Minato Kanae
- Name: Minato Kanae
- Native name: 湊かなえ
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Female
- Born: January, 1973
- Age: 53
She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award.
In youth, she was an avid fan of mystery novels of Edogawa Ranpo, Maurice Leblanc, Agatha Christie, Keigo Higashino, Miyuki Miyabe, and Yukito Ayatsuji.
The English edition of Minato's Confessions, published in August 2014, was described by a critic as "the Gone Girl of Japan."
Wall Street Journal selected Confessions as one of the 10 best mysteries of 2014.
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Original Creator
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Drama
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Yamaonna Nikki Season 2: Yama Fesu ni Ikou/Alps no Jou
Japanese Drama, 2017, 2 eps
Female Climber (Part 2)
(Guest Role)
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7.6
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Original Creator
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TV Show
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Goro Deluxe
Japanese TV Show, 2011, 331 eps
01 18 2013
(Guest Role)
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0.0
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Another Sky
Japanese TV Show, 2008, 541 eps
(Ep. 347)
(Guest)
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9.0
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Bokura no Jidai
Japanese TV Show, 2007, 900 eps
(Guest)
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0.0
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SmapXSmap
Japanese TV Show, 1996, 920 eps
(2015.07.20)
(Guest)
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8.3
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Kouhaku Uta Gassen
Japanese TV Show, 1951, 76 eps
[Judge] (Ep. 61)
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7.6
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Original Story
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