Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo is a Japanese tidying expert, author and Netflix host whose KonMari Method helps people choose what sparks joy at home and in everyday life.
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- Work
- Tidying expert, author, television host and KonMari founder
- Started
- Began consulting at 19 while a university student in Tokyo
- Breakout
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, followed by her 2019 Netflix series
Mini bio
How it started.
Marie’s interest in organizing began with her mother’s homemaking magazines when she was five. As a 19-year-old university student in Tokyo, she turned that fascination into a tidying consultancy. Her KonMari Method grew around choosing the belongings people want to keep because they bring joy.
From books to living rooms.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up reached English-language readers in 2014 and became a number-one New York Times bestseller. Her Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo followed in 2019, bringing her approach to families navigating changes in their lives.
Beyond the wardrobe.
Sparking Joy took her approach into the balance between work, home and relationships in 2021. She was an executive producer of the series, which won a Daytime Emmy in 2022. Her later books include Letter from Japan, about the cultural traditions behind her philosophy, and Whispering Rooms, a fiction collaboration with Genki Kawamura.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2026Whispering RoomsCo-author with Genki Kawamura
- 2025Letter from JapanAuthor
- 2014The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpAuthor, English edition
Television
- 2021Sparking JoyStar and executive producer
- 2019Tidying Up with Marie KondoHost
Awards
Quotes
The question of what you own is actually the question of how you want to live.Marie Kondo, official KonMari website
A guiding thought featured on her website alongside her approach to tidying.
Trivia
- Her grandmother Noriko helped inspire her care for the home and the things in it.
- As a child, she spent more time organizing her dolls than playing with them.
- She told 20 Minutes she loves floral patterns and the Japanese character Chiikawa.
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