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Keigo Higashino

1958 - Today

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Keigo Higashino (Japanese: 東野 圭吾, Hepburn: Higashino Keigo; born February 4, 1958) is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. Higashino has won major Japanese awards for his books, almost twenty of which have been turned into films and TV series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keigo Higashino is the 2,351st most popular writer (down from 2,060th in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from Japan (down from 625th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Keigo Higashino ranks 2,351 out of 7,302. Before him are Eupolis, Mary Astell, Andrei Voznesensky, John Fletcher, Joseph D. Pistone, and Israel Joshua Singer. After him are Marius Maximus, Mikołaj Rej, Ulf Stark, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Mary Baker Eddy, and Kenneth Grahame.

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Among people born in 1958, Keigo Higashino ranks 100. Before him are Søren Lerby, Tsutomu Sonobe, Matt Ridley, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Susan Helms, and Bernardo Arévalo. After him are Carlos Tavares, Rami Hamdallah, Anne Holt, Zdravko Krivokapić, Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, and Joan Jett.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Keigo Higashino ranks 758 out of 6,245. Before him are Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Shigeru Ban (1957), Kazumi Tsubota (1956), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), and Shizo Kanakuri (1891). After him are Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Toyohito Mochizuki (1953), Jiro Taniguchi (1947), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Nobuko Kondo (1956), and Gosho Aoyama (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Keigo Higashino ranks 45. Before him are Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Izumi Shikibu (976), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), and Fujiwara no Teika (1162). After him are Kyōka Izumi (1873), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Yasushi Inoue (1907), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), and Ikki Kita (1883).

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