WRITER

Akiyuki Nosaka

1930 - 2015

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Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如, Nosaka Akiyuki, October 10, 1930 – December 9, 2015) was a Japanese novelist, journalist, singer, lyricist, and member of the House of Councillors. As a broadcasting writer he used the name Yukio Aki (阿木 由紀夫, Aki Yukio) and his alias as a chanson singer was Claude Nosaka (クロード 野坂, Kurōdo Nosaka). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akiyuki Nosaka has received more than 598,962 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Akiyuki Nosaka is the 1,586th most popular writer (up from 1,699th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 485th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Akiyuki Nosaka ranks 1,586 out of 7,302. Before him are Dean Koontz, Langston Hughes, Alexander Polyhistor, Giorgio Bassani, Mór Jókai, and Lydia Koidula. After him are Namık Kemal, Attila József, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Silvina Ocampo, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, and Clarissa Pinkola Estés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Akiyuki Nosaka ranks 118. Before him are Igor Netto, Rahmon Nabiyev, J. G. Ballard, Gaafar Nimeiry, Ruth Rendell, and Anisa Makhlouf. After him are Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Pierre Bergé, Vilma Espín, Omara Portuondo, Ornette Coleman, and John Young. Among people deceased in 2015, Akiyuki Nosaka ranks 85. Before him are Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Cabu, Cynthia Lennon, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Jin Youzhi, and Ruth Rendell. After him are Shigeru Mizuki, Yaşar Kemal, Eldar Ryazanov, Egon Bahr, Kemal Monteno, and Satoru Iwata.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akiyuki Nosaka ranks 443 out of 6,245. Before him are Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Takeo Fukuda (1905), Eisai (1141), Yukio Tsuda (1917), Muryeong of Baekje (462), and Takahashi Korekiyo (1854). After him are Minoru Genda (1904), Emperor Hanazono (1297), Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Ko Arima (1917), Kido Takayoshi (1833), and Masao Uchino (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Akiyuki Nosaka ranks 33. Before him are Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), Chūya Nakahara (1907), Ryū Murakami (1952), Ihara Saikaku (1642), Ono no Komachi (825), and Junji Ito (1963). After him are Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), and Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931).

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