1896 - 1973
Nobuko Yoshiya (吉屋 信子, Yoshiya Nobuko, 12 January 1896 – 11 July 1973) was a Japanese novelist active in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. She was one of modern Japan's most commercially successful and prolific writers, specializing in serialized romance novels and adolescent girls' fiction, as well as a pioneer in Japanese lesbian literature, including the Class S genre. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nobuko Yoshiya has received more than 120,587 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Nobuko Yoshiya is the 3,457th most popular writer (down from 3,071st in 2019), the 938th most popular biography from Japan (down from 850th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, Nobuko Yoshiya ranks 3,457 out of 5,755. Before her are Francesco de Sanctis, Pavel Bazhov, Siegfried Sassoon, Marianne Moore, Ramón Chao, and Jaroslav Vrchlický. After her are Vasily Trediakovsky, Mikayel Nalbandian, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, George the Hagiorite, Zsigmond Móricz, and Bonaventure des Périers.
1817 - 1883
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 3,451
1879 - 1950
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 3,452
1886 - 1967
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 3,453
1887 - 1972
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 3,454
1935 - 2018
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 3,455
1853 - 1912
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 3,456
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 3,457
1703 - 1769
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 3,458
1829 - 1866
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 3,459
1818 - 1870
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 3,460
1009 - 1065
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 3,461
1879 - 1942
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 3,462
1510 - 1544
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 3,463
Among people born in 1896, Nobuko Yoshiya ranks 141. Before her are Raymond Massey, Josephine Tey, Alberto Demicheli, Peter Cheyney, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, and Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven. After her are William Cameron Menzies, Friedrich Sämisch, Rafael Franco, Marguerite Laugier, Lester Germer, and Philippe Étancelin. Among people deceased in 1973, Nobuko Yoshiya ranks 145. Before her are Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Aleksandr Ptushko, Mikhail Isakovsky, Ira Sprague Bowen, Adolfo Zumelzú, and Sergei Tumansky. After her are Rafael Franco, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Kid Ory, Harold Hotelling, Gustaf Molander, and Willy Fritsch.
1896 - 1983
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 135
1896 - 1952
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 136
1896 - 1980
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 137
1896 - 1951
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 138
1896 - 1989
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 139
1896 - 1963
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 140
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 141
1896 - 1957
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 142
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 143
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 144
1896 - 1976
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 145
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 146
1896 - 1981
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 147
1887 - 1973
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 139
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 140
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 141
1898 - 1973
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 142
1902 - 1973
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 143
1901 - 1973
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 144
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 145
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 146
1907 - 1973
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 147
1886 - 1973
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 148
1895 - 1973
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 149
1888 - 1973
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 150
1901 - 1973
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 151
Among people born in Japan, Nobuko Yoshiya ranks 938 out of 6,048. Before her are Kyōko Kagawa (1931), Hiroshi Katayama (1940), Mitsuo Kamata (1937), Toru Iwatani (1955), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), and Abe Masahiro (1819). After her are Noriaki Kasai (1972), Uesugi Harunori (1751), Unkei (1151), Kanō Motonobu (1476), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), and Megumi Hayashibara (1967).
1931 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 932
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 933
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 934
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 935
1961 - 2022
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 936
1819 - 1857
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 937
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 938
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 939
1751 - 1822
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 940
1151 - 1223
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 941
1476 - 1559
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 942
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 943
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 944
Among writers born in Japan, Nobuko Yoshiya ranks 82. Before her are Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Itō Noe (1895), Ennin (793), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Natsuo Kirino (1951), and Ai Yazawa (1967). After her are Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), and Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859).
1923 - 1996
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 76
1895 - 1923
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 77
793 - 864
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 78
1886 - 1971
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 79
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 80
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 81
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 82
1903 - 1930
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 83
1931 - 2011
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 84
1905 - 1986
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 85
1898 - 1993
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 86
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 87
1859 - 1935
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 88