WRITER

Koji Suzuki

1957 - Today

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Koji Suzuki (鈴木 光司, Suzuki Kōji, born 13 May 1957) is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga, TV series and video games. He has written several books on the subject of fatherhood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koji Suzuki has received more than 304,046 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Koji Suzuki is the 4,652nd most popular writer (down from 4,118th in 2019), the 1,214th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,072nd in 2019) and the 97th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

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  • 48.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ring
Fiction, Horror tales
A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure. Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece's inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan tokyo teeming with modern society's fears to a rural Japan--a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic--haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tape's mystery before it's too late--for everyone--assumes an increasingly deadly urgency. Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip.
Rūpu
Japanese fiction, Japanese Novel And Short Story, Fiction
Dark Water
Fiction, Horror, Short Stories
A selection of deliciously spooky short stories from the Japanese master of suspense, the acclaimed author of RING. The film DARK WATER is based on the first story in the collection.Suzuki demonstrates the power of his psychological insight into the mechanics of fear in this highly atmospheric collection of stories unified by the theme of water.Following her divorce, Yoshimi Matsubara lives with her five-year-old daughter Ikuko in a depressing and damp apartment block on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay. But when a child's red bag keeps turning up in unexpected places, Yoshino's sanity seems to be threatened, and she soon begins to fear that her daughter's life is at risk.Kensuke Suehiro jumps at the chance to visit a restricted island in Tokyo Bay, about which he once heard a rather strange story. But when he arrives, he finds far more than he bargained for.Fisherman Hiroyuki is embittered and unhappy in his marriage. But getting rid of his wife turns out to be anything but easy, especially when his own boat seems to be against him.Family man Sugiyama finds himself trapped in an underwater cave. Can he find a way to communicate with his beloved son one last time?Just four examples from this beautifully crafted collection of stories filled with suspense, tension and drama. A perfect introduction to one of Japan's top literary stars.
Birthday
The Ring
Fiction, Horror fiction, Horror stories
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Spiral
Fiction, Suspense
Stunning Japanese thriller with a chilling supernatural twist – the follow-up to Ring.Pathologist Ando is at a low point in his life. His small son's death from drowning has resulted in the break-up of his marriage and he is suffering from traumatic recurrent nightmares. Work is his only escape, and his depressing world of loneliness and regret is shaken up when an old rival from medical school, Ryuji Takayama, turns up on his slab ready to be dissected.Through Ryuji's bizarre demise Ando learns of a series of mysterious deaths that seem to have been caused by a sinister virus. From beyond the grave Ryuji appears to be leading Ando towards a suspicious videotape – could this hold the answer to the riddle of the strange deaths? Or is it merely the first clue? When Ando meets Mai, an attractive former student of Ryuji's, his desire to solve the puzzle transcends curiosity and becomes a matter of life or death.'Spiral' is the stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Ring', and can also be read as a standalone.

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Koji Suzuki ranks 4,652 out of 7,302Before him are Grace Aguilar, Margarita Aliger, Thomas Middleton, Mieke Bal, Hans Jæger, and Miljenko Jergović. After him are Nicholas Meyer, Constantin Negruzzi, Eudora Welty, Joseph Roumanille, Tatyana Tolstaya, and Steven Erikson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Koji Suzuki ranks 243Before him are Aliko Dangote, Walter Schachner, Reinaldo Rueda, Ray Romano, Tetsuo Sugamata, and Serhii Plokhy. After him are Simon McBurney, Gary Lewis, Stephen Baxter, Mona Sahlin, Mohammed Fahim, and Paweł Huelle.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koji Suzuki ranks 1,214 out of 6,245Before him are Tetsuo Sugamata (1957), Hōchū Ōtsuka (1954), Kenji Miyamoto (1908), Seigō Nakano (1886), Momoe Yamaguchi (1959), and Naoemon Shimizu (null). After him are Daisuke Gōri (1952), Hashimoto Gahō (1835), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Yoko Tawada (1960), and Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Koji Suzuki ranks 97Before him are Masuji Ibuse (1898), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), and Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931). After him are Yoko Tawada (1960), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Takeshi Shudo (1949), and Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868).