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is a Japanese novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker. Murakami's novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war set against the dark backdrop of Japan. His most well known novels are ''Almost Transparent Blue'', ''Coin Locker Babies'' and ''In the Miso Soup''. ==Biography== He was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki on February 19, 1952. The name ''Ryūnosuke'' was taken from the main character in ''Daibosatsu-tōge'', a piece of fiction by Nakazato Kaizan (1885–1944). He attended primary, middle and senior high school in Sasebo. While a student in senior high, Murakami helped form a rock band called Coelacanth, in which he was the drummer.〔http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/almost-transparent-blue-ryu-murakami/1101133064?ean=9780870114694〕 After the band’s breakup, he went on to join the rugby club, which he found especially grueling. He soon left the rugby club and transferred to the school’s newspaper department. In the summer of his third year in senior high, Murakami and his colleagues barricaded the rooftop of his high school and he was placed under house arrest for three months. During this time, he had an encounter with the hippie culture which influenced him greatly. Murakami graduated from high school in 1970, around which time he went on to form yet another rock band and produce 8-millimeter indie films.〔http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/05a447e8-263e-11e3-8ef6-00144feab7de.html〕 Murakami went to Tokyo and enrolled in the silkscreen department in Gendaishichosha School of Art, but dropped out halfway through the year. In October 1972, he moved to Fussa near the base of the U.S. Air Force and was accepted into the Musashino Art University in the sculpture program. In the early 1990s, Murakami devoted himself to Cuban music. He introduced it to Japan and produced the concerts of Cuban musicians in Japan. Then he established his label, Murakami's in Sony Music. Murakami started the e-mail magazine ''JMM'' (Japan Mail Media) in 1999. He serves as the chief editor. Since 2006 he has hosted a TV talk show on business and finance called ''Kanburia Kyuden'' which is broadcast on TV Tokyo.〔(Cambria Kyūden: TV Tokyo )〕 The co-host is Eiko Koike. In the same year, Murakami began a video streaming service, RVR (Ryu's Video Report). Murakami established the company to sell and produce eBooks on November 5, 2010. 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「Ryū Murakami」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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