Here is an example from a search I did on Donald Keene. I typed in just the katakana for his family name キーン
From this brief screen I can see his name in katakana and hiragana. Male. Deceased. He was a Japanese literature specialist and professor at Columbia University. His main field was the arts.
And if I click on his name I will get a full listing.
It is also possible to do a search by using the different categories. For example, you could look for all the literary authors who were born in Hokkaido.
