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Reki Kawahara

1974 - Today

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Reki Kawahara (川原 礫, Kawahara Reki; born August 18, 1974) is a Japanese novelist. He is best known as the creator of Sword Art Online and Accel World, both of which have been adapted into anime series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Reki Kawahara is the 6,357th most popular writer (down from 6,137th in 2024), the 1,971st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,626th in 2019) and the 113th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Reki Kawahara ranks 6,357 out of 7,302Before him are Ramon Solsona i Sancho, Gregory S. Paul, Thomas Beatie, Róža Domašcyna, Robert Hughes, and Helen Gurley Brown. After him are Gregory Maguire, Jakob Jakobsen, Mikael Niemi, Isaac D'Israeli, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and Angus Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Reki Kawahara ranks 311Before him are Kōji Wada, Santino Marella, Adriano Gerlin da Silva, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Thomas Beatie, and Anke Huber. After him are Ermonela Jaho, Andrey Gustavo dos Santos, Elvir Baljić, Shahab Hosseini, Jeanna Friske, and Hideki Matsui.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Reki Kawahara ranks 1,971 out of 6,245Before him are Soma Ishigamori (2001), Tooru Fujisawa (1967), Taiki Uchikoshi (1996), Takuya Sugiyama (1983), Hiroshi Sato (1972), and Yusuke Minoguchi (1965). After him are Hiroshi Hatano (1984), Shigemitsu Egawa (1966), Maaya Sakamoto (1980), Megumi Igarashi (1972), Megumi Sakata (1971), and Rie Kugimiya (1979).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Reki Kawahara ranks 113Before him are Aya Kitō (1962), Marie Kondo (1984), Michio Mado (1909), Gen Urobuchi (1972), Ryukishi07 (1973), and Jun Maeda (1975). After him are Mieko Kawakami (1976), Reiko Yoshida (1967), Hajime Kanzaka (1964), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), Sayaka Murata (1979), and Kinoko Nasu (1973).