Yukio Mishima
三島由紀夫
Writer from Japan
Novelist 606 profiles
606 profiles in this database, most often novelist, writer, screenwriter. They include Yukio Mishima, Shintarō Ishihara, Naoki Hyakuta, Makoto Shinkai, Haruki Murakami. Every profile lists birth date, background, career highlights and an honest "My Take".
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Shintarō Ishihara
石原慎太郎
Politician from Japan
Naoki Hyakuta
百田尚樹
Osaka-born bestselling novelist and broadcast writer
Makoto Shinkai
新津誠
Japanese anime film director, screenwriter, and novelist
Haruki Murakami
村上春樹
Japanese novelist, translator, and essayist
Kazumi Takayama
高山一実
Tarento from Japan
Yoshiyuki Tomino
富野由悠季
Creator of Mobile Suit Gundam and pioneer of the real-robot anime genre
Yuzuki Muroi
室井佑月
Novelist from Japan
Mamoru Oshii
押井守
Visionary anime director behind Ghost in the Shell
Rena Matsui
松井玲奈
Actor from Japan
Shigeharu Aoyama
青山繁晴
Novelist from Japan
Sion Sono
園子温
Actor from Japan
Gekidan Hitori
劇団ひとり
Multifaceted Japanese comedian, actor, novelist, and film director
Yasutaka Tsutsui
筒井康隆
Pioneering Japanese science fiction and satirical novelist
Ryūhō Ōkawa
大川隆法
Religious leader from Japan
Risa Wataya
綿矢りさ
Writer from Japan
Kazuo Ishiguro
カズオ・イシグロ
Nobel Prize-winning British novelist born in Nagasaki
Jun Miura
みうらじゅん
Novelist from Japan
Ryu Murakami
村上 龍之助
Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist, filmmaker, and television host
Masanori Hata
畑正憲
Novelist from Japan
Yukihide Takekawa
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Novelist from Japan
Hitonari Tsuji
辻仁成
Poet from Japan
Yasuo Tanaka
田中康夫
Novelist turned Governor of Nagano Prefecture
Seikō Itō
いとうせいこう
Novelist from Japan
Kōbō Abe
安部公房
Pioneering Japanese novelist and playwright known for surrealist, existential fiction
Sayaka Murata
村田沙耶香
Short story writer from Japan
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
安彦良和
Screenwriter from Japan
Ethan Hawke
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American film actor
J. K. Rowling
J・K・ローリング
Film producer from United Kingdom
Ivana Trump
イヴァナ・トランプ
Model from Czech Republic
Jūrō Kara
唐十郎
Novelist from Japan
Yukio Aoshima
青島幸男
Novelist, lyricist, actor, and Tokyo Governor
Saori
Saori
Musician from Japan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ジャン＝ジャック・ルソー
Philosopher from Switzerland
Guillermo del Toro
ギレルモ・デル・トロ
Film director from Mexico
Carrie Fisher
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American film actor
Keiichiro Hirano
平野啓一郎
Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist and Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters
Gene Hackman
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American film actor
Sakutarō Hagiwara
萩原朔太郎
Pioneer of modern Japanese colloquial poetry
Hiroshi Aramata
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Novelist from Japan
Banana Yoshimoto
吉本ばなな
Writer from Japan
Issey Ogata
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Actor from Japan
Albert Camus
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Writer from Algeria
Andy Weir
アンディ・ウィアー
American software developer
Ayako Fujitani
藤谷文子
Actor from Japan
Haruko Ōta
太田治子
Japanese novelist and 1986 Tsubota Joji Literary Award recipient
Sessue Hayakawa
早川雪洲
Actor from Japan
Han Kang
韓江
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Sanjugo Naoki
直木三十五
Japanese author and filmmaker whose name lives on in Japan's Naoki Prize for popular fiction
Yoko Tawada
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Bilingual novelist writing at the intersection of Japanese and German literature
Richard Dreyfuss
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Dan Brown
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Gabriel García Márquez
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Novelist from Colombia
Shoko Ieda
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Japanese nonfiction novelist and Ooya Soichi Prize winner
Shino Sakuragi
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Hokkaido-born novelist and poet, winner of two major Japanese literary prizes
Kyohei Sakaguchi
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Multi-disciplinary architect, novelist, and photographer from Kumamoto
Soji Shimada
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Grandmaster of Japanese honkaku mystery fiction
Anton Chekhov
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Alex Garland
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Kazuki Sakuraba
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Japanese novelist who bridged light fiction and literary prize recognition
Wahei Tatematsu
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Japanese novelist known for spiritually rooted literary fiction
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George Sand
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Masuo Ikeda
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Miako Tadano
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Tokyo-born multihyphenate: actress, novelist, screenwriter, and director
Mario Vargas Llosa
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Novelist from Peru
Paul Auster
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Hiromi Itō
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Award-winning Japanese poet and novelist
André Gide
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Journalist from France
William Gibson
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American writer
Novala Takemoto
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Kyoto-born novelist and fashion designer known for Gothic Lolita aesthetics
Anna Ogino
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Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist, rakugo performer, and Keio University professor
Nao-cola Yamazaki
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Award-winning Japanese novelist and essayist known for bold, intimate prose
Shichiro Fukazawa
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Françoise Sagan
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Isla Fisher
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Ted Chiang
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American author
Lauren Weisberger
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MacKenzie Scott
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Michel Houellebecq
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Erich Kästner
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Andrew Robinson
アンドリュー・ロビンソン
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