WRITER

Nagaru Tanigawa

1970 - Today

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Nagaru Tanigawa (谷川 流, Tanigawa Nagaru, born December 19, 1970) is a Japanese author. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is best known as the creator of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series, which was adapted into an anime television series and film, and for which he won the Grand Prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nagaru Tanigawa has received more than 156,851 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Nagaru Tanigawa is the 6,616th most popular writer (down from 6,026th in 2019), the 1,918th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,777th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya (light Novel)
2013
Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-Chan, Vol. 12
2020
Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya (light Novel)
2012
The boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya
Fiction, Clubs, Supernatural
2010
The sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya
Video recordings, Fiction, Clubs
The SOS Brigade decides to make a movie starring the club's members, but it seems as though Haruhi is causing the plot elements of the film to really happen.
2009
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 1
Translations into English, High school students, Clubs
On the first day at a Japanese high school, an irrepressible girl announces her lack of interest in "ordinary humans" and proceeds to form a club dedicated to finding aliens, time travelers, and other forms of supernatural life, with the intention of having fun with them.
2008

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nagaru Tanigawa ranks 6,616 out of 7,302. Before him are Nat Hentoff, John Patrick Shanley, Alan Dundes, Ingo Schulze, Parveen Shakir, and Melissa Rosenberg. After him are Ananda Devi, Sui Ishida, Philip Freneau, James Mason, Andrus Kivirähk, and David Sedaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Nagaru Tanigawa ranks 496. Before him are Cláudia Abreu, Freddy Loix, Gert Verheyen, Rupert Penry-Jones, Ricco Groß, and Andy Bell. After him are Andrus Kivirähk, Tibor Selymes, Sergei Kiriakov, Magnus Larsson, Mike Phiromphon, and Todd Martin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nagaru Tanigawa ranks 1,918 out of 6,245. Before him are Masahiro Nakai (1972), Kento Yamazaki (1994), Yui Ishikawa (1989), Takeshi Watanabe (1972), Sōichirō Hoshi (1972), and Kazuko Sawamatsu (1951). After him are Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Daisuke Oku (1976), Hiroshi Hirakawa (1965), Rui Hachimura (1998), Koji Murofushi (1974), and Sui Ishida (1986).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Nagaru Tanigawa ranks 117. Before him are Reki Kawahara (1974), Mieko Kawakami (1976), Jun Maeda (1975), Reiko Yoshida (1967), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), and Sayaka Murata (1979). After him are Sui Ishida (1986), Kaori Ekuni (1964), and Hitomi Kanehara (1983).

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