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is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer. His works have sold more than 20 million copies in Japan spread across more than 280 titles. He is published in a variety of formats including feature films, television shows, movies and comic books. His works are influenced by outdoor interests such as fishing, particularly Ayu fishing, mountain climbing, canoeing as well as Manga, Photography, pottery, art, calligraphy, Martial Arts. He has published a number of photo collections of his journeys through Nepalese mountains. He is best known for writing ''Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi'' (The Lion that Ate the Crescent Moon), which won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award. He also has written film scripts, including the one to ''Onmyoji''. One of his popular martial arts serials that has been adapted into manga is "Garouden "餓狼伝"(legend of the hungry wolf), known in the west as "The legend of the fighting wolves" that has also two videogames to date. He's been nicknamed "The artisan of violence" due to one of his popular martial arts novel series "Shishi no mon" (獅子の門 Gate of fierce lions) and currently in 2014 he's working the scripts of a manga series "Shin Garouden" with renown manga artist Masami Nobe He is also a past president of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. ==Early life== * 1951: Born on January 1 in Odawara-shi * 1973: Graduated with a degree in Japanese Literature from Tokai University * 1975: Visited Nepal for the first time * 1977: His first works were published in the science fiction coterie magazines ''Neo Null'' curated by Yasutaka Tsutsui and ''Uchūjin'' curated by Takumi Shibano. A typographic experiment story titled ''Kaeru no Shi'', dubbed as "Typografiction", was published in ''Neo Null'' and received a great deal of attention within the industry. It was reprinted in the science fiction magazine ''Kisou Tengai'', which became his first appearance in commercial magazine. He followed this success by releasing the novella ''Kyojin Den'' and enjoyed enough success to become a full-time author. * 1979: From the Shueisha Cobalt Collection, ''Nekohiki no Oruorane'' was published as his first stand alone title. * 1981: Futabasha Corporation published ''Genjū Henge'', his first full-length novel. * 1982: The first volume of the Kimaira Kou Series, ''Genjū Shōnen Kimaira'', was published by Asahi Sonorama Paperbacks. Cover and illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano. * 1984: The ''Majūgari'' trilogy was published by Shodensha. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baku Yumemakura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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