WRITER

Aya Kitō

1962 - 1988

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Aya Kitō (木藤 亜也, Kitō Aya, 19 July 1962 – 23 May 1988) was a Japanese diarist. She wrote about her personal experiences living with spinocerebellar ataxia which was later published in the book 1 Litre no Namida. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aya Kitō has received more than 257,200 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Aya Kitō is the 5,397th most popular writer, the 1,373rd most popular biography from Japan and the 106th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aya Kitō ranks 5,397 out of 7,302. Before her are Karim Rashid, Roland Dorgelès, Jorge Icaza Coronel, Adolf Bartels, Marie Belloc Lowndes, and Ring Lardner. After her are Elizabeth Hawley, José Carlos Somoza, John Connolly, William Harrison Ainsworth, Henry Roth, and Kang Kyeong-ae.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Aya Kitō ranks 313. Before her are Ali Smith, Oceano Cruz, Lee Arenberg, Adam Silver, Nasko Sirakov, and Jeff Garlin. After her are Aida Turturro, Berry van Aerle, Martin Wuttke, Timo Soini, Anvar Chingizoglu, and Claire Voisin. Among people deceased in 1988, Aya Kitō ranks 202. Before her are Christian Matras, Louis L'Amour, Jackie Milburn, Max Black, Alf Kjellin, and Plácido Galindo. After her are Bernard Leene, Hans Lewy, Ralph Meeker, Heather O'Rourke, Alan Napier, and Lazarus Salii.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Aya Kitō ranks 1,373 out of 6,245. Before her are Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), Masafumi Yokoyama (1956), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Masanori Suzuki (1968), Yasuhito Suzuki (1959), and Toru Yoshikawa (1961). After her are Nujabes (1974), Yasumasa Kanada (1948), Koichi Kudo (1909), Kei Nishikori (1989), Kazuo Imanishi (1941), and Romi Park (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Aya Kitō ranks 106. Before her are Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Takeshi Shudo (1949), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Takashi Tezuka (1960), and Kitamura Tokoku (1868). After her are Michio Mado (1909), Marie Kondo (1984), Gen Urobuchi (1972), Tomoji Abe (1903), Reki Kawahara (1974), and Mieko Kawakami (1976).

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