1952 - Today
Ryū Murakami (村上 龍, Murakami Ryū, born February 19, 1952 in Sasebo, Nagasaki) is a Japanese novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker. His novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war, set against the dark backdrop of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryū Murakami has received more than 493,151 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ryū Murakami is the 1,594th most popular writer (up from 2,005th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from Japan (up from 606th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, Ryū Murakami ranks 1,594 out of 5,755. Before him are Pacuvius, Walter Tevis, Semonides of Amorgos, Brian Tracy, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Wace. After him are Afanasy Fet, Gabriel Naudé, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Colin Wilson, Agnes Smedley, and Enzo of Sardinia.
220 BC - 130 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1,588
1928 - 1984
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1,589
650 BC - 550 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1,590
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 1,591
1814 - 1873
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 1,592
1100 - 1174
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 1,593
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 1,594
1820 - 1892
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 1,595
1600 - 1653
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 1,596
1441 - 1494
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 1,597
1931 - 2013
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 1,598
1892 - 1950
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 1,599
1220 - 1272
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 1,600
Among people born in 1952, Ryū Murakami ranks 87. Before him are Lee Soo-man, Udo Dirkschneider, Christine Baranski, Graham Greene, Alain Giresse, and Eric Adams. After him are Mary McDonnell, Anne-Marie David, Charles M. Rice, Şenol Güneş, Michael Jeter, and Manuel Zelaya.
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 81
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 82
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 83
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 84
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 85
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 86
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 87
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 88
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 89
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 90
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 91
1952 - 2003
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 92
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 93
Among people born in Japan, Ryū Murakami ranks 438 out of 6,048. Before him are Ichirou Mizuki (1948), Eiichiro Oda (1975), Takeo Fukuda (1905), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Shoichi Nishimura (1912), and Shiro Azumi (null). After him are Emperor Ninmyō (808), Takeda Sōkaku (1859), Emperor Montoku (827), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), and Shiro Misaki (null).
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 432
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 433
1905 - 1995
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 434
1419 - 1471
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 435
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 436
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 437
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 438
808 - 850
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 439
1859 - 1943
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 440
827 - 858
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 441
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 442
1653 - 1725
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 443
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 444
Among writers born in Japan, Ryū Murakami ranks 32. Before him are Yosano Akiko (1878), Chūya Nakahara (1907), Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Ihara Saikaku (1642), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), and Ono no Komachi (825). After him are Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), and Junji Ito (1963).
1878 - 1942
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 26
1907 - 1937
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 27
1896 - 1933
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 28
1642 - 1693
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 29
1872 - 1896
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 30
825 - 900
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 31
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 32
1653 - 1725
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 33
1192 - 1219
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 34
1867 - 1902
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 35
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 36
1931 - 2019
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 37
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 38