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Book by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason

カディアトゥ・カネー＝メイソン

Writer, Literary scholar

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason is a British writer and literary scholar whose work examines race, cultural identity and music education. Born in Sierra Leone, she moved to Wales as a young child. She completed a PhD at the University of Sussex and taught English there and at the University of Birmingham.…

Book by kadota ryusho

kadota ryusho

門田 隆将

Journalist, Nonfiction writer

Ryusho Kadota (born 1958) is a Japanese nonfiction writer and journalist. After graduating from Chuo University’s Faculty of Law, he joined Shinchosha, where he worked as a reporter and editor for "Shukan Shincho," covering crime, politics, economics, sports, and other subjects. As an independent…

Book by KADOWAKI Hironori

KADOWAKI Hironori

門脇 弘典

Translator

Hironori Kadowaki is a Japanese translator of English-language nonfiction on business, economics, and psychology. He graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Todd Rose’s “Collective Illusions” examines how people conform to perceived group beliefs that may differ from their private…

Book by kafu nagai

kafu nagai

永井 荷風

Novelist

Kafu Nagai (1879–1959) was a Japanese novelist and essayist whose real name was Sokichi Nagai. His years in the United States and France deepened his engagement with Western literature and urban culture; after returning to Japan, he became a professor at Keio University and founded the literary…

Book by kafuka asagiri

kafuka asagiri

朝霧 カフカ

Scenario writer, manga original author,…

Kafka Asagiri is a Japanese novelist and manga writer best known as the creator and original writer of the Bungo Stray Dogs series, illustrated by Sango Harukawa. The series reimagines famous literary figures as characters with supernatural abilities, combining literary references with action,…

Book by KAGAYA Kiyoi

KAGAYA Kiyoi

加賀谷 きよい

Novelist, Picture book author

Kiyoi Kagaya (born 1980) is a Japanese novelist and picture-book author. Born in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, she graduated from Tohoku University. She made her literary debut after winning the 2026 Japan Fantasy Novel Award with "Ten o Shu ni Some: Otogizoshi Ibun." Under the pen name Sakaki Yayoi,…

Book by KAGE Yuji

KAGE Yuji

鹿毛 雄二

Asset management expert, translator

Yuji Kage works in asset management and translates books on investing. A graduate of the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Economics, he held senior positions in investment management and pension organizations, including LTCB Investment Management, UBS Asset Management, and the Pension Fund…

Book by KAGOSHIMA Takeshi

KAGOSHIMA Takeshi

神子島 健

Literature and intellectual history…

Takeshi Kagoshima (born 1978) is a Japanese scholar of modern Japanese literature and intellectual history, and Professor in the School of Liberal Arts at the Tokyo University of Technology. He earned his doctorate from the University of Tokyo after studying in its Graduate School of Arts and…

Book by KAI Rieko

KAI Rieko

甲斐 理恵子

Translator

Rieko Kai is a Japanese translator of nonfiction on history, geography, nature, and culture, as well as fiction. After working in travel-related businesses, she studied practical translation and moved into book translation. Her work includes Mitch Albom’s “The Time Keeper,” a story that examines…

Book by Kaid-Salah Ferron Sheddad

Kaid-Salah Ferron Sheddad

シェダッド・カイド＝サラ・フェ…

Science writer

Sheddad Kaid-Salah Ferrón A Spanish physicist, science educator, and science writer who has studied physics and pharmacy and has worked in science education. Much of his writing is devoted to making complex scientific ideas accessible to younger readers. Working with illustrator Eduard Altarriba,…

Book by kaiji kawaguchi

kaiji kawaguchi

かわぐち かいじ

Manga artist

Kaiji Kawaguchi (born 1948) is a Japanese manga artist from Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. He made his professional debut in 1968 with “Yoru ga Aketara” and has created numerous works centered on war, international politics, and national decision-making. His representative work, “The Silent…

Book by kaionji chogoro

kaionji chogoro

海音寺 潮五郎

Novelist, Writer

Chōgorō Kaionji (1901–1977) was a Japanese novelist best known for his historical fiction, which combined meticulous historical research with vivid portrayals of historical figures. He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1968 for his contributions to Japanese literature. His best-known novel, "Ten…

Book by kajihara taeko

kajihara taeko

鍛原 多惠子

Translator

Taeko Kajihara (born 1952) is a Japanese translator specializing in science, evolution, and the environment. She studied philosophy and anthropology at New College in Florida. Her translation of Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The Sixth Extinction” follows investigations of species loss and the effects of…

Book by KAJIKA Wataru

KAJIKA Wataru

カジカ 航

Manga artist

Wataru Kajika is a Japanese manga artist best known for illustrating "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Clayman Revenge," a spin-off of Fuse’s light novel series "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime." Serialized in Monthly Shonen Sirius since 2022, the manga follows the demon lord…

Book by Kajima Corporation

Kajima Corporation

鹿島建設

Construction company

Kajima Corporation is a Japanese construction company working in building and civil engineering. Its public writing on high-rise buildings introduces the structures, equipment, and engineering that support large urban buildings, helping readers understand familiar cityscapes from a technical…

Book by kakehashi kumiko

kakehashi kumiko

梯 久美子

Nonfiction writer

Kumiko Kakehashi (born 1961) is a Japanese nonfiction writer. After working as an editor, she began writing books based on meticulous archival research and extensive interviews, focusing on war, literature, and remarkable historical figures. Her debut book, "Chiru zo Kanashiki: Iōtō Sōshikikan…

Book by KAKINUMA Eiko

KAKINUMA Eiko

柿沼 瑛子

Translator, Book critic

Eiko Kakinuma is a Japanese translator and reviewer whose work encompasses British and American crime fiction, horror, fantasy, romance, and nonfiction. She graduated from Waseda University’s First School of Literature. Alongside translating authors including Patricia Highsmith and Anne Rice, she…

Book by kakuta mitsuyo

kakuta mitsuyo

角田 光代

Novelist, Translator

Mitsuyo Kakuta (born 1967) is a Japanese novelist and translator. After graduating from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Waseda University, she made her literary debut by winning the Kaien Prize for New Writers for "Kōfuku na Yūgi" in 1990. Through subjects including family,…

Book by kamado

kamado

かまど

Writer/Editor

Kamado is a Japanese writer and editor from Fukuoka Prefecture. After working as a writer for television and radio, he joined Burg Hamburg Burg in 2019. He creates editorial and sponsored content for Omocoro and has served as editor-in-chief of its sister publication, Omocoro Bros. His books with…

Book by Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris

カマラ・ハリス

Politician, lawyer, 49th vice president

Kamala Harris (born 1964) is an American politician and attorney. After serving as District Attorney of San Francisco, Attorney General of California, and U.S. Senator from California, she became the 49th Vice President of the United States, serving from 2021 to 2025. Harris was the first woman,…

Book by kamata hiroki

kamata hiroki

鎌田 浩毅

Earth scientist, professor at Kyoto…

Hiroki Kamata (born 1955) is a Japanese volcanologist and earth scientist, and a professor emeritus at Kyoto University. After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Science, he worked at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry before becoming a professor at Kyoto University…

Book by KAMBARA Takeshi

KAMBARA Takeshi

神原 武志

Physics and bioinformatics researcher

Takeshi Kambara is a professor emeritus at the University of Electro-Communications whose work spans condensed matter, biological information processing, and complex systems. His theoretical and computational research extends from electronic structures to neural models. His coauthored books…

Book by KAMIKAWA Kiyoo

KAMIKAWA Kiyoo

神川 喜代男

Neurosurgeon

Kiyoo Kamikawa was a physician working in neurosurgery. He was associated with Osaka University and later became a professor at Meiji College of Oriental Medicine. His public writing on the brain and acupuncture introduced readers to questions about bodily function and the mechanisms of treatment.

Book by Kamini Ramani

Kamini Ramani

カミニ・ラマニ

Marketing Strategist

Kamini Ramani is an Indian marketing strategist and business executive. Educated at Yale and Stanford, she has spent nearly four decades in the technology industry and served as chief marketing officer of the venture capital firm Mayfield. In “Lotus Leadership: A Modern Playbook of Ancient Wisdom,”…

Book by KAMIOKA Masaaki

KAMIOKA Masaaki

上岡 正明

PR consultant, investor, author

Masaaki Kamioka (born 1975) is a public-relations consultant, investor, and author specialising in corporate communications and brand development. He became a television writer after pitching programme ideas while at university and worked on productions including “Mezamashi TV.” He subsequently…

Book by kamito keiko

kamito keiko

上遠 恵子

Translator, Essayist

Keiko Kamito (born 1929) is a Japanese translator and essayist known for introducing Rachel Carson’s work and ideas. She graduated from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. After translating Paul Brooks’s biography of Carson in 1974, she continued studying Carson and helped establish the…

Book by KAMIZUKI Kenichi

KAMIZUKI Kenichi

神月 謙一

Translator

Kenichi Kamizuki is a Japanese translator of English-language nonfiction on politics, economics, psychology, and science. Born in Aomori Prefecture, he graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Humanities and worked in university education for seventeen years before entering…

Book by KANDA Junko

KANDA Junko

神田 順子

French interpreter and translator

Junko Kanda is a French-language interpreter and translator. She entered Sophia University’s Department of French Studies in 1970 and graduated in 1976 after two years of study abroad. While raising her children, she worked in interpreting and industrial translation. An invitation from a…

Book by KANDA Yuko

KANDA Yuko

神田 由布子

Translator

Yuko Kanda is a Japanese translator of English-language books on history, music, art, and science, including illustrated books for younger readers. In Steve Sheinkin’s account of Daniel Ellsberg, published in Japanese as “Kenryoku wa Uso o Tsuku,” she translated a narrative about the disclosure of…

Book by kanehara hitomi

kanehara hitomi

金原 ひとみ

Novelist

Hitomi Kanehara (born 1983) is a Japanese novelist from Tokyo. She made her literary debut in 2003 when "Hebi ni Piasu" received the Subaru Literary Prize, and the same work won the Akutagawa Prize the following year. Her fiction addresses the body, sexuality, dependence, violence, marriage, and…

Book by kanehara mizuhito

kanehara mizuhito

金原 瑞人

Translator/English literature scholar

Mizuhito Kanehara (born 1954) is a Japanese translator and scholar of English literature, and a professor emeritus at Hosei University. Born in Okayama, he has translated widely across children’s literature, young adult fiction, literary classics and nonfiction, introducing Japanese readers to…

Book by KANEKO Tatsuhito

KANEKO Tatsuhito

金子 達仁

Sportswriter, Nonfiction writer

Tatsuhito Kaneko (born 1966) is a Japanese sports journalist and nonfiction author. Born in Yokohama, Japan, he graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Hosei University before beginning his career with a tennis magazine and later the editorial staff of Soccer Digest. Since becoming a…

Book by KANZAWA Toshiko

KANZAWA Toshiko

神沢 利子

Children’s author

Toshiko Kanzawa (1924–2026) was a Japanese children’s writer and poet. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, she spent her early years in Hokkaido and Sakhalin and graduated from Bunka Gakuin. Her work encompassed poetry, children’s songs, picture books, short stories, and novels, often beginning with a…

Book by Kaori Arimoto

Kaori Arimoto

有本 香

Journalist, political activist

Kaori Arimoto (born 1962) is a Japanese journalist and political activist whose reporting concerns international affairs, ethnic issues, and Japanese politics. Born in Nara and raised in western Izu, she graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. After working as a travel magazine editor…

Book by kappy

kappy

かっぴー

Manga artist, manga original author

Kappi (born 1985) is a Japanese manga artist and manga writer from Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating from Musashino Art University, he worked as an art director at an advertising agency and later at a web-production company before becoming an independent manga creator. He first attracted wide…

Book by Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher

カーラ・スウィッシャー

Journalist

Kara Swisher (born 1962) is an American journalist, author, and podcast host. She earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Since the 1990s, she has covered the rise of the internet and Silicon Valley, becoming one of the…

Book by Karen G. Lloyd

Karen G. Lloyd

カレン・G・ロイド

Microbiologist, biogeochemist,…

Karen G. Lloyd is an American microbiologist and biogeochemist and a professor at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on microorganisms living in extreme environments, including deep-sea sediments, permafrost, and the deep subsurface. She is internationally recognized for…

Book by Karen Hao

Karen Hao

カレン・ハオ

Journalist

Karen Hao is a journalist investigating artificial intelligence and its social consequences. She studied mechanical engineering and energy at MIT, then worked as an application engineer at a company spun out of Google X before entering journalism. She became senior AI editor at MIT Technology…

Book by Karen Tei Yamashita

Karen Tei Yamashita

カレン・テイ・ヤマシタ

Novelist, Playwright

Karen Tei Yamashita (1951–) is a third-generation Japanese American novelist and playwright born in California. She spent nearly a decade in Brazil researching the history of Japanese immigration, an experience that became central to her fiction. “Through the Arc of the Rain Forest” uses magical…

Book by Karim Kattan

Karim Kattan

カリム・カッタン

Novelist, Poet, Essayist

Karim Kattan (born 1989) is a Palestinian novelist, poet, and essayist who was born in Jerusalem, raised in Bethlehem, and is based in France. He holds a doctorate in comparative literature and writes in both French and English. “The Palace on the Higher Hill,” in which a young man returns to his…

Book by Karin Alvtegen

Karin Alvtegen

カーリン・アルヴテーゲン

Mystery writer, TV scriptwriter

Karin Alvtegen (born 1965) is a Swedish novelist and screenwriter. After working in film and stage design, she made her literary debut with “Guilt” in 1998 and became known for psychological suspense novels in which buried secrets, guilt, and betrayal destabilize ordinary lives. Her second novel,…

Book by kariya takehiko

kariya takehiko

苅谷 剛彦

Sociologist, Professor, Department of…

Takehiko Kariya (born 1955) is a Japanese sociologist specializing in the sociology of education. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University. He served as Professor at the University of Tokyo and later at the University of Oxford, and…

Book by Karl A. Brunstein

Karl A. Brunstein

K.A.ブランスタイン

Physicist/Writer

Karl A. Brunstein worked as a physicist before pursuing wider writing. In Beyond the Four Dimensions, he presented his own speculative connections between physics, parapsychology, and UFOs through higher-dimensional ideas. His writing extends from his experience in physics toward questions at the…

Book by Karl Deisseroth

Karl Deisseroth

カール・ダイセロス

Neuroscientist and psychiatrist, 2026…

Karl Deisseroth (born 1971) is an American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, and a professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. He combines clinical practice with research on the brain. He helped pioneer optogenetics, a technique that introduces…

Book by Karl Marx

Karl Marx

カール・マルクス

Philosopher, thinker, economist

**Karl Marx** (1818–1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, and revolutionary thinker whose analysis of capitalism profoundly shaped modern social science. After working as a journalist, he spent much of his life in exile in London, where he collaborated with Friedrich Engels on his…

Book by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Karl Ove Knausgaard

カール・オーヴェ・クナウスゴー…

Writer

Karl Ove Knausgaard (born 1968) is a Norwegian novelist and essayist from Oslo. His 1998 debut became the first first novel to win the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature. He gained international recognition with “My Struggle,” a six-volume autobiographical cycle that examines his childhood, his…

Book by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

カーラ・コルネホ・ヴィラヴィセ…

Writer

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (1989–) is an Ecuadorian American writer and journalist. She moved to the United States as a child and grew up undocumented in New York. After graduating from Harvard University, she pursued doctoral studies in American Studies at Yale University. Blending personal…

Book by Karsten Dusse

Karsten Dusse

カルステン・ドゥッセ

Writer, Lawyer, Screenwriter

Karsten Dusse (born 1973) is a German lawyer, novelist, and television writer. Born in Essen, he studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Lausanne before qualifying as an attorney. Alongside his legal career, he spent many years writing for German television, winning multiple German Television…

Book by Kary Mullis

Kary Mullis

キャリー・マリス

Biochemist, 1993 Nobel Prize in…

Kary Mullis (1944–2019) was an American biochemist who invented the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a technique that revolutionized molecular biology by enabling the rapid amplification of DNA. His invention transformed biological research, medical diagnostics, forensic science, and many other…

Book by KASAHARA Tetsuro

KASAHARA Tetsuro

カサハラ・テツロー

Manga artist, Illustrator

Tetsuro Kasahara (born 1967) is a manga artist and illustrator. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts, where he specialized in Japanese painting, and made his manga debut in the children’s science magazine “San-nen no Kagaku” in 1993. After working on children’s…

Book by kasai kiyoshi

kasai kiyoshi

笠井 潔

Novelist, Mystery writer, Science…

Kiyoshi Kasai (born 1948) is a Japanese novelist and critic. After becoming involved in political activism in the early 1970s, he turned toward a critical examination of revolutionary politics and political thought and lived in France from 1974 to 1976. He made his literary debut in 1979 with…

Book by KASAI Ryohei

KASAI Ryohei

笠井 亮平

Translator, Special Visiting Associate…

Ryohei Kasai (born 1976) is a Japanese journalist and scholar specializing in South Asian studies. He is a Specially Appointed Associate Professor at the South Asia Research Center of Gifu Women's University. His expertise includes the history of Japan–India relations, South Asian international…

Book by KASHIMORI Yoshiki

KASHIMORI Yoshiki

樫森 与志喜

Computational neuroscience researcher

Yoshiki Kashimori is a professor emeritus at the University of Electro-Communications whose work concerns computational neuroscience and biophysics. He has studied theoretical mechanisms of sensory information processing. His coauthored public writing introduces computer simulation as a way to…

Book by kashiragi hiroki

kashiragi hiroki

頭木 弘樹

Literature introducer

Hiroki Kashiragi is a Japanese literary guide, editor, translator, and essayist. Widely recognized as one of Japan's leading interpreters of Franz Kafka, he has edited and translated works including The Despair Expert's Guide to Kafka, The Definitive Kafka Short Stories, and Kafka Fragments. After…

Book by kasuga taichi

kasuga taichi

春日 太一

Film history/period drama researcher

Kasuga Taichi (born 1977) is a researcher of Japanese film history and period dramas. Drawing on interviews with actors, directors, and studio crews, he examines how films and television series were made. “Jidaigeki wa Shinazu! Kanzenban” traces period drama production in Kyoto’s Uzumasa studios,…

Book by Katalin Karikó

Katalin Karikó

カタリン・カリコ

Biochemist, 2023 Nobel Prize in…

Katalin Karikó (born 1955) is a biochemist whose research has focused on the therapeutic use of messenger RNA (mRNA). She grew up in Hungary, studied biology at József Attila University in Szeged, and earned her doctorate in biochemistry in 1982. After working at the Biological Research Center of…

Book by KATAYAMA Ranko

KATAYAMA Ranko

片山 蘭子

Author in the field of nursing

Ranko Katayama writes about nursing skills and care at home. Her practical work addresses movement, hygiene, and meals alongside the caregiver’s approach to the person receiving care, treating technical knowledge and human relationships as connected parts of everyday support.

Book by Kate Atkinson

Kate Atkinson

ケイト・アトキンソン

Writer

Kate Atkinson (born 1951) is a British novelist celebrated for her inventive narrative structures, psychological insight, and genre-defying fiction. Her work spans literary fiction and crime novels, often exploring memory, family, chance, and the nature of time. Her acclaimed novel *Life After…

Book by Kate Beaton

Kate Beaton

ケイト・ビートン

Comic Artist

Kate Beaton (born 1983) is a Canadian cartoonist and author from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. After studying history and anthropology at Mount Allison University, she gained a wide readership through *Hark! A Vagrant*, a webcomic that playfully reimagines figures from history and literature. Her…

Book by Kate Crawford

Kate Crawford

ケイト・クロフォード

AI researcher, Microsoft Research…

Kate Crawford is an Australian scholar and social scientist whose research examines artificial intelligence and large-scale data systems in relation to politics, labor, the environment, and social power. She is a Research Professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and a…

Book by Kate Summerscale

Kate Summerscale

ケイト・サマースケイル

Journalist, Writer

Kate Summerscale (born 1965) is a British nonfiction writer and journalist renowned for her narrative histories of crime and Victorian Britain. After studying English at the University of Oxford and working as a journalist, she established herself as one of the leading practitioners of literary…

Book by Kate Walbert

Kate Walbert

ケイト・ウォルバート

Novelist/short story writer

Kate Walbert (1961–) is an American novelist and short story writer whose fiction explores marriage, relationships between mothers and daughters, memory, and loss through interwoven voices and shifting periods. Born in New York City, she grew up in several places, including Japan. “Our Kind,” which…

Book by Katherine Boo

Katherine Boo

キャサリン・ブー

Journalist

Katherine Boo (1964–) is an American journalist specializing in investigative reporting. Her work for The Washington Post and The New Yorker has focused on poverty, health care, education, and social inequality. Known for immersive reporting and years of fieldwork, she has produced deeply human…

Book by Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell

キャサリン・ランデル

Writer, Academic

Katherine Rundell (1987–) is a British novelist and literary scholar. A Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, she specializes in Renaissance literature, particularly the works of John Donne. She has written acclaimed fiction for children and adults as well as nonfiction, earning…

Book by Kathleen DuVal

Kathleen DuVal

キャスリーン・デュバル

Historian, Professor, University of…

Kathleen DuVal (born 1970) is an American historian and Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned her B.A. in History from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of California, Davis. Specializing in early American, colonial,…

Book by Katie Kitamura

Katie Kitamura

ケイティー・キタムラ

Novelist, journalist, art critic

Katie Kitamura (born 1979) is an American novelist, journalist, and art critic who grew up in California and Japan. A Princeton graduate with a doctorate in American literature, she has written for publications including the New York Times, the Guardian, and Frieze, and has taught in New York…

Book by KATO Harubumi

KATO Harubumi

加藤 治文

Pulmonary Surgeon

Harubumi Kato is a thoracic surgeon whose work addresses the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. At Tokyo Medical University, he contributed to photodynamic therapy and early-detection techniques. His public writing connects clinical experience with research on diseases of the lungs and…

Book by KATO Mariko

KATO Mariko

加藤 万里子

Translator

Mariko Kato translates English-language nonfiction on society, technology, and economics. In David Sax’s The Revenge of Analog, she translated an investigation of the continuing appeal and business value of records, printed books, and other physical media. Amanda Little’s The Fate of Food follows…

Book by KATO Seiji

KATO Seiji

加藤 征治

Lymphology researcher

Seiji Kato researches and writes about the lymphatic system. His introductory book on lymph examines its structure and roles in living processes, bringing a less familiar part of bodily circulation into an accessible account of how the body works.

Book by KATO Yoshiyuki

KATO Yoshiyuki

加藤 喜之

Religious scholar, Professor,…

Yoshiyuki Kato (born 1979) is a Japanese scholar of religion and intellectual history and Professor in the College of Arts at Rikkyo University. His research focuses on American religion, political theology, evangelicalism, Christian nationalism, and the relationship between religion and democracy.…

Book by Katrina Manson

Katrina Manson

カトリーナ・マンソン

Journalist

Katrina Manson is an award-winning journalist specializing in cybersecurity, emerging technology, and national security. She is a Bloomberg reporter covering the intersection of technology and national security, and previously served as the Financial Times’ U.S. foreign policy and defense…

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Katsuaki Nakazawa

中澤 克昭

Japanese medieval history researcher

Katsuaki Nakazawa (born 1966) is a historian of medieval Japan specializing in castles and hunting culture. Born in Nagano City, he left the doctoral programme at Aoyama Gakuin University and subsequently earned a doctorate in history. As a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science research…

Book by KATSUDA Sayo

KATSUDA Sayo

勝田 さよ

Translator in the medical field

Sayo Katsuda is a Japanese translator of medical documents and medical nonfiction. She graduated in history from Osaka City University’s Faculty of Literature and spent more than twenty years translating in medicine and medical devices. Her translation of Danielle Ofri’s “When We Do Harm” examines…

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katsuhiro ohtomo

大友 克洋

Manga artist, Film director

Katsuhiro Otomo (born 1954) is a Japanese manga artist and film director from Miyagi Prefecture. He made his manga debut in 1973 with "Jūsei," received the Nihon SF Taisho Award for "Dōmu," and won the Kodansha Manga Award for "AKIRA." He was awarded Japan’s Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2013,…

Book by KATSUNAGA Kesanzo

KATSUNAGA Kesanzo

松永 K三蔵

Novelist

Matsunaga K Sanzo (1980–) is a Japanese novelist. Born in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, and based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, he graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University and pursued fiction while working full-time in the construction industry. He made his literary debut in 2021 when "Cameo" received the…

Book by KAWADA Yoko

KAWADA Yoko

河田 陽向

Economist, Associate Professor, Faculty…

Yoko Kawada is a Japanese economist and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Komazawa University. After graduating from Keio University, he earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Keio University. His research focuses on matching theory, market design, social choice theory, and public…

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kawagoe soichi

川越 宗一

Novelist

Soichi Kawagoe (born 1978) is a Japanese novelist born in Kagoshima Prefecture and raised in Osaka. He made his debut in 2018 with “Tenchi ni Santari,” which won the Matsumoto Seicho Prize. His second novel, “Netsugen,” received the Naoki Prize in 2020. Set largely on Sakhalin, it intertwines the…

Book by KAWAGUCHI Keiko

KAWAGUCHI Keiko

川口 恵子

Translator

Keiko Kawaguchi (born 1953 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese translator working from French. She graduated from the University of Tokyo’s French studies program. Her translations include Hergé’s “The Adventures of Tintin.” “Destination Moon” and “Explorers on the Moon” follow Tintin and his companions on a…

Book by KAWAGUCHI Toshikazu

KAWAGUCHI Toshikazu

川口 俊和

Novelist, screenwriter, director

Toshikazu Kawaguchi (born 1971) is a Japanese novelist, playwright and theatre director from Osaka. After working in theatre, he adapted one of his own plays into his first novel, published in 2015. Set in a café where customers can travel back in time, “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” follows people…

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kawai kaori

河合 香織

Nonfiction writer

Kaori Kawai is a Japanese nonfiction writer. Through subjects including the sexuality of people with disabilities, Japanese winemakers, and reproductive medicine, she examines situations in which social values collide with individual choices. Her representative work, “Erabenakatta Inochi:…

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KAWAI Momoko

河合 桃子

Writer, Nonfiction writer

Momoko Kawai (born 1977) is a Japanese journalist and nonfiction writer. Born in Tokyo, she has written primarily for weekly magazines, reporting on subjects ranging from rural communities to the sex industry and other worlds that often remain outside mainstream public view. Her work focuses…

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KAWAI Naoto

川井 直人

Geophysicist

Naoto Kawai was a geophysicist at Osaka University whose work included paleomagnetism and high-pressure experiments. His writing for general readers examined geomagnetic questions, explaining how magnetism recorded in rocks can help reconstruct changes in the Earth.

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KAWAI Tomoyasu

河井 智康

Fisheries researcher

Tomoyasu Kawai researched fish ecology and marine resources. His writing on familiar commercial fish examines changes in the abundance of species such as sardines and saury, using them to explore ecological relationships and changes in the marine environment.

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KAWAI Yukinojo

河合 雪之丞

Actor

Yukinojo Kawai (born 1970) is a Japanese actor from Nakano, Tokyo, specializing in onnagata, the performance of female roles. Born outside the hereditary kabuki families, he entered the National Theatre’s kabuki actor training program after junior high school and completed its ninth intake in 1988.…

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kawajiri koichi

河尻 亨一

Editor

Koichi Kawajiri (born 1974) is an editor specializing in advertising and design, with work spanning reporting, writing, publishing, and corporate content production. Born in Osaka, he graduated from Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics. After teaching at an art preparatory…

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kawajiro

かわじろう

Manga artist

Kawajirō (born 1992) is a Japanese manga artist from Kumamoto Prefecture. He began drawing manga seriously at the age of twenty-nine and studied storytelling at the Genron Hirameki Manga School, where he received the fifth Genron Hirameki Manga Grand Prize. He later won the Grand Prize in the youth…

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kawakami hiromi

川上 弘美

Novelist

Hiromi Kawakami (born 1958) is a Japanese novelist whose fiction is celebrated for blending everyday life with subtle elements of the fantastic. She won the Akutagawa Prize in 1996 for "Hebi o Fumu" ("Treading on a Snake") and the Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize in 2001 for "Sensei no Kaban" ("The…

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KAWAKAMI Junko

川上 純子

Translator, Editor

Junko Kawakami is a Japanese translator and editor working on society, business, science, and culture. She graduated in international relations from Tsuda University and completed a master’s program in the humanities at the University of Chicago. Her publishing work included women’s magazines at…

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KAWAKAMI Masaya

川上 正也

Molecular biology researcher

Masaya Kawakami was a molecular-biology researcher whose work included complement proteins involved in immunity. He became the first professor of molecular biology at Kitasato University School of Medicine. His introductory writing on genes helped general readers approach the concepts underlying…

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kawakami mieko

川上 未映子

Novelist

Mieko Kawakami (born 1976) is a Japanese novelist and poet from Osaka. She began her literary career as a poet before turning increasingly to fiction and received the Akutagawa Prize for "Breasts and Eggs" in 2008. She later won the Murasaki Shikibu Prize for "Heaven," the Tanizaki Prize for "Ai no…

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KAWAKAMI Tamami

川上 珠実

Journalist, Mainichi Shimbun reporter

Tamami Kawakami (born 1986) is a Japanese journalist and reporter for The Mainichi Newspapers. After graduating from Waseda University, she joined Mainichi in 2008, covering domestic affairs before serving as New Delhi bureau chief from 2022 to 2025, where she reported on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and…

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KAWAKITA Hidetaka

川北 英隆

Economist, securities investment…

Kawakita Hidetaka (1950–) is a Japanese financial economist and professor emeritus at Kyoto University. After graduating from Kyoto University’s Faculty of Economics, he joined Nippon Life Insurance, where he held senior positions including general manager of securities investment and director of…

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KAWAKUBO Katsuo

川久保 勝夫

Mathematician

Katsuo Kawakubo is a mathematician whose work concerns topology, including spaces with group actions. He taught and researched at Osaka University. His introductory writing explains how looking for properties preserved through deformation offers a different way to understand familiar shapes.

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KAWAMOTO Nao

川本 直

Literary critic, Nonfiction writer,…

Nao Kawamoto (born 1980) is a Japanese novelist and literary critic from Tokyo. He began his career in 2011 with an interview with the American writer Gore Vidal published in the literary magazine Shincho and subsequently worked in literary criticism and nonfiction. His first novel, "Jurian Batora…

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kawamoto saburo

川本 三郎

Critic, Translator

Saburō Kawamoto (born 1944) is a Japanese critic and essayist. Born in Tokyo, he graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law and worked as a newspaper journalist before beginning his career as an independent writer. His criticism ranges across literature, film, manga, urban culture,…

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KAWAMURA Mayumi

川村 まゆみ

Translator

Mayumi Kawamura is a Japanese translator of books on music, instruments, culture, and creativity. She studied music education at Ochanomizu University. Her work includes musicians’ autobiographies, photographic collections, and reference books on guitars and equipment. In Martin and Paul Kelly’s…

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KAWANISHI Yohei

河西 陽平

International political scientist

Yohei Kawanishi is a Japanese scholar of international relations and a research fellow at the Nakasone Peace Institute. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Keio University and earned a Ph.D. in law from Keio University's Graduate School of Law. Before joining the institute, he worked as a…

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KAWASHIMA Shigeo

河島 茂生

Social information scientist,…

Shigeo Kawashima is a Japanese scholar of social informatics and information ethics. He graduated from Keio University’s Faculty of Policy Management and completed his doctoral studies in interdisciplinary information studies at the University of Tokyo. He is a professor in the School of Cultural…

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KAWASHIRO Saki

川代　紗生

Writer

Saki Kawashiro (1992–) A Japanese writer and essayist. After graduating from the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University, she worked at Tenro-in bookstore, where she was involved in store management, editorial projects, and marketing while attracting readers with "Kawashiro…

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KAWATA Hiroshi

河田 皓史

Economist

Hiroshi Kawata (born 1987) is a Japanese economist and Chief Economist at Mizuho Research Institute. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he joined the Bank of Japan, where he worked on macroeconomic analysis, monetary policy, inflation expectations, and financial stability. He later…

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KAWAZOE Setsuko

川添 節子

Translator

Setsuko Kawazoe is a Japanese translator of English-language nonfiction on economics, society, and science. Dan Davies’s “The Unaccountability Machine” examines how large organizations and institutions produce decisions that nobody intended, using ideas from cybernetics. Thomas Philippon’s “The…

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Kazuma Takezaki

竹﨑 一真

Sports sociologist, translator

Kazuma Takezaki (born 1989) is a Japanese scholar of sport sociology and a translator specializing in cultural studies of the body and gender. Born in Hyogo Prefecture, he studied sociology at Ritsumeikan University and pursued graduate research in physical education and sport science at the…

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kazuo inamori

稲盛 和夫

Businessman, founder of Kyocera and KDDI

Kazuo Inamori (1932–2022) was a Japanese business executive who founded Kyocera and DDI, a predecessor of KDDI, and led the turnaround of Japan Airlines. Born in Kagoshima, he graduated from Kagoshima University’s Faculty of Engineering in 1955 and began researching advanced ceramics at Shofu…

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Kazuo Ishiguro

カズオ・イシグロ

Novelist, 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature

Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954) is a British novelist born in Nagasaki, Japan. Since moving to the United Kingdom as a child, he has written acclaimed novels that explore memory, loss, identity, and the complexities of human dignity through a restrained and emotionally powerful prose style. His…

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kazuyoshi takeda

武田 一義

Manga artist

Kazuyoshi Takeda (born 1975) is a Japanese manga artist from Iwamizawa, Hokkaido. After working as an assistant to manga artist Hiroya Oku, he made his debut in 2012 with "Sayonara Tama-chan," an autobiographical account of his treatment for testicular cancer. His best-known work, "Peleliu:…

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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

キーアンガ・ヤマッタ・テイラー

African American researcher, professor…

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an American historian and scholar of African American studies. She is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, where her work examines housing policy, racial inequality, and the history of Black social movements and radicalism. She…

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kei sanbe

三部 けい

Manga artist

Kei Sanbe is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaido. He received an honorable mention in the 40th Tezuka Award and was a runner-up in the 41st Tezuka Award before establishing his career as a manga artist. His works often combine suspense and mystery with characters confronting past crimes and the…

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Keigo Higashino

東野 圭吾

Novelist

Keigo Higashino (1958–2026) was a Japanese novelist born in Osaka. After graduating in electrical engineering from Osaka Prefecture University, he worked as an engineer while writing fiction. He made his literary debut in 1985 with “Hokago,” meaning “After School,” which won the Edogawa Rampo…

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Keiichi Yamamoto

山本 ケイイチ

Personal trainer

Keiichi Yamamoto is a personal trainer whose work focuses on strength training and physical and mental conditioning. He began training independently in junior high school and pursued both exercise and Zen during high school. After graduation, he joined Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, receiving a…

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keiichiro hirano

平野 啓一郎

Novelist

Keiichiro Hirano (born 1975) is a Japanese novelist. Born in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, and raised in Kitakyushu, he made his literary debut while studying law at Kyoto University with “The Eclipse,” a novel set in medieval Europe that received the Akutagawa Prize in 1999. Moving between different…

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keiji nakazawa

中沢 啓治

Manga artist

Keiji Nakazawa (1939–2012) was a Japanese manga artist from Hiroshima. He survived the atomic bombing of the city at the age of six but lost his father, older sister, and younger brother. After moving to Tokyo in 1961, he began his career as a manga artist and later drew extensively on his…

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Keiko Ito

伊藤 恵子

International Economist

Keiko Ito is an international economist whose empirical research examines exporting, foreign direct investment, productivity, and innovation at the firm level. She graduated in industrial engineering and management from Waseda University in 1994 and worked at Sony before completing a master’s…

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Kelly Weinersmith

ケリー・ウィーナースミス

Scientist, Adjunct Faculty of…

Kelly Weinersmith is an American biologist, parasitologist, science writer, and podcaster. She earned her Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis and serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of BioSciences at Rice University. Her research focuses on parasite ecology,…

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Ken Kalfus

ケン・カルファス

Novelist, short story writer

Ken Kalfus (1954–) is an American novelist and short-story writer. Born in New York, he has lived in Paris, Dublin, Belgrade, and Moscow. His collection “Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies,” which includes stories set in the former Soviet Union, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. “A…

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Kenan Orhan

ケナン・オルハン

Novelist

Kenan Orhan is a Turkish American fiction writer who received his MFA from Emerson College. His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and other publications and have been anthologized in The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Best American Short Stories. His debut collection, "I Am…

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kenmo

kenmo

Investor, small business consultant,…

kenmo (1982–) is a Japanese individual investor, management consultant, and founder of the Shonan Investment Study Group. After completing graduate studies in information science at Osaka University, he worked as a researcher for a publicly listed manufacturer and began investing in stocks in 2011…

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Kent Haruf

ケント・ハルフ

Novelist

Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American novelist whose stories are set on the plains of his native Colorado. His fiction explores the ties among families and neighbors. “Plainsong” was a finalist for the 1999 National Book Award. Published after his death, “Our Souls at Night” (『夜のふたりの魂』) tells the…

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Kentaro Murakami

村上 健太郎

Nutritional Epidemiologist

Kentaro Murakami is a nutritional epidemiologist who studies relationships between dietary habits and health using population data. Born in Hokkaido, he encountered nutrition while studying at Ulster University during his undergraduate education at Hokkaido University. He subsequently studied food…

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Kentaro Nakajima

中島 賢太郎

Urban economist

Kentaro Nakajima is an urban economist who studies why people and firms concentrate in particular places and the economic effects of that concentration. His specialties are spatial economics and applied microeconometrics. He graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Economics in 2003 and…

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kesako matsui

松井 今朝子

Novelist, director, critic

Matsui Kesako (born 1953) is a Japanese novelist whose experience in kabuki production and direction informs her fiction about performers and the people around them. Born in Kyoto, she worked on kabuki productions at Shochiku before making her literary debut in 1997. In “Yoshiwara Tebikigusa,” a…

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Kevin Boyle

ケヴィン・ボイル

Historian, author, professor of…

Kevin Boyle (1960–) is an American historian. A professor at Northwestern University, he specializes in twentieth-century American history, civil rights, labor history, and political history. His scholarship explores race, democracy, and social justice through meticulous archival research, offering…

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Kevin Kelly

ケヴィン・ケリー

Writer, Photographer

Kevin Kelly (born 1952) is an American technology writer, editor, and futurist. A founding executive editor of *WIRED* magazine, he has spent decades exploring the long-term impact of digital technology on society, business, and culture. His books examine emerging technological trends and their…

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Kevin Moffett

ケヴィン・モフェット

Novelist, short story writer

Kevin Moffett is an American novelist and short-story writer. His first collection, “Permanent Visitors,” won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award, and he later published “Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events.” With Matthew Derby and Eli Horowitz, he created “The Silent History,” a…

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Kevin Powers

ケヴィン・パワーズ

Novelist, poet, military veteran

Kevin Powers (1980–) is an American novelist, poet, and Iraq War veteran. Born in Richmond, Virginia, he enlisted in the U.S. Army at seventeen and served as a machine gunner in Iraq from 2004 to 2005. After returning home, he studied English and poetry. Drawing on his military experience, he wrote…

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Kevin Young

ケビン・ヤング

Poet, Director, National Museum of…

Kevin Young (1970–) is an American poet, critic, and editor. He serves as poetry editor of The New Yorker and has directed both the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. In "Bunk: The…

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KIDO Mitsuyo

城戸 光世

American literature researcher,…

Mitsuyo Kido is a Japanese scholar and translator specializing in American literature. She is a professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hiroshima University. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century American literature, particularly the American Renaissance,…

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KIDO Shiho

城戸 志保

Manga artist

Shiho Kido is a Japanese manga artist. The one-shot version of “Dokudami no Hanasaku Koro” won the Grand Prize in the Autumn 2022 Afternoon Four Seasons Awards and was subsequently developed into a series for “Monthly Afternoon.” Her representative work, officially published in English as “When the…

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Kiese Laymon

キエセ・レイモン

Author, Professor of English…

Kiese Laymon (born 1974) is an American writer and essayist whose work explores race, class, family, violence, addiction, and identity with remarkable honesty and emotional power. Drawing on his experiences growing up in Mississippi, he has emerged as one of the most important voices in…

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KIHARA Buichi

木原 武一

Writer, translator

Buichi Kihara (born 1941) is a Japanese writer and translator whose subjects include philosophy, biography, and literature. Born in Tokyo, he graduated in German literature from the University of Tokyo. His writing considers learning and ways of living through the lives and ideas of thinkers and…

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Kiko Llaneras

キコ・リャネラス

Data journalist, author

Kiko Llaneras (born 1981) is a Spanish data journalist and writer who uses statistics and visualization to analyze elections, social change, and sport. Born in Alicante, he studied industrial automation and electronics engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, graduating in 2005. After…

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KIKUCHI Daiki

菊地 大樹

Journaling instructor

Daiki Kikuchi (born 1990) is a Japanese journaling instructor and entrepreneur. Born in Sendai, he left a corporate career to establish his own business while also building a following as an educator in journaling and personal development. Drawing on more than a decade of personal journaling…

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Kimberly Blaeser

キンバリー・ブレイザー

Poet, photographer, indigenous…

Kimberly Blaeser is an Anishinaabe poet, photographer, and scholar of Native American literature. Raised on the White Earth Reservation, she is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, served as Wisconsin Poet Laureate from…

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Kimi Yamaoka

山岡 希美

Translator

Kimi Yamaoka is a Japanese translator. She lived in California until the age of sixteen and graduated from Doshisha University’s Faculty of Psychology. Henry Fersko-Weiss’s “Caring for the Dying” introduces the role and practices of people supporting individuals and families near the end of life.…

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KIMOTO Hiwako

木元 ひわこ

Manga artist

Tori Mizunagi is a Japanese manga artist who previously published under the name Hiwako Kimoto. Her first series under her current pen name, "Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate," began serialization in the magazine For Mrs. in 2020. It follows Satoko Mugimaki, who can no longer maintain full-time…

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KIMURA Hiroshi

木村 洋

Researcher of modern Japanese…

Hiroshi Kimura (born 1981) is a Japanese scholar of modern Japanese literature and Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at Sophia University. His research focuses on modern Japanese literature, particularly the literary culture of the Meiji and Taisho periods, naturalism, the I-novel, and the…

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KIMURA Kumi

木村 紅美

Novelist

Kumi Kimura (born 1976) is a Japanese novelist born in Hyogo Prefecture and based in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. Raised in Sendai, she graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Meiji Gakuin University and worked in a bookstore and an office before making her literary debut in 2006, when “Fūka Suru…

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KIMURA Makiko

木村 万紀子

Culinary Science Instructor, Culinary…

Makiko Kimura is a Japanese culinary science instructor and cooking educator. A graduate of Nara Women’s University’s food science department and Tsuji Culinary Institute, she teaches culinary science at Tsuji and runs Kids Science Cooking, a programme connecting practical cooking with scientific…

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KIMURA Sota

木村 草太

Legal scholar, constitutional law…

Sota Kimura (born 1980) is a Japanese constitutional law scholar. Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and later served as a research associate at its Graduate Schools for Law and Politics. He is currently Professor of Law at Tokyo…

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KIMURA Tadamasa

木村 忠正

Cultural anthropologist

Tadamasa Kimura (born 1964) is a professor in the College of Sociology at Rikkyo University. Working in information society studies and media sociology, he analyzes smartphone use records, surveys, and social media posts to study how people use information and how online opinion forms. In…

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KINA Chiren

木爾 チレン

Novelist

Chiren Kina is a Japanese novelist whose fiction has explored women’s relationships, loneliness, jealousy, and social hierarchies at school. Born in Kyoto in 1987, she began writing in junior high school, imagining a fulfilled romance after an unrequited love, and later shared fiction online while…

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KINOSHITA Junji

木下 順二

Playwright, Critic

Junji Kinoshita (1914–2006) was a Japanese playwright, critic, and translator, widely regarded as the foremost dramatist of postwar Japan. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he devoted his career to creating plays inspired by Japanese folktales, history, and contemporary society. His…

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KINOSHITA Koreo

木下 是雄

Physicist

Koreo Kinoshita (1917–2014) was a Japanese physicist, science educator, and essayist. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he taught at Nagoya University and Gakushuin University, serving as President of Gakushuin University from 1981 to 1985. While specializing in the physics of thin…

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KINOSHITA Naoyuki

木下 直之

Art history researcher. Professor…

Naoyuki Kinoshita, born in 1954 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, is a Japanese art historian, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and director of the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art. His research examines aspects of modern Japanese culture often overlooked by conventional art history,…

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Kiran Desai

キラン・デサイ

Novelist

Kiran Desai (1971–) is an Indian-born novelist. Educated in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, she is acclaimed for fiction that explores migration, identity, inequality, and globalization through richly observed characters and subtle humor. In 2006, she won the Booker Prize for "The…

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kirino natsuo

桐野 夏生

Novelist

Natsuo Kirino (born 1951) is a Japanese novelist from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. She won the Edogawa Rampo Prize for "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame" in 1993, followed by the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for "OUT" in 1998 and the Naoki Prize for "Yawarakana Hoho" in 1999. Her later works, including…

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KIRIYA Tomomi

桐谷 知未

Translator

Tomomi Kiriya is a Japanese translator of English-language books on science, medicine, history, and fiction. Born in Tokyo, she graduated in journalism from Southern Illinois University. Jonathan Marks’s writing on human diversity examines relationships between genetic science and pseudoscientific…

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KIRIYAMA Koji

桐山 光侍

Manga artist

Koji Kiriyama (born 1968) is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. He debuted in 1989 under the name Koji Kiriyama, written 桐山 浩二, and drew the high-school baseball manga “Sengoku Koshien: Kyukenshi Densetsu” before beginning “Ninku” in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1993. Its protagonist, Fusuke, is a boy…

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Kirk Yeager

カーク・イェーガー

FBI Bombing Scene Investigator, FBI…

Kirk Yeager is an American chemist and explosives-forensics specialist. After earning a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Cornell University, he joined the FBI in 2000. As a forensic examiner in the FBI Laboratory’s Explosives Unit, he investigated bombing scenes around the world and worked on the…

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KISARAGI Shinichi

如月 新一

Novelist

Shinichi Kisaragi is a Japanese novelist known for works that blend science fiction, mystery, and horror. His fiction combines imaginative concepts with carefully constructed plots, often drawing on science, history, and mythology to create intellectually engaging stories. Through suspenseful…

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kishi keiko

岸 恵子

Actor, Writer

Keiko Kishi (1932–2026) was a Japanese actress and writer born in Yokohama. She made her film debut in 1951 with "Wagaya wa Tanoshii" and appeared in numerous major Japanese films, including "Kimi no Na wa," "Snow Country," "Her Brother," and "The Makioka Sisters." After marrying French film…

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KISHIMOTO Atsuo

岸本 充生

Risk researcher

Atsuo Kishimoto researches risk assessment and the relationship between science, technology, and society. Drawing on economics, his work considers benefits, burdens, and ethical, legal, and social issues. His coauthored writing on safety standards examines how numerical thresholds emerge from…

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kishimoto masashi

岸本 斉史

Manga artist

Masashi Kishimoto (born 1974) is a Japanese manga artist from Okayama Prefecture. He won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with “Karakuri” before creating “Naruto,” which ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1999 to 2014. The series follows Naruto Uzumaki, a boy shunned by his village because a…

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KISHIMOTO Sachiko

岸本 佐知子

Translator, Essayist

Sachiko Kishimoto (born 1960) is a Japanese literary translator and essayist from Kanagawa Prefecture. She graduated in English literature from Sophia University and worked in the advertising department of a liquor company before becoming a translator. Alongside translating English-language fiction…

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Kit Chapman

キット・チャップマン

Science journalist

Kit Chapman is a British science journalist specializing in chemistry, the history of science, medicine, and military technology. He has written for publications including Nature and Chemistry World, where he explains complex scientific discoveries and their historical significance for a broad…

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Kit de Waal

キット・デ・ワール

Novelist, Editor

Kit de Waal is a novelist and editor whose work explores family, class, race and experiences of care. Born to an Irish mother and a Caribbean father, she grew up among Birmingham’s Irish and Caribbean communities. Before becoming a full-time writer, she spent fifteen years working in criminal and…

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KITADAI Miwako

北代 美和子

Translator

Miwako Kitadai is a Japanese translator of literature and books on art and architecture. Her translations include Elsa Morante’s novel published in Japanese as “Uso to Maho” and Jean Rouaud’s “Fields of Glory,” as well as writings by Charlotte Perriand and Isamu Noguchi. These works connect…

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KITAGAKI Emi

北垣 絵美

Manga artist

Emi Kitagaki created the manga for an introductory book on linear algebra written by Satoshi Kagimoto. The characters’ journeys provide a narrative setting for exploring matrices and related ideas, using visual storytelling to make abstract mathematics more approachable.

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KITAGAWA Rei

北川 玲

Translator

Rei Kitagawa is a Japanese translator whose work includes science, natural history, design, and art. Many of these translations are illustrated books that connect specialist knowledge with a general readership. Kitagawa translated Naomi Pollock’s “Japanese Design Since 1945,” a survey of industrial…

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KITAGAWA So

北川 蒼

Translator

So Kitagawa is a Japanese translator of English-language nonfiction on business, science, and military affairs. Kitagawa graduated from Waseda University’s Faculty of Law and earned an MBA at Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Kitagawa’s translations include Shane Parrish and…

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KITAGAWA Tomoko

北川 知子

Translator

Tomoko Kitagawa is a Japanese translator working across social science, history and psychology. She completed a master’s degree in sociology at Nara Women’s University and worked at the National Diet Library before entering translation. Her Japanese translation of Ian Morris’s Why the West…

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kitamura kaoru

北村 薫

Novelist, Mystery writer

Kaoru Kitamura (born 1949) is a Japanese novelist from Saitama Prefecture. A graduate of Waseda University, he worked as a high-school Japanese teacher before making his literary debut in 1989 with “Soratobu Uma” (The Flying Horse). It introduced his Enshi and I series, in which a female university…

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KITAMURA Kyoko

北村 京子

Translator

Kyoko Kitamura became a translator after studying in London and working for a company. Her English-to-Japanese nonfiction translations span society, history, and science. In columns for a translation school, she has described checking references and resolving contradictions in source texts as…

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KITAMURA Takashi

来村 多加史

Historian

Takashi Kitamura (born 1958) is a Japanese historian and Professor Emeritus at Hannan University. His research focuses on ancient Japanese history, archaeology, and cultural history, with particular emphasis on state formation, mythology, and archaeological evidence. He has also written extensively…

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KITANI Akira

木谷 明

Lawyer specializing in criminal trials,…

Akira Kitani (1937–2024) was a Japanese legal practitioner whose work focused on fact-finding in criminal trials and remedies for wrongful convictions. After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law, he became a judge in 1963. His career included service as a Supreme Court judicial…

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kitayama osamu

北山 修

Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, clinical…

Osamu Kitayama (born 1946) is a Japanese psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, lyricist, and author. Born in Kyoto, he graduated from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and later studied psychoanalysis at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. He has served as Professor at Kyushu…

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KITAYAMA Takekuni

北山 猛邦

Novelist, Mystery writer

Takekuni Kitayama (born 1979) is a Japanese mystery writer from Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. He made his literary debut in 2002 after winning the 24th Mephisto Prize for "‘Clock-jō’ Satsujin Jiken." Known for combining large-scale physical tricks involving buildings and mechanical devices with…

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kiuchi nobori

木内 昇

Writer, Editor

Nobori Kiuchi (born 1967) is a Japanese writer of historical fiction and an editor. After working for a publishing company, she became independent, founded the interview magazine "Spotting," and worked as an editor and freelance writer. She made her fiction debut with "Shinsengumi Bakumatsu no…

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kiwamu sato

佐藤 究

Novelist

Kiwamu Satō (1977–) is a Japanese novelist whose fiction explores crime, violence, human desire, and the moral boundaries of contemporary society. He made his literary breakthrough by winning the Edogawa Rampo Prize in 2017 for "QJKJQ" and received the 165th Naoki Prize in 2021 for "Teskatlipoka"…

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kiyohiko azuma

あずま きよひこ

Manga artist

Kiyohiko Azuma (born 1968) is a Japanese manga artist from Hyogo Prefecture. After working on dōjinshi, video-game illustrations, and anthology comics, he became widely known for the four-panel comedy “Azumanga Daioh,” which began serialization in 1999. His representative work, “Yotsuba&!,” follows…

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kiyoko murata

村田 喜代子

Novelist

Kiyoko Murata (born 1945) is a Japanese novelist from Yahata, now part of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. She launched the independent literary magazine Happyo in 1985 and won the Akutagawa Prize in 1987 for Nabe no Naka, which explores encounters with life and death through the relationship…

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KIZAKI Satoko

木崎 さと子

Novelist

Satoko Kizaki (born 1939) is a Japanese novelist born in Xinjing, the capital of the former Japanese-controlled state of Manchukuo. After graduating from Tokyo Woman’s Christian University Junior College, she married in 1962 and spent more than a decade living in France and the United States before…

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KOBAYASHI Akio

小林 昭夫

Science book author

Akio Kobayashi explains the principles of flight through practical experiments. In his book on aerodynamics using paper airplanes, designing and flying simple models becomes a way to understand aircraft shape, stability and control. He connects physical theory with observations that readers can…

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KOBAYASHI Daisuke

小林 大祐

Real estate investor

Daisuke Kobayashi (born 1976) is a Japanese real estate investor and entrepreneur. After graduating from university, he worked for an information and communications company and later at Fuji Xerox, while starting his own business at the age of twenty-seven. He is currently President and…

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kobayashi hideo

小林 秀雄

Literary critic, Editor, Writer

Hideo Kobayashi (1902–1983) was a Japanese literary critic who transformed modern literary criticism in Japan. His essays ranged across literature, art, philosophy, and history, combining close reading with original intellectual inquiry. He received the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1947 and the Order…

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KOBAYASHI Kayoko

小林 佳世子

Economist, Associate Professor, Faculty…

Kayoko Kobayashi is a Japanese economist and associate professor in the Faculty of Economics at Nanzan University. Born in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, she graduated in sociology from Tokyo Woman’s Christian University and completed the coursework requirements of the University of Tokyo’s doctoral…

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KOBAYASHI Kyoji

小林 恭二

Novelist, Haiku poet

Kyoji Kobayashi (born 1957) is a Japanese novelist. Born in Hyogo Prefecture, he studied aesthetics and art at the University of Tokyo, where he was also a member of the university's haiku club. He made his literary debut after receiving the Kaien New Writers Award in 1984 for "Denwa Otoko." His…

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KOBAYASHI Masako

小林 政子

Translator

Masako Kobayashi translates books on medicine, exploration, history, and literature. She left Meiji Gakuin University’s English department to join Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, studied at the University of Lisbon, and took early retirement from the ministry in 1988 to pursue translation.…

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KOBAYASHI Ryoji

小林 良次

Individual investor

Ryoji Kobayashi is a Japanese individual investor who continues to invest at the age of 92. Born in 1933 in Tainan, Taiwan, then under Japanese rule, he moved to Japan after the end of the Second World War. He began investing seriously at the age of 63, around the time of his retirement, focusing…

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KOBAYASHI Seki

小林 責

Noh Kyogen researcher

Seki Kobayashi (1928–2018) was a Japanese scholar of Noh and Kyogen and professor emeritus at Musashino University. After studying Japanese literature at Waseda University, he trained under Kyogen performer Nomura Mansaku from the 1950s and combined an understanding of stage practice with…

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KOBAYASHI Yukari

小林 由香利

Translator

Yukari Kobayashi translates English-language nonfiction on science and society. She graduated from the English department of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Her translation of P. W. Singer’s Wired for War examines how robotic weapons alter warfare and questions of responsibility. In LikeWar,…

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KODA Rohan

幸田 露伴

Novelist

Rohan Kōda (1867–1947) was a Japanese novelist and essayist whose works are renowned for their elegant prose and deep grounding in classical Japanese and Chinese learning. Active from the Meiji through the Shōwa periods, he wrote fiction, essays, and literary criticism that helped shape modern…

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KODA Yoji

香田 洋二

Retired Maritime Self-Defense Force…

Yoji Koda (1949–) is a retired vice admiral of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and a specialist in national security. A graduate of Japan’s National Defense Academy, he also completed the Naval Command College course at the U.S. Naval War College. His senior appointments included commander of…

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KODACHI Naoki

神立 尚紀

Press photographer, non-fiction writer

Naoki Kodachi (born 1963) is a Japanese photojournalist and nonfiction writer from Osaka Prefecture. After graduating from Nihon University College of Art with a degree in photography, he worked as a staff photographer for Kodansha’s weekly magazine “FRIDAY,” covering crime, politics, business,…

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KODAMA Shiori

児玉 しおり

Translator/Writer

Shiori Kodama (born 1959) is a Japanese translator and writer working from French. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, she graduated from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, moved to France in 1989, and completed a master’s program in modern French literature at Paris III. Her children’s…

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KOGANE Teruhiko

小金 輝彦

Translator

Teruhiko Kogane is a Japanese translator working from English and French. He graduated from Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics and earned an MBA at Rutgers University. His translations cover international politics, economics, business, art, and astronomy. In Casey…

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KOGURE Yoshie

小暮 芳江

Writer in the field of wireless and…

Yoshie Kogure writes and translates on radio and antenna technology. Her work with Hiroaki Kogure explains antenna shapes and functions through familiar examples, showing how devices transmit and receive invisible radio waves and connecting principles with practical equipment.

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KOHAMA Haruka

小浜 杳

Translator

Haruka Kohama is a Japanese translator of English-language books on psychology, science, and culture who also works on English subtitles. Dennis Proffitt and Drake Baer’s “Perception” examines how what people see is shaped by their bodies, experiences, and social relationships, rather than being a…

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KOHARA Jiro

小原 二郎

Ergonomics researcher

Jiro Kohara studied the relationship between ergonomics and everyday life. His writing uses human dimensions and movement to examine furniture, seating, beds and other familiar objects. By approaching design from the perspective of safety and comfort, he helped readers understand how scientific…

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KOHARA Masanori

小原 正徳

Real estate investor

Masanori Kohara (born 1981) is a Japanese real estate investor and entrepreneur. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he worked in real estate at EY and in real estate fund management at Goldman Sachs before establishing the Real Estate Science Institute in 2016. A licensed real estate…

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kohda aya

幸田 文

Essayist, novelist, second daughter of…

Aya Koda (1904–1990) was a Japanese novelist and essayist. The second daughter of the writer Rohan Koda, she returned to her father’s home after her divorce and cared for him during his final years. After his death, she entered literary life with memoirs including “Zakki,” “Shuen,” and “Soso no…

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kohno tetsuya

河野 哲也

Philosopher, Professor, Department of…

Tetsuya Kono (born 1963) is a Japanese philosopher and Professor of Education at the Rikkyo University. He earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Keio University and specializes in phenomenology, philosophy of mind, environmental philosophy, educational philosophy, and applied ethics. Widely recognized…

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KOIKE Kazuo

小池 一夫

Manga original author, novelist,…

Kazuo Koike (1936–2019) was a Japanese manga writer, novelist, and screenwriter. After contributing scripts to “Golgo 13” and other works at Saito Production, he became independent and created numerous stories in the gekiga tradition. In 1977, he founded the Koike Gekiga Sonjuku, where he helped…

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KOIKE Mizune

小池 水音

Novelist

Mizune Koike, born in 1991, is a Japanese novelist from Tokyo. After graduating from Keio University’s Faculty of Policy Management, she made her debut by winning the Shincho Prize for New Writers in 2020 for “Wakaranai Mama de.” Her first book, “Iki,” centers on a sister and brother who shared the…

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KOIKE Shigeru

小池 滋

English literature researcher,…

Shigeru Koike (1931–2023) was a Japanese scholar and translator of nineteenth-century British fiction, particularly Charles Dickens, and a historian of railways. Born in Tokyo, he graduated in English literature from the University of Tokyo in 1953 and continued his studies there. He taught at…

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KOIZUMI Hiroyasu

小泉 裕康

Theoretical physicist, theoretical…

Hiroyasu Koizumi (1962–) is a Japanese theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, he earned a master’s degree there and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He is an associate professor at the Center for…

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KOIZUMI Junsaku

小泉 淳作

Japanese painter, potter

Junsaku Koizumi (1924–2012) was a Japanese painter. He studied Japanese painting under Kyujin Yamamoto at the Tokyo Fine Arts School, now Tokyo University of the Arts, and continued to paint while working in design and ceramics. From the 1980s onward, he devoted himself increasingly to ink painting…

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koizumi yu

小泉 悠

Military commentator, military analyst,…

Yu Koizumi (1982–) is a Japanese researcher specializing in military affairs and international security. After completing a master’s degree in political science at Waseda University, he worked at the Institute for Future Engineering, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Russian Academy of…

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KOJIMA Ao

児島 青

Manga artist

Ao Kojima is a Japanese manga artist. After being discovered by an editor, Kojima made a professional debut with the one-shot story "Kissako," published in the manga magazine "Harta" in 2022. The used-bookstore series "Hon Nara Uru Hodo" ranked first in the male-readers’ division of "Kono Manga ga…

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KOJIMA Fuhito

小島 武仁

Economist, Professor, Graduate School…

Fuhito Kojima (born 1979) is a Japanese economist and Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo, where he also serves as Director of the University of Tokyo Market Design Center. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard…

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KOJIMA Osamu

児島 修

Translator

Osamu Kojima (born 1970) is a Japanese translator working from English into Japanese. He graduated from Ritsumeikan University’s Faculty of Letters, where he studied psychology. After working in corporate translation, he became a freelance translator in 2008, undertaking both commercial and…

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KOJIMA Shuichi

小島 周一

Lawyer working on labor cases and…

Shuichi Kojima (born 1955) is a Japanese lawyer working on labor disputes and criminal defense. Born in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, he graduated from the law department of Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1981 and was admitted to the bar in 1984. He practices at Yokohama Law Office and has served…

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KOJIMA Takehiko

小島 岳彦

Editor, historical researcher

Takehiko Kojima (born 1959) is a Japanese editor and historical researcher. Born in Gunma Prefecture, he graduated from Gakushuin University and has edited and written books on history, literature, and music, including the published edition of the official chronicle of Emperor Shōwa. His…

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kojima yohei

小島 庸平

Agricultural Economics Researcher,…

Yohei Kojima (born 1982) is a Japanese economic historian and Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo. Specializing in Japanese economic history, agricultural history, and financial history, his research explores the development of local communities,…

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kokubun kouichiro

國分 功一郎

Philosopher

Koichiro Kokubun (born 1974) is a Japanese philosopher specializing in seventeenth-century philosophy and contemporary French thought. Born in Chiba Prefecture, he graduated from Waseda University and earned his doctorate at the University of Tokyo. After teaching at Takasaki City University of…

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KOMATSU Junko

小松 淳子

Translator

Junko Komatsu is a Japanese translator of English-language nonfiction on neuroscience, psychology, and animal cognition. Gordon M. Shepherd’s “Neurogastronomy” explains how smell and brain processes contribute to the experience of flavor. Louise Barrett’s “Beyond the Brain” reconsiders intelligence…

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KOMATSU Yuka

小松 由佳

Climber, photographer

Yuka Komatsu (born 1982) is a Japanese photographer, mountaineer, and nonfiction writer. Born in Akita Prefecture, she took up serious mountaineering as a member of the Tokai University Alpine Club and in 2006 became the first Japanese woman to reach the summit of K2, the world’s second-highest…

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komine takao

小峰 隆夫

Economist

Takao Komine (born 1947) is a Japanese economist and one of Japan's leading authorities on economic policy. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he joined the Economic Planning Agency, where he served in senior positions including Director-General of the Research Bureau and…

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KOMIYA Hitoshi

小宮 京

Political scientist, Professor,…

Hitoshi Komiya (born 1976) is a Japanese political scientist and historian and a professor in the College of Literature at Aoyama Gakuin University. After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law, he earned a doctorate from its Graduate Schools for Law and Politics. His research…

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KOMIYA Soji

小宮 宗治

Vacuum/surface technology researcher

Soji Komiya worked on vacuum technology and material surfaces at ULVAC. His published research includes coating and deposition techniques. In a coauthored introduction to nanotechnology and surface analysis, he explains how the outermost layers of materials can be investigated at atomic and…

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komori yoichi

小森 陽一

Scholar of Japanese literature,…

Yoichi Komori (born 1953) is a Japanese scholar and critic specializing in modern Japanese literature. Born in Tokyo, he completed doctoral studies in literature at Hokkaido University and taught at Seijo University and the University of Tokyo, where he is now professor emeritus. His research…

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KONDO Ayako

近藤 絢子

Economist, labor economics researcher,…

Ayako Kondo (born 1979) is a Japanese economist and Professor at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, she earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University. She previously held academic positions at Osaka University, Hosei…

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KONDO Takafumi

近藤 隆文

Translator

Takafumi Kondo (born 1963) is a Japanese translator of British and American literature and books on sport, health, and management. Born in Shizuoka Prefecture, he graduated from Hitotsubashi University’s Faculty of Social Sciences. He translated Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Extremely Loud & Incredibly…

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KONISHI Kiyonori

児西 清義

Author in the field of information…

Kiyonori Konishi writes about groupware and information technologies supporting intellectual work. His book with Fumio Mizoguchi examines systems for sharing information and thinking collaboratively, treating computers as tools that support cooperation between people as well as individual tasks.

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KONISHI Seiichi

小西 誠一

Author in the field of environment and…

Seiichi Konishi wrote about population, resources, and the environment. His book on the Earth’s limits reviews twentieth-century changes in food, energy, and population, connecting separate environmental questions within a wider inquiry into the future of human society.

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KONNO Akitsugu

今野 晃嗣

Animal psychologist

Akitsugu Konno (born 1984) is a Japanese animal psychologist and lecturer in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Azabu University. He earned his doctorate from the University of Tokyo and studies canine behavior and personality, communication between dogs and humans, and the genetic foundations of…

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KONNO Sumi

今野 寿美

Tanka poet

Sumi Konno, born in 1952 in Tokyo, is a Japanese tanka poet. She received the Kadokawa Tanka Prize in 1979 for a sequence of fifty poems titled “Gogo no Sho” and co-founded the tanka journal “Ritomu” in 1992, serving as its editor. Her collection “Seikimatsu no Momo” received the Contemporary…

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KONO Junji

河野 純治

Translator

Junji Kono is a Japanese translator of international affairs, history, and journalism. Born in 1962, he graduated from the law department of Meiji University. His translation of Prisoner of the State presents Zhao Ziyang’s account of China’s reforms and the Tiananmen crisis. The Afghanistan Papers…

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KONO Ryutaro

河野 龍太郎

Economist, Japanese economic…

Ryutaro Kono (born 1964) is a Japanese economist and Chief Economist at BNP Paribas Securities Japan, as well as a Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology. Specializing in macroeconomics, the Japanese economy, and monetary policy, he has…

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KONO Taeko

河野 多恵子

Novelist

Taeko Kono (1926–2015) was a Japanese novelist and literary critic. After graduating from Osaka Women’s College, she joined the literary circle led by Fumio Niwa and pursued her writing while working full-time. She attracted attention when “Yojigari” (“Toddler-Hunting”) won the Shinchosha Coterie…

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KONOIKE Rui

鴻池 留衣

Novelist

Rui Konoike (born 1987) is a Japanese novelist. Born in Kawaguchi, Saitama, he left the Faculty of Letters at Keio University before making his literary debut in 2016 by winning the Shincho New Writers Award for his novella "Futarigumi." His fiction explores internet culture, conspiracy theories,…

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KOREKAWA Yu

是川 夕

Sociologist, demographer

Yu Korekawa (born 1978) is a Japanese sociologist and demographer from Aomori Prefecture and director of the Department of International Research and Cooperation at Japan’s National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. After studying at the University of Tokyo and the University of…

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KOSAGAWA Chito

小砂川 チト

Novelist

Chito Kosagawa (1991–) is a Japanese novelist. After graduating from Hosei University, Kosagawa began writing fiction while working as a company employee. The debut work "Kateiyō Anshin Kōfu" won the 65th Gunzo New Writers' Prize in 2022, marking the beginning of a promising literary career.…

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KOSAI Tadashi

高齋 正

Writer/automobile critic

Tadashi Kosai wrote fiction and commentary about cars and motorsport. His work spans racing stories and explanations of automotive competition and engineering. His writing on racing cars treats motorsport as a setting for technological experimentation and the development of the automobile.

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KOSAKA Eri

小坂 恵理

Translator

Eri Kosaka is a Japanese translator of English-language nonfiction on economics, history, science, and society. She graduated from Keio University’s Faculty of Letters. In Nicola Twilley’s “Frostbite,” published in Japanese as “Reizoko,” she translated an account of how refrigeration and cold…

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kosaka masataka

高坂 正尭

International political scientist,…

Masataka Kosaka (1934–1996) was a Japanese scholar of international relations. After graduating from Kyoto University’s Faculty of Law and studying at Harvard University, he became a professor at Kyoto University in 1971. Although grounded in political realism and attentive to power among states,…

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KOSAKA Shiho

こさかしほ

Screenwriter/picture book storyteller

Shiho Kosaka is a Japanese screenwriter affiliated with Monogatari Lab, a scriptwriting team led by film director Norihiro Koizumi. Her work includes scripts for television drama. Introducing children to global warming and ecological relationships, the Japanese-language picture book “Achichichi…

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koshikawa shinji

越川 慎司

Businessman, representative of Cross…

Shinji Koshikawa is a Japanese entrepreneur, management consultant, and productivity expert. He is the founder and CEO of Cross River Inc.. After working for Japanese and international telecommunications companies, he joined Microsoft in 2005 and later served as an executive at Microsoft Japan,…

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KOSUGE Toshio

小管 敏夫

Author/supervisor in the field of…

Toshio Kosuge supervised an introductory reference work on information science. The dictionary explains computing and networking terminology in Japanese and English, providing a conceptual foundation for readers learning about rapidly changing information technologies.

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Kosuke Uetake

上武 康亮

Quantitative marketing researcher

Kosuke Uetake is a quantitative marketing researcher who combines economic theory and data to analyze firm and consumer behavior. His specialties include empirical industrial organization and applied microeconomics, with research on digital markets, high-tech industries, and competition policy. He…

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Kotaro Isaka

伊坂 幸太郎

Novelist

Kotaro Isaka (born 1971) is a Japanese novelist whose work centers on mystery and suspense. Born in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, he graduated from Tohoku University’s Faculty of Law and has based his writing life in Sendai. He made his literary debut after winning the Shincho Mystery Club Award in…

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kotaro sawaki

沢木 耕太郎

Nonfiction writer, Essayist, Novelist,…

Kotaro Sawaki (born 1947) is a nonfiction writer, essayist, novelist, and photographer whose work has centred on people, sport, and travel. Born in Tokyo, he graduated from Yokohama National University, began working as a freelance reporter at twenty-two, and published his first book at…

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KOTERA Akira

小寺 彰

International law/international…

Akira Kotera (1952–2014) was a Japanese scholar of international law and international economic law. He graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law in 1976 and worked as a research assistant there before teaching at Tokyo Metropolitan University. He returned to the University of Tokyo’s…

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KOUCHI Haruhito

河内 春人

Japanese historian, professor at Kanto…

Haruhito Kochi (born 1970) is a Japanese historian specializing in ancient Japan and East Asia. Born in Tokyo, he graduated from Meiji University’s Faculty of Letters and left its doctoral program before completion. He holds a doctorate in history and is a professor in the Faculty of Economics at…

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kouno saki

神野 紗希

Haiku poet

Saki Kono (1983–) is a Japanese haiku poet. Inspired by the Haiku Koshien competition during high school, she went on to become one of the leading voices of contemporary haiku, receiving honors including the Tsubouchi Nenten Encouragement Award at the inaugural Shiba Fukio Haiku Newcomer Prize and…

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KOUSAI Yutaka

香西 泰

Economic planning bureaucrat, 7th…

Yutaka Kosai (1933–2018) was a Japanese economist. After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Economics, he joined the Economic Planning Agency and later served as a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, president and chairman of the Japan Center for Economic Research,…

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koyama chuya

小山 宙哉

Manga artist

Chuya Koyama (born 1978) is a Japanese manga artist. He began serializing "Space Brothers" ("Uchū Kyōdai") in 2007, earning widespread acclaim for its story of two brothers pursuing their dream of becoming astronauts. The series won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award and the 38th Kodansha Manga Award…

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KOYAMA Misa

小山 美砂

Journalist

Misa Koyama (born 1994) is a Japanese journalist from Osaka. After graduating from Doshisha University, she joined the Mainichi Shimbun in 2017 and was assigned to its Hiroshima bureau, where she reported on atomic bomb survivors and nuclear-related lawsuits. Beginning in 2019, she interviewed…

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KOYANAGI Tatsuo

小柳 達男

Nutritionist

Tatsuo Koyanagi was a nutrition researcher who examined the links between nutrient deficiencies and health. As a professor at Tohoku University, he investigated vitamin deficiency and the nutritional status and physiological functions of children. His work connected laboratory research with…

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Krasznahorkai Laszlo

クラスナホルカイ・ラースロー

Novelist, 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

László Krasznahorkai (born 1954) is a Hungarian novelist whose work is renowned for its apocalyptic vision, long flowing sentences, and philosophical depth. Widely regarded as one of the leading figures in contemporary literature, he was awarded the International Booker Prize in 2015 and the Nobel…

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KUBO Emiko

久保 恵美子

Translator

Emiko Kubo (1969–2019) was a Japanese translator specializing in economics and economic thought. She graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Economics. Gregory Clark’s “A Farewell to Alms,” published in Japanese as “10-man-nen no Sekai Keizaishi,” examines long-run living standards and…

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KUBO Koji

久保 耕司

Translator

Koji Kubo translates Italian fiction and scientific nonfiction. Born in 1967, he graduated from Hokkaido University. His translation of Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola’s Brilliant Green considers plants as organisms with sensory and communicative capacities. Barbara Mazzolai’s La natura…

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kubo misumi

窪 美澄

Novelist

Misumi Kubo (1965–) is a Japanese novelist who began her literary career after working as a freelance writer. Her fiction explores family, love, gender, loneliness, and the emotional complexities of contemporary life with subtle psychological insight. She won the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 2012 for…

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KUBO Naoko

久保 尚子

Translator of scientific and medical…

Naoko Kubo (born 1977) is a Japanese translator of science and medical books, working primarily on English-language nonfiction in the life sciences and medicine. She studied chemistry at Kyoto University and completed graduate studies in molecular biology there. After working at the Japan Research…

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KUBO Yoko

久保 陽子

Translator

Yoko Kubo (born 1980) is a Japanese translator of children’s literature and picture books. After studying English literature at the University of Tokyo, she worked as a children’s-book editor before becoming a translator. Lynne Kelly’s “Song for a Whale” follows a deaf girl who tries to help a…

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KUBO Yoshio

久保 良雄

Writer in the field of calendars and…

Yoshio Kubo coauthored public writing on calendars, time, and astronomy. His book with Akira Yamazaki traces days, months, and years alongside celestial motion, connecting the calendars used in everyday life with astronomical regularities.

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KUCHIKI Yuriko

朽木 ゆり子

Journalist, Translator

Yuriko Kuchiki (born 1950) is a Japanese journalist and nonfiction writer who investigates art theft, the art trade, and the history of collecting. Born in Tokyo, she graduated in social sciences from International Christian University, completed its master’s program in public administration, and…

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KUDAN Rie

九段 理江

Novelist

Rie Kudan (1990–) is a Japanese novelist. She made her literary debut in 2021 when "Warui Ongaku" ("Bad Music") won the 126th Bungakukai New Writers' Award. Her fiction explores technology, language, the body, and identity through bold and highly original narrative experiments. In 2023,…

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KUDO Akira

工藤 哲

Journalist, Mainichi Shimbun reporter

Akira Kudo (born 1976) is a Japanese journalist with the *Mainichi Shimbun*. Since joining the newspaper in 1999, he has reported from Morioka, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, and Akita, covering topics ranging from Chinese society and international affairs to demographic change and regional communities…

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KUGIHARA Naoki

釘原 直樹

Social psychologist, Professor,…

Naoki Kugihara (1952–) is a Japanese social psychologist specializing in group dynamics. After completing doctoral coursework in educational psychology at Kyushu University, he earned a doctorate in educational psychology and held professorships at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Osaka…

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KUMAGAI Chitoshi

熊谷 千寿

Translator

Chitoshi Kumagai is a Japanese translator of English-language crime fiction and nonfiction. D. V. Bishop’s “City of Vengeance,” published in Japanese as “Firentse ni Akuma ga Samayou,” follows an investigator confronting murder and prejudice in Renaissance Florence. Elliot Ackerman and James…

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KUMAGAI Remi

熊谷 玲美

Translator

Remi Kumagai is a Japanese translator of English-language nonfiction on science, medicine, and history. Leor Zmigrod’s “The Ideological Brain” investigates the relationship between cognitive rigidity and political or social beliefs, including the effects of stress and exclusion on thought. In Ali…

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KUMAMOTO Fumio

熊本 史雄

Historian, Professor, Department of…

Fumio Kumamoto (born 1970) is a Japanese historian specializing in modern Japanese history and diplomatic history. He is Professor of History at Komazawa University. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba, he pursued doctoral studies there and worked at the Diplomatic Archives of Japan…

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KURAHASHI Rei

くらはし れい

Illustrator, Picture book author

Rei Kurahashi is a Japanese illustrator and picture book author known for her nostalgic, retro-inspired artwork and delicate use of color. Her illustrations, often featuring young girls, animals, and everyday objects, evoke warmth, imagination, and a sense of timeless charm. In addition to creating…

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KURAHONE Akira

倉骨 彰

Translator, writer, software engineer

Kei Hasegawa (born 1970) is a Japanese translator and Japanese-language teacher. After graduating from Kochi University, Hasegawa studied German and English grammatical theory at the University of Jena, earning a master’s degree in 1999. Following work as a lecturer at the university, Hasegawa…

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KURAMOCHI Hiroaki

倉持 浩明

Cyber security expert

Hiroaki Kuramochi (born 1974) is a Japanese cybersecurity specialist and a director, senior executive officer, and Chief Technology Officer at LAC. He joined the company in 1996 and worked as a systems engineer and project manager on the development and operation of systems for finance,…

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KURAMOTO Kazuya

蔵本 千夜

Manga artist

Kazuya Kuramoto is a Japanese manga artist whose work draws on interviews with soldiers and civilians who have experienced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. His representative work and first collected volume, “Battle Scar,” was selected as a finalist for the Manga Grand Prize at the 29th Tezuka Osamu…

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Kurao Nabe

鍋 倉夫

Manga artist

Kurao Nabe is a manga artist from Kanagawa Prefecture whose stories have explored rebuilding a life after disappointment and negotiating relationships with others. He began making manga seriously around 2009, during his fourth year at university, teaching himself while working part-time and…

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KURATA Yukinobu

倉田 幸信

Translator

Yukinobu Kurata (born 1968) is a Japanese journalist and translator. He graduated from Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics and worked for the Asahi Shimbun, Weekly Diamond, and Harvard Business Review before becoming a freelance translator. George Serafeim’s “Purpose and…

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KURIHARA Satoshi

栗原 聡

Artificial intelligence researcher,…

Satoshi Kurihara (born 1965) is a Japanese artificial intelligence researcher. He completed his graduate studies at Keio University and holds a PhD in engineering. After working at NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Osaka University, and the University of Electro-Communications, he became a professor…

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KURIHARA Toshihide

栗原 俊秀

Translator

Toshihide Kurihara (born 1983) is a Japanese translator specializing in Italian literature. His translation of Carmine Abate’s work published in Japanese as “Idai naru Toki no Mozaiku” received the Atsuko Suga Translation Prize and an Italian ministry translation award. Claudia Durastanti’s…

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KURIKI Satsuki

栗木 さつき

Translator

Kuriki Satsuki (1961–) is a Japanese translator from Tokyo. She studied American economic history at Keio University and worked for an electronics manufacturer and a children’s-book publisher before entering literary translation. Her translations cover a wide range of English-language nonfiction,…

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KURIYAMA Takao

栗山 孝夫

Scientific writer

Takao Kuriyama wrote about genetics and DNA for general readers. His introductory book grew out of a series distributed by Kyodo News’s science department and explores disease, identification, and human history, explaining what can be learned through the analysis of DNA.

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KURODA Akinobu

黒田 明伸

Historian, expert on world monetary…

Akinobu Kuroda (born 1964) is a Japanese historian and Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo. Specializing in the economic history of China and Asia, his research focuses on monetary systems, silver, credit, and trade networks in early modern and modern…

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KURODA Kenji

黒田 賢治

Associate Professor, Global Phenomena…

Kenji Kuroda is a Japanese scholar of Iranian and Islamic studies and an associate professor at the National Museum of Ethnology. Through fieldwork in Iran, he has studied the relationship between religious institutions, the military and the state, as well as religious practice and memories of war.…

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KURODA Mikio

黒田 未来雄

Hunter, non-fiction writer

Mikio Kuroda (1972–) is a Japanese hunter and nonfiction writer. After graduating from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, he worked for Mitsubishi Corporation before joining NHK in 1999, where he produced nature programs including “Darwin ga Kita!” Fascinated by the worldview of Indigenous…

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kuroi senji

黒井 千次

Novelist

Senji Kuroi (1932–2026) was a Japanese novelist from Tokyo. After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Economics, he worked at Fuji Heavy Industries while writing fiction, becoming a full-time writer in 1970. Associated with Japan’s “Introspective Generation,” he explored the inner…

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kurokawa hiroyuki

黒川 博行

Novelist, Mystery writer

Hiroyuki Kurokawa (born 1949) is a Japanese novelist from Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. He studied sculpture at Kyoto City University of Arts and worked as a high school art teacher in Osaka before making his literary debut in 1984. His crime fiction, often set in the Kansai region, explores money,…

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KUROKAWA Masatake

黒川 正剛

Western historian

Masatake Kurokawa (1970–) is a Japanese historian and professor in the Faculty of Human Studies at Taisei Gakuin University. Specializing in medieval and early modern European history, he examines witchcraft beliefs, witch hunts, monsters, and natural disasters to explore how Europeans understood…

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kurokawa so

黒川 創

Novelist/Critic

So Kurokawa (born 1961 in Kyoto) is a Japanese novelist and critic. A graduate of Doshisha University’s Faculty of Letters, he writes both fiction and criticism. His first novel, Jakuchu no Me, appeared in 1999. In Tsurumi Shunsuke Den (2018), he drew on documentary sources and his own experience…

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KUROKI Fumihito

黒木 章人

Translator

Fumihito Kuroki is a Japanese translator of English-language nonfiction and fiction. His work spans history, science, culture, and crime. In W. David Marx’s “Status and Culture,” he translated an account of how the pursuit of social standing influences taste, fashion, group identity, and cultural…

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KUROSAWA Kaoru

黒澤 馨

Cryptography researcher

Kaoru Kurosawa is a cryptography researcher and professor emeritus at Ibaraki University. His work addresses mechanisms supporting secure communication and data handling. His coauthored public writing explains cryptography and digital signatures as technologies for establishing trust over networks.

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KUROWA Atsushi

黒輪 篤嗣

Translator

Atsushi Kurowa is a Japanese translator of nonfiction on management, economics, history, and science. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward’s “Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters” examines data on the relationships between employees’ well-being, productivity, and organizational performance. His…

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kuroyanagi tetsuko

黒柳 徹子

TV presenter, actor, writer

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (born 1933) is a Japanese actress, television host, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador from Tokyo. After graduating from the vocal music department of Tokyo College of Music, she joined the NHK Broadcasting Drama Company and became NHK’s first contracted television actress. She has…

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Kurt Wagner

カート・ワグナー

Journalist

Kurt Wagner is an American business and technology journalist. He has covered the social media industry since 2013, working for Recode, Mashable, and Fortune before joining Bloomberg in 2019. In “Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter’s Soul,” he follows…

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KUSAKABE Yo

久坂部 羊

Novelist, Mystery writer, Physician

Yo Kusakabe (born 1955) is a Japanese physician and novelist. After graduating from Osaka University Medical School, he worked as a surgeon, anesthesiologist, and medical officer in Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs before turning to fiction. Drawing on his extensive medical experience, he writes…

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KUSAMA Yayoi

草間 彌生

Artist

Yayoi Kusama (1929–2026) was a Japanese avant-garde artist and novelist. Born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, she studied traditional Japanese painting at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts. She moved to the United States in 1957 and became active in New York, producing paintings…

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kusanagi yu

草凪 優

Erotic novelist

Yu Kusanagi (1967–) A Japanese novelist who worked as a screenwriter before making his debut as an erotic-fiction writer in 2004 with "Fushidara Tenshi." He has published more than 200 books, using sexuality as a central element in stories about loneliness, failure, relationships, and people…

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kushiki riu

櫛木 理宇

Novelist

Riu Kushiki (born 1972) is a Japanese novelist best known for her horror, mystery, and psychological suspense fiction. Born in Niigata Prefecture, she made her literary debut in 2012 after winning the Readers' Prize of the 19th Japan Horror Novel Award for Haunted Campus. In the same year, she…

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kusunoki ken

楠木 建

Management scholar, competitive…

Ken Kusunoki (born 1964) is a Japanese management scholar and Specially Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University. Specializing in competitive strategy, he studies how companies build distinctive and sustainable strategies that generate long-term…

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KUWABARA Masao

桑原 真夫

Translator

Masao Kuwabara is a Japanese translator and writer whose work focuses on poetry in Spanish. He has introduced Rosalía de Castro’s poetry through Japanese editions of “La Flor,” “Follas Novas,” and “En las orillas del Sar.” “La Flor,” Castro’s first collection, was published when she was twenty and…

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Kuwahali

クワハリ

Manga artist

Kuwahali (born 1986) is a Japanese manga creator and manga writer from Shiga Prefecture. Drawing on personal experience in a high school light music club, Kuwahali published the original version of “Girl Meets Rock!” on the Jump Rookie! platform in 2023, where it attracted attention on social…

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KUWATA Tadachika

桑田 忠親

Historian

Tadachika Kuwata (1902–1987) was a Japanese historian specializing in medieval Japan, the Sengoku period, and the history of the tea ceremony. Professor Emeritus at Kokugakuin University, he published influential studies on figures such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Oda Nobunaga, and Sen no Rikyū while…

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KUZE Noko

久世 濃子

Primatologist, orangutan researcher

Noko Kuze (born 1976) is a Japanese primatologist specializing in the study of orangutans. Through extensive fieldwork in the tropical forests of Indonesia and Malaysia, she has studied the ecology, behavior, reproduction, and parenting of wild orangutans. Alongside her scientific research, she has…

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Kyne Santos

カイン・サントス

Drag Queen

Kyne Santos is a Filipino Canadian mathematics communicator, author, and drag queen. Born in Manila and raised in Ontario, Canada, Kyne earned a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and later became a graduate student in applied mathematics at Toronto Metropolitan University.…

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KYODO

共同通信社

News agency

Kyodo News is a Japanese news agency that gathers and edits domestic and international news and supplies articles, photographs, and video to newspapers, broadcasters, and overseas media. It was established in 1945 as an association supported by newspapers across Japan and NHK, and became a general…

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KYODOMARI Aran

今日泊 亜蘭

Science fiction writer

Aran Kyodomari (1910–2008) was a Japanese science-fiction writer born in Tokyo, the eldest son of the artist Nihofu Mizushima. He initially published fiction under the pen name Taro Mizushima and participated in the science-fiction magazine Uchujin from its founding in 1957, becoming an early…