroko Oyamada

小山田浩子

Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist and editor from Hiroshima

Akio Yaita

矢板明夫

Japanese journalist and commentator specializing in East Asian affairs

Kip S. Thorne

キップ・ソーン

American physicist

Ian Bremmer

イアン・ブレマー

American political scientist

Karol Szymanowski

カロル・シマノフスキ

Composer from Ukraine

Noboru Tsujihara

辻原登

Award-winning Japanese novelist from Wakayama Prefecture

Lee Child

リー・チャイルド

Writer from United Kingdom

Malena Ernman

マレーナ・エルンマン

Actor from Sweden

Albert Hammond

アルバート・ハモンド

Singer-songwriter from United Kingdom

Helmut Schmidt

ヘルムート・シュミット

Politician

Jane Asher

ジェーン・アッシャー

Actor from United Kingdom

Rodney King

ロドニー・キング

American author

Ice-T

アイス-T

American rapper

Margaret Mead

マーガレット・ミード

American anthropologist

Paul Greengrass

ポール・グリーングラス

Film director from United Kingdom

Alan J. Pakula

アラン・J・パクラ

American film director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

クシシュトフ・キェシロフスキ

Film director from Poland

Françoise Gilot

フランソワーズ・ジロー

Painter from France

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