1975 - Today
Jun Maeda (麻枝 准, Maeda Jun, born January 3, 1975) is a Japanese writer and 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. His style was originally inspired by James Herbert Brennan, and is influenced by Haruki Murakami's novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.Originally from Mie, Japan, Maeda graduated from Mie high school and later went on to graduate from Chukyo University with a major in psychology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jun Maeda has received more than 656,709 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jun Maeda is the 5,437th most popular writer (down from 5,088th in 2019), the 1,379th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,358th in 2019) and the 105th most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, Jun Maeda ranks 5,437 out of 5,755. Before him are Margaret Drabble, Robert B. Sherman, Florian Zeller, Josipina Turnograjska, Axel Merckx, and Kristin Hannah. After him are Sam Houser, John Jakes, Kenneth Burke, Albert Sánchez Piñol, David Storey, and Pentti Haanpää.
1939 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 5,431
1925 - 2012
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 5,432
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 5,433
1833 - 1854
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 5,434
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 5,435
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 5,436
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 5,437
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 5,438
1932 - 2023
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 5,439
1897 - 1993
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 5,440
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 5,441
1933 - 2017
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 5,442
1905 - 1955
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 5,443
Among people born in 1975, Jun Maeda ranks 175. Before him are David Burtka, Ozan Güven, Frauke Petry, Albert Costa, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, and Pedro Munitis. After him are Markko Märtin, Washington, Mark Viduka, Leonor Watling, Albert Celades, and Anne Dudek.
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 169
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 170
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 171
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 172
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 173
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 174
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 175
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 176
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 177
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 178
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 179
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 180
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 181
Among people born in Japan, Jun Maeda ranks 1,379 out of 6,048. Before him are Yasumasa Kanada (1948), Shuji Tsurumi (1938), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1975), Mitsuru Komaeda (1950), Kazuo Echigo (1965), and Junko Ishida (1966). After him are Mitski (1990), Yutaka Ikeuchi (1961), Yui Horie (1976), Soichi Noguchi (1965), Mitsuko Horie (1957), and Inio Asano (1980).
1948 - 2020
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 1,373
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 1,374
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 1,375
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 1,376
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 1,377
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 1,378
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 1,379
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 1,380
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 1,381
1976 - Present
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 1,382
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 1,383
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 1,384
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 1,385
Among writers born in Japan, Jun Maeda ranks 105. Before him are Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Marie Kondo (1984), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), Michio Mado (1909), Yoko Tawada (1960), and Takashi Tezuka (1960). After him are Reki Kawahara (1974), Kento Masuda (1973), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), Nagaru Tanigawa (1970), Mieko Kawakami (1976), and Kaori Ekuni (1964).
1909 - 1988
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 99
1984 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 100
1868 - 1894
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 101
1909 - 2014
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 102
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 103
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 104
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 105
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 106
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 107
1903 - 2008
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 108
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.29
Rank: 109
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 110
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.76
Rank: 111