WRITER

Hitomi Kanehara

1983 - Today

Hitomi Kanehara

Hitomi Kanehara (金原ひとみ, Kanehara Hitomi; born August 8, 1983) is a Japanese novelist. Her novel Hebi ni piasu (Snakes and Earrings) won the Shōsetsu Subaru Literary Prize and the Akutagawa Prize, and sold over a million copies in Japan. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Hitomi Kanehara is the 7,273rd most popular writer (down from 7,163rd in 2024), the 3,523rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,764th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hitomi Kanehara ranks 7,273 out of 7,302. Before her are Tom Bergeron, Nirupama Rao, Lama Abu-Odeh, Najat El Hachmi, Kristin Cashore, and Chuck Hogan. After her are Vince Flynn, Tom Holland, Jeff Pinkner, Marlon James, Jessikka Aro, and Simon Stålenhag.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Tom Bergeron
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 7,267
Nirupama Rao
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 7,268
Lama Abu-Odeh
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 7,269
Najat El Hachmi
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 7,270
Kristin Cashore
1976 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 7,271
Chuck Hogan
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 7,272
Hitomi Kanehara
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 7,273
Vince Flynn
1966 - 2013
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 7,274
Tom Holland
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 7,275
Jeff Pinkner
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 7,276
Marlon James
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 7,277
Jessikka Aro
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 7,278
Simon Stålenhag
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 7,279

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Hitomi Kanehara ranks 837. Before her are Jussi Jokinen, Moritz Volz, Bjørn Helge Riise, Che'Nelle, Leandro Costa Miranda Moraes, and Jelena Gavrilović. After her are Magomed Ibragimov, Leon Benko, Matteo Tagliariol, Yang Zhi, Tommaso Berni, and Darya Moroz.

Others Born in 1983

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Jussi Jokinen
HOCKEY PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 831
Moritz Volz
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 832
Bjørn Helge Riise
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 833
Che'Nelle
SINGER
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 834
Leandro Costa Miranda Moraes
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 835
Jelena Gavrilović
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 836
Hitomi Kanehara
WRITER
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 837
Magomed Ibragimov
ATHLETE
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 838
Leon Benko
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 839
Matteo Tagliariol
FENCER
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 840
Yang Zhi
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 841
Tommaso Berni
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 842
Darya Moroz
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 843