WRITER

Natsuo Kirino

1951 - Today

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Natsuo Kirino (桐野 夏生, Kirino Natsuo) (born October 7, 1951, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture) is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Natsuo Kirino is the 3,434th most popular writer (up from 3,556th in 2019), the 1,003rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 996th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Natsuo Kirino ranks 3,434 out of 7,302. Before her are Anna Gavalda, Martynas Mažvydas, Myrtis of Anthedon, Johann Fischart, Francišak Bahuševič, and Ravindra Prabhat. After her are Roberto Arlt, Edith Durham, Ai Yazawa, Wallace Stevens, Angelos Sikelianos, and Futabatei Shimei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Natsuo Kirino ranks 237. Before her are Carl Lumbly, Mohammad Reza Aref, Arnold Mühren, Radia Perlman, David Kipiani, and Musa Manarov. After her are Rino Fisichella, Ham Lin̄i, Steve Jackson, Zeudi Araya, Roscoe Tanner, and Ona Zee.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Natsuo Kirino ranks 1,003 out of 6,245. Before her are Masabumi Hosono (1870), Naoya Shiga (1883), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Nobuko Jashima (1959), and Tetsurō Tamba (1922). After her are Ai Yazawa (1967), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Takuya Kimura (1972), Shinobu Ikeda (1962), Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), and Tōson Shimazaki (1872).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Natsuo Kirino ranks 76. Before her are Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Kafū Nagai (1879), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Naoya Shiga (1883), and Hiromi Kawakami (1958). After her are Ai Yazawa (1967), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), and Takeo Arishima (1878).

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