WRITER

Kaori Ekuni

1964 - Today

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Kaori Ekuni (江國 香織 Ekuni Kaori, born 21 March 1964) is a Japanese author. She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaori Ekuni has received more than 38,011 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kaori Ekuni is the 6,804th most popular writer (down from 6,063rd in 2019), the 2,062nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,817th in 2019) and the 119th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 38k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Horī gāden
Fiction, Man-woman relationships
1998
Suika no nioi
Fiction
2000
Gōkyūsuru junbi wa dekite ita
Japanese Short stories, Korean Short stories, Translations from Japanese
2003
Hotel Cactus
2001
Toru ni taranai monomono
2003
Rakkasuru yūgata
Japanese Love stories, Love stories, Japanese
1999

Page views of Kaori Ekunis by language

Over the past year Kaori Ekuni has had the most page views in the with 86,127 views, followed by English (4,608), and Chinese (4,587). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (101.58%), Afrikaans (81.06%), and Esperanto (79.43%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kaori Ekuni ranks 6,804 out of 7,302. Before her are Julia Franck, Maxine Hong Kingston, Deborah Harkness, Jim Butcher, Jonathan Lethem, and Cory Doctorow. After her are Russell Hoban, Mary L. Trump, Anne Waldman, José Luís Peixoto, Lutz Seiler, and Noah Hawley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Kaori Ekuni ranks 678. Before her are Martín Jaite, Andreas Ogris, Nicolae Juravschi, Jonathan Lethem, Pablo Morales, and Stefano Palmieri. After her are Lisa Boyle, Roy Tarpley, Mayumi Kaji, Robson Green, Jonas Sjöstedt, and Jordi Sànchez.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kaori Ekuni ranks 2,062 out of 6,245. Before her are Masaki Suda (1993), Princess Akiko of Mikasa (1981), Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (1957), Kazuya Kamenashi (1986), Hiromitsu Isogai (1969), and Kōhei Uchimura (1989). After her are Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (1969), Shinya Nakano (1977), Tsuru Morimoto (1970), Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (1973), Masahiro Tanaka (1988), and Yasuyuki Konno (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Kaori Ekuni ranks 119. Before her are Jun Maeda (1975), Reiko Yoshida (1967), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), Sayaka Murata (1979), Nagaru Tanigawa (1970), and Sui Ishida (1986). After her are Hitomi Kanehara (1983).

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