WRITER

Jun Maeda

1975 - Today

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Jun Maeda (麻枝 准, Maeda Jun, born January 3, 1975) is a Japanese writer and composer. He is a co-founder of the visual novel brand Key under Visual Arts. He is considered a pioneer of nakige visual novels, and has mainly contributed as a scenario writer, lyricist, and musical composer for the games the company produces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jun Maeda has received more than 689,430 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jun Maeda is the 6,164th most popular writer (down from 5,418th in 2019), the 1,640th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,376th in 2019) and the 113th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Practical Japanese
Japanese language, self-instruction, Japanese language, conversation and phrase books, Japanese language, textbooks for foreign speakers
2006
Hibiki's magic
Graphic Novels - Manga, Juvenile Fiction, Graphic Novels-Manga
2007
Jindai moji ni kanshi sekai no gakkai ni seimeisho o happyō
Japanese language
1931
Let's study Japanese
Japanese language, Conversation and phrase books, Japanese language, conversation and phrase books
1965
Angel Beats! Official Guide Book
2010
Sōseki no inai shashin
Portrait photography, History
2019

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jun Maeda ranks 6,164 out of 7,302. Before him are Irena Krzywicka, Jerry Pournelle, Charles Olson, Henry Jenkins, Cecelia Ahern, and Varsha Adalja. After him are Frank Harris, Barbara Frischmuth, Mehmed Uzun, Joyce Cary, Theodore Roethke, and Éric Vuillard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Jun Maeda ranks 250. Before him are Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Kong Linghui, Jon Nödtveidt, Tracie Thoms, Daniel Kehlmann, and T. J. Thyne. After him are Jolene Blalock, Hilário, Gergely Karácsony, Nicki Aycox, Ivan Jurić, and Tatiana Navka.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jun Maeda ranks 1,640 out of 6,245. Before him are Yui Horie (1976), Kenji Honnami (1964), Masakazu Morita (1972), Samaire Armstrong (1980), Eiji Ueda (1953), and Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971). After him are Nobuko Jashima (1959), Kenichi Suzumura (1974), Hiromi Uehara (1979), Kumiko Okae (1956), Go Oiwa (1972), and Maki Kaji (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Jun Maeda ranks 113. Before him are Michio Mado (1909), Marie Kondo (1984), Gen Urobuchi (1972), Tomoji Abe (1903), Reki Kawahara (1974), and Mieko Kawakami (1976). After him are Reiko Yoshida (1967), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), Sayaka Murata (1979), Nagaru Tanigawa (1970), Sui Ishida (1986), and Kaori Ekuni (1964).

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