Wataya Risa: Quick Facts

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Ishihara Shintarō

Japanese writer and politician

Ōe Kenzaburō

Japanese writer

Abe Kōbō

Japanese author

Yū Miri

Japanese author

Kanehara Hitomi

Japanese author

Haruki Murakami

Japanese author

Endō Shūsaku

Japanese author

Mishima Yukio

Japanese author

Ōoka Shōhei

Japanese author

Kitano Takeshi

Japanese actor and director

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Uchida Shungicu

Japanese artist and author

Arishima Takeo

Japanese writer

Banana Yoshimoto

Japanese writer

Murasaki Shikibu

Japanese courtier and author

Uno Chiyo

Japanese writer

Ihara Saikaku

Japanese author

Kawabata Yasunari

Japanese author

Futabatei Shimei

Japanese author

Noma Hiroshi

Japanese author