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is a Japanese science fiction light novel, manga and anime creator. He spent ages four to nine of his childhood in Singapore and ages 10 to 14 in Nepal. In Nepal, Ubukata maintained his Japanese heritage and language abilities; he read dictionaries to keep in touch with his native tongue. This led to success immediately following his high school years, when he received several writer's awards.〔 Formerly a student of Waseda University's school of political economics, his works include ''Le Chevalier D'Eon'', ''Mardock Scramble'', ''Heroic Age'' (series composition), ''Pilgrim Jäger'', ''Sōkyū no Fafner'' and ''Ghost in the Shell: Arise''. His other written works include ''Bye Bye Earth'', ''Madoromi no Sefiroto'' (The Sleeping Sephiroth), ''Storm Bring World'' and his debut book, ''Kuroi Kisetsu'' (The Black Season). Planned works include ''Shinjuu Kari'' (Hunt for the Divine Beasts) and ''Kurakami Taiheiki'' (Record of the Kurakami Tranquility) (title ). An internationally known work is his novel ''Chaos Legion'', the basis for Capcom's video game of the same title. The series spans seven novels. Hoping to become a novelist, he took part in the Kadokawa Shoten Sneaker competition after graduating from high school, and won. After that, he enrolled in Waseda University, and then entered the world of game production. He fulfilled his dream of making manga, by teaming up with illustrator Mami Itou. At this time, he was already planning ''Mardock Scramble''. He also published the ultra-thick novel ''Bye Bye, Earth'' before leaving the university without completing his degree. Ubukata writes for the Japanese visual culture magazine NewType. His serialized segments, called "A Gambler's Life", are comedic, often-satiric expository pieces. They chronicle his day-to-day experiences and interactions with people, such as his wife. In these segments, he dubs himself "The Kamikazi Wordsmith." These segments were also published in the American counterpart, NewType USA, which is now discontinued.〔 Tow Ubukata won the 24th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2003. Ubukata has written the novelization and the script for the manga version of ''Le Chevalier D'Eon'', and has contributed to the screenplay and the overall story plot of the animated version.〔 ==References== 〔 〔''Newtype USA''. .〕 〔Miya, Shotaro ''et al''. "Le Chevalier D'Eon". ''Newtype USA''. 6 (1) pp. 52-53. . .〕 〔Ubukata, Tow. "Taking on a TV interview". ''Newtype USA''. 6 (7) p. 30. . .〕 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「Tow Ubukata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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