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Jun Maeda

1975 - Today

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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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  • 660k

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  • 43.02

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

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  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jun Maeda ranks 5,437 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Jun Maeda ranks 175Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jun Maeda ranks 1,379 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Jun Maeda ranks 105Before 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).

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