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Nagaru Tanigawa

1970 - Today

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Nagaru Tanigawa (谷川 流, Tanigawa Nagaru; born December 19, 1970) is a Japanese author. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is best known as the creator of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series, which was adapted into an anime television series and film, and for which he won the Grand Prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards. While Tanigawa was on hiatus from writing his light novel series, he wrote the manga series Amnesia Labyrinth, which was serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nagaru Tanigawa is the 6,769th most popular writer (down from 6,617th in 2024), the 2,451st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,921st in 2019) and the 120th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Nagaru Tanigawa ranks 6,769 out of 7,302. Before him are Nicholas Monsarrat, Màrius Serra, Christopher Moore, James Merrill, Durs Grünbein, and Elena Chizhova. After him are Arkady Babchenko, James K. Morrow, Asko Parpola, Laurell K. Hamilton, Alison Weir, and Benjamin Jowett.

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Among people born in 1970, Nagaru Tanigawa ranks 582. Before him are Maria Bashir, Saïd Chiba, Manisha Koirala, Cláudia Abreu, Josh Hopkins, and Carlos Germano. After him are Yoshihiro Tajiri, Tory Belleci, Hakeem Jeffries, Paul Oscar, Jordan Knight, and Zdravko Zdravkov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nagaru Tanigawa ranks 2,451 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasuto Honda (1969), Hiro Shimono (1980), Hidemasa Morita (1995), Angela Aki (1977), Shogo Hayashi (1997), and Masato Otake (1971). After him are Yoshihiro Tajiri (1970), Miwa Yonetsu (1979), Atsushi Shirai (1966), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Hideto Suzuki (1974), and Atsuto Uchida (1988).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Nagaru Tanigawa ranks 120. Before him are Mieko Kawakami (1976), Reiko Yoshida (1967), Hajime Kanzaka (1964), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), Sayaka Murata (1979), and Kinoko Nasu (1973). After him are Koushun Takami (1969), Sui Ishida (1986), Machi Tawara (1962), Kaori Ekuni (1964), Nahoko Uehashi (1962), and Miri Yu (1968).

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