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Marie Kondo

1984 - Today

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Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵, Kondō Marie; pronounced [kondoː maɾie], born 9 October 1984), also known as Konmari (こんまり), is a Japanese organizing consultant, author, and TV presenter. Kondo has written four books on organizing, which have collectively sold millions of copies around the world. Her books have been translated from Japanese into several languages, and her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (2011) has been published in more than 30 countries. It was a best-seller in Japan and in Europe, and was published in the United States in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Marie Kondo is the 5,648th most popular writer (down from 5,605th in 2024), the 1,578th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,440th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marie Kondo ranks 5,648 out of 7,302. Before her are Walter Abish, Elinor Glyn, Jorge de Sena, Ted Chiang, Ibrahim Kuni, and Robert J. Sawyer. After her are Tony Kushner, Diane di Prima, Jonathan Coe, C. L. R. James, David Peoples, and Kate Wilhelm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Marie Kondo ranks 118. Before her are Claire Foy, Andrea Casiraghi, Sara Jean Underwood, Oleksiy Honcharuk, Calvin Harris, and João Pereira. After her are Aubrey Plaza, Laverne Cox, Stefan Kießling, John David Washington, Vedad Ibišević, and Dustin Moskovitz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Marie Kondo ranks 1,578 out of 6,245. Before her are Asuka (1981), Genichi Takahashi (1980), Rokurō Naya (1932), Takashi Imoto (1976), Hiromi Hara (1958), and Shōichi Nakagawa (1953). After her are Takashi Ishimoto (1935), Sola Aoi (1983), Yuki Tazawa (1979), Miho Nakayama (1970), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), and Yasumasa Kanada (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Marie Kondo ranks 108. Before her are Tomoji Abe (1903), Takeshi Shudo (1949), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), Takashi Tezuka (1960), and Aya Kitō (1962). After her are Michio Mado (1909), Gen Urobuchi (1972), Ryukishi07 (1973), Jun Maeda (1975), Miyuki Miyabe (1960), and Reki Kawahara (1974).

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