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Gen Urobuchi

1972 - Today

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Gen Urobuchi (Japanese: 虚淵 玄, Hepburn: Urobuchi Gen; born December 20, 1972) is a Japanese novelist, visual novel writer and anime screenwriter. He is known for being the co-creator of the highly acclaimed and commercially successful anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, which earned him the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Scriptwriter, as well as the writer of the 2003 visual novel Saya no Uta, the 2012 anime Psycho-Pass, the light novel and anime Fate/Zero, and the 2013–2014 tokusatsu show Kamen Rider Gaim. He currently works at Nitroplus and Nitro+chiral. Anime written by Urobuchi that have won the Newtype Anime Awards have been Puella Magi Madoka Magica in 2011, Fate/Zero in 2012 and Psycho-Pass: The Movie in 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gen Urobuchi is the 6,072nd most popular writer (down from 5,878th in 2024), the 1,771st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,509th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gen Urobuchi ranks 6,072 out of 7,302. Before him are Chaz Bono, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Gustav Hasford, Michael Swanwick, Maxine Kumin, and Abdullah Yusuf Ali. After him are Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Eldridge Cleaver, Anthony Powell, Mary Lamb, Antonín Sova, and Manuel Rojas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Gen Urobuchi ranks 323. Before him are Edwin Ifeanyi, Leila Hatami, Aaron Lewis, Ghada Shouaa, Darren Shan, and Robert Webb. After him are Tomokazu Seki, Andreas Goldberger, Christian Wörns, Lars-Göran Petrov, Ben Ray Luján, and Salaheddine Bassir.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Gen Urobuchi ranks 1,772 out of 6,245. Before him are Matsuichi Yamada (1961), Tetta Kawai (2000), Kazuo Echigo (1965), Koshi Inaba (1964), Shinichiro Tani (1968), Yoshihiro Natsuka (1969), and Yoshihiro Akiyama (1975). After him are Shunya Ando (1991), Tomokazu Seki (1972), Akira Ishigame (1985), Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), and Mutsuhiko Nomura (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Gen Urobuchi ranks 110. Before him are Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), Takashi Tezuka (1960), Aya Kitō (1962), Marie Kondo (1984), and Michio Mado (1909). After him are Ryukishi07 (1973), Jun Maeda (1975), Reki Kawahara (1974), Mieko Kawakami (1976), Reiko Yoshida (1967), and Hajime Kanzaka (1964).

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