# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nagaru-tanigawa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:37:14.228Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nagaru-tanigawa"
name: "Nagaru Tanigawa"
slug: "nagaru-tanigawa"
description: "Nagaru Tanigawa  is a Japanese author. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is best known as the creator of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series, which was adapted into an anime television series and film, and for which he won the Grand Prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards. While Tanigawa was on hiatus from writing his light novel series, he wrote the manga series Amnesia Labyrinth, which was serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine."
tagline: "Japanese author"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1970-12-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.90732133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2522077/"
    handle:    "nm2522077"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "ناجارو تانيجاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaru_Tanigawa"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaru_Tanigawa"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanigawa_Nagaru"
    title: "Tanigawa Nagaru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaru_Tanigawa"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "ناگار تانیگاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaru_Tanigawa"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaru_Tanigawa"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%B7%E5%B7%9D%E6%B5%81"
    title: "谷川流"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "타니가와 나가루"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaru_Tanigava"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaru_Tanigawa"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaru_Tanigawara"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigawara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83"
    title: "Танигава, Нагару"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaru_Tanigawa"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D2%91%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D2%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83"
    title: "Таніґава Наґару"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "谷川流"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3701992"
    title: "Nagaru Tanigawa"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump