1926 - 1997
Shin’ichi Hoshi (星 新一 Hoshi Shin'ichi, September 6, 1926 – December 30, 1997) was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer best known for his "short-short" science fiction stories, often no more than three or four pages in length, of which he wrote over 1000. He also wrote mysteries and won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Mōsō Ginkō (Delusion Bank) in 1968. One of his short stories, "Bokko-chan" ("Miss Bokko"), was translated into English and published in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in June 1963. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shinichi Hoshi has received more than 84,731 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Shinichi Hoshi is the 3,807th most popular writer (down from 3,605th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from Japan (down from 959th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 3,807 out of 5,755. Before him are Kim Stanley Robinson, James Redfield, Mary Renault, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Václav Hanka, and Ferdinand Brunetière. After him are Ricardo Piglia, Jan Brzechwa, Bahram Beyzai, Dmitry Grigorovich, Alaiza Pashkevich, and Mikhail Zhvanetsky.
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,801
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 3,802
1905 - 1983
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 3,803
1768 - 1838
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 3,804
1791 - 1861
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 3,805
1849 - 1906
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 3,806
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 3,807
1941 - 2017
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 3,808
1898 - 1966
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 3,809
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 3,810
1822 - 1900
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 3,811
1876 - 1916
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 3,812
1934 - 2020
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 3,813
Among people born in 1926, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 245. Before him are James Krüss, Ian Paisley, Veikko Karvonen, Salvador Jorge Blanco, George C. Williams, and Stanley Cavell. After him are Alfred Pfaff, Julio César Britos, Juan Hohberg, Pascual Pérez, Geoffrey Howe, and Alina Szapocznikow. Among people deceased in 1997, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 161. Before him are Natallia Arsiennieva, James Krüss, Robert Pinget, William Hickey, Juan Burgueño, and Tony Williams. After him are Denver Pyle, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Jurek Becker, Arthur Machado, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Jarl Kulle.
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 239
1926 - 2014
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 240
1926 - 2007
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 241
1926 - 2010
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 242
1926 - 2010
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 243
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 244
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 245
1926 - 2008
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 246
1926 - 1998
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 247
1926 - 1996
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 248
1926 - 1977
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 249
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 250
1926 - 1973
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 251
1903 - 1997
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 155
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 156
1919 - 1997
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 157
1927 - 1997
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 158
1923 - 1997
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 159
1945 - 1997
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 160
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 161
1920 - 1997
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 162
1892 - 1997
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 163
1937 - 1997
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 164
1909 - 1997
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 165
1948 - 1997
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 166
1927 - 1997
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 167
Among people born in Japan, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 1,007 out of 6,048. Before him are Masuji Ibuse (1898), Yukio Ozaki (1858), Shirase Nobu (1861), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), and Ryuzo Hiraki (1931). After him are Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), Mutsu Munemitsu (1844), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Gozo Shioda (1915), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), and Shunryū Suzuki (1904).
1898 - 1993
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 1,001
1858 - 1954
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 1,002
1861 - 1946
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 1,003
1882 - 1975
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,004
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,005
1931 - 2009
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 1,006
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 1,007
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 1,008
1844 - 1897
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 1,009
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 1,010
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 1,011
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 1,012
1904 - 1971
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 1,013
Among writers born in Japan, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 87. Before him are Ai Yazawa (1967), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Fumiko Enchi (1905), and Masuji Ibuse (1898). After him are Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Jien (1155), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Koji Suzuki (1957), and Yōko Ogawa (1962).
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
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 89
1155 - 1225
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 90
1885 - 1976
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 91
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 92
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 93