Yūichi Suzumoto (涼元 悠一, Suzumoto Yūichi; born January 13, 1969) is a male Japanese novelist originally from Shimizu-ku…
Yūichi Suzumoto (涼元 悠一, Suzumoto Yūichi; born January 13, 1969) is a male Japanese novelist originally from Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan, though he now lives in Osaka, Japan. As of 2006, he works for Aquaplus, known for being the publishing company of Leaf. Before going to Leaf, Suzumoto worked at the publishing company VisualArt's as a scenario writer for brands under the company. He is notable for having had a hand in the production of three Key visual novels: Air, Clannad, and Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet.
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Kōshun Takami (高見 広春, Takami Kōshun; born 10 January 1969) is a Japanese author and journalist. He is best known for…
Kōshun Takami (高見 広春, Takami Kōshun; born 10 January 1969) is a Japanese author and journalist. He is best known for his 1999 novel Battle Royale, which was later adapted into two live-action films, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and four manga series. Takami was born on 10 January 1969 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture near Osaka and grew up in the Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out of Nihon University's liberal arts correspondence course program. From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics. Kōshun Takami was born Hiroharu Takami (高見宏治, Takami Hiroharu). His new given name is a play on word on his original one. Hiroharu is a homophone of ''large spring''. The author then adopted the kanjis 広春 (large spring) and used their on'yomi pronunciation to form his new name: Kōshun. Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. It was rejected in the final round of the 1997 literary competition Japan Grand Prix Horror Novel, due to its controversial content depicting Junior High School children forced to kill one another. When finally published in April 1999, it went on to become a bestseller, and only a year later was made into both a manga and a feature film. The novel was translated into English by Yuji Oniki and published by Viz Media in 2003. An expanded English edition was later published by Haika Soru, a division of Viz Media, in 2009. The first manga also began being released in English in 2003, by Tokyopop, with the last volume published in 2006. As well as being critically acclaimed, the Battle Royale series has become infamous not only in Japan, but around the world and has earned cult status. Since Battle Royale, Takami has not released any work.
Kouhei Kadono (上遠野 浩平, Kadono Kōhei; born December 12, 1968) is a Japanese author, best known for the Boogiepop series…
Kouhei Kadono (上遠野 浩平, Kadono Kōhei; born December 12, 1968) is a Japanese author, best known for the Boogiepop series which has received multiple manga adaptations, a live action film, and two television anime.
Kazuki Kaneshiro (金城 一紀, Kaneshiro Kazuki; born 29 October 1968) is a Zainichi Korean novelist who was born in…
Kazuki Kaneshiro (金城 一紀, Kaneshiro Kazuki; born 29 October 1968) is a Zainichi Korean novelist who was born in Kawaguchi, Saitama. Later in his life he acquired Japanese citizenship. Due to early influence from his Marxist-Leninist father, he studied at the Chongryon-affiliated elementary school and middle school. Afterwards his father switched his affiliation for Mindan, he instead studied at Hozen High School (保善高等学校) in Tokyo Shibuya. He graduated in Law at Keio University. With the strong confusions with Chongryon, Mindan, and Japanese politics he wanted to promote an alternative "Korean-Japanese" (コリアン・ジャパニーズ) identity to overcome social obstacles, but later he abandoned this concept.
Kazushige Abe (阿部 和重, Abe Kazushige; born September 23, 1968 in Higashine, Yamagata) is a contemporary Japanese writer.
Shūichi Yoshida (吉田 修一, Yoshida Shūichi; born 14 September 1968) is a Japanese novelist.
Aya Sugimoto (杉本 彩, Sugimoto Aya; born July 19, 1968) is a Japanese TV personality, actress, dancer, author, gravure…
Aya Sugimoto (杉本 彩, Sugimoto Aya; born July 19, 1968) is a Japanese TV personality, actress, dancer, author, gravure idol and singer born in Kyoto. She also had a J-pop career in the late 1980s to the early 1990s.
Hideyuki Kurata (倉田 英之, Kurata Hideyuki; born July 9, 1968 in Ibara, Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese anime…
Hideyuki Kurata (倉田 英之, Kurata Hideyuki; born July 9, 1968 in Ibara, Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese anime screenwriter, light novelist, and manga artist, noted for authoring the series composition of such works as Read or Die, Now and Then, Here and There, Kamichu!, and Gun Sword. He has been a member of Yōsuke Kuroda's creative group Studio Orphee since 2003, and has collaborated with Kuroda on many series, including Hellsing Ultimate, Drifters, and Goblin Slayer.
Megumu Sagisawa (鷺沢萠; 20 June 1968 – 11 April 2004) was the pen name of Japanese novelist and writer Megumi Matsuo…
Megumu Sagisawa (鷺沢萠; 20 June 1968 – 11 April 2004) was the pen name of Japanese novelist and writer Megumi Matsuo (松尾めぐみ). Her works of fiction have been described as focusing on topics such as complex interpersonal relationships and the anxieties of the youth. Sagisawa published her debut novel Kawaberi no michi (川べりの道, The Path by the River) in 1987, for which she became the youngest person to win the Bungakukai Prize for New Authors. She later won the 1992 Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature for Kakeru shōnen (駆ける少年, The Running Boy) and became a five-time nominee for the Akutagawa Prize.
Kagaya Yutaka (かがやゆたか; born 1968 in Saitama) is a Japanese digital artist, illustrator and photographer who is known…
Kagaya Yutaka (かがやゆたか; born 1968 in Saitama) is a Japanese digital artist, illustrator and photographer who is known for painting elaborately detailed and spectacularly colored images of space and utopian worlds.
Yōsuke Kuroda (Japanese: 黒田 洋介, Hepburn: Kuroda Yōsuke; born 29 March 1968) is a Japanese anime screenwriter from Mie…
Yōsuke Kuroda (Japanese: 黒田 洋介, Hepburn: Kuroda Yōsuke; born 29 March 1968) is a Japanese anime screenwriter from Mie Prefecture, Japan. He has his own studio, Studio Orphee. Kuroda is noted for his work on authoring the scenario, screenplay, and story composition of the anime series Excel Saga, Please Teacher! and its sequel Please Twins!, Honey and Clover, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and numerous others. In 2003, Kuroda won the Individual Award at the 8th Animation Kobe event. He has collaborated with fellow screenwriter and novelist Hideyuki Kurata on multiple series, including Goblin Slayer, Hellsing Ultimate, and Drifters.
Ichirō Ōkouchi (大河内 一楼, Ōkouchi Ichirō; born 28 March 1968) is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. He is a graduate…
Ichirō Ōkouchi (大河内 一楼, Ōkouchi Ichirō; born 28 March 1968) is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. He is a graduate of the School of Human Sciences in Waseda University. Ōkouchi is best known for collaborating with director Gorō Taniguchi for composing the story and script of the Sunrise original production, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion in 2006 and its sequel Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 in 2008.
Toshiaki Takemoto (嶽本 稔明, Takemoto Toshiaki), known professionally as Novala Takemoto (嶽本 野ばら, Takemoto Nobara), is a…
Toshiaki Takemoto (嶽本 稔明, Takemoto Toshiaki), known professionally as Novala Takemoto (嶽本 野ばら, Takemoto Nobara), is a Japanese author, and fashion designer.
Hideaki Sena, Ph.D. (瀬名 秀明, Sena Hideaki; born January 17, 1968 in Shizuoka City) is a Japanese pharmacologist and…
Hideaki Sena, Ph.D. (瀬名 秀明, Sena Hideaki; born January 17, 1968 in Shizuoka City) is a Japanese pharmacologist and novelist. Sena was a graduate student at Tohoku University when he wrote his prizewinning debut novel, Parasite Eve.
Yoshimasa Ishibashi (石橋義正, Ishibashi Yoshimasa; born 1968) is a Japanese video, experimental film and performance…
Yoshimasa Ishibashi (石橋義正, Ishibashi Yoshimasa; born 1968) is a Japanese video, experimental film and performance artist based in Kyoto, Japan and the leader of the Kyupi Kyupi artist collective, founded in 1996. He has directed work for both art museums, including Kyupi Kyupi performances at the Palais de Tokyo and Tate Modern in 2003, and commercial television and film, his most famous creation being the Fuccons, a family of mannequins who first appeared in Vermilion Pleasure Night in 2000 and since in their own program Oh! Mikey and its spin-offs.
Mariko Kawana (Japanese: 川奈まり子, Hepburn: Kawana Mariko) (born November 9, 1967) began the most notable phase of her…
Mariko Kawana (Japanese: 川奈まり子, Hepburn: Kawana Mariko) (born November 9, 1967) began the most notable phase of her life as a Japanese model and actress who has appeared in softcore pink film and V-Cinema, and who has also been a hardcore adult video (AV) performer and director. She was one of the earliest AV actresses in the "mature woman" or "madame" (jukujo) category of performers. She is now retired as an actress and has returned to her pre-acting career as a writer.
Koji Yanagi (柳広司, Yanagi Kōji; born September 20, 1967) is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller. He is a member of…
Koji Yanagi (柳広司, Yanagi Kōji; born September 20, 1967) is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
Aoi Nanase (七瀬 葵, Nanase Aoi) is a Japanese manga artist.
Mitsuyo Kakuta (角田 光代, Kakuta Mitsuyo, born 8 March 1967) is a Japanese author born in Yokohama. She has been engaged…
Mitsuyo Kakuta (角田 光代, Kakuta Mitsuyo, born 8 March 1967) is a Japanese author born in Yokohama. She has been engaged in translating into modern Japanese the 11th-century proto-novel The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部).
Naoyuki Tomomatsu (友松 直之, Tomomatsu Naoyuki) (born 1967) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter who has worked in…
Naoyuki Tomomatsu (友松 直之, Tomomatsu Naoyuki) (born 1967) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter who has worked in the pink film and horror genres.
Akira Morikawa (森川亮, Morikawa Akira; born 13 January 1969) is the current president of NHN Corporation. Morikawa joined…
Akira Morikawa (森川亮, Morikawa Akira; born 13 January 1969) is the current president of NHN Corporation. Morikawa joined Nippon Television Network Corporation after graduating from the University of Tsukuba in 1989. While serving for the systems division at the TV firm, he got involved in a wide range of media businesses from online advertising and video distribution, mobile service, international broadcast, to BS digital broadcast. Received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Aoyama Gakuin University in 1999. Joined Sony Corp. in 2000, where he was in charge of new mobile content and broadband businesses and was responsible for overall content business, including business/service planning and sales. Joined Hangame Japan (predecessor of NHN Japan) in 2003, where he served as general manager overseeing overall gaming business and then as director, before becoming vice president in October 2006. Appointed president in October 2007 and doubled as president of newly established Naver Japan the following month. Remained president of NHN Japan after the company, Naver Japan and Livedoor Co. merged to form the NHN Japan group in January 2012.
Nobori Kiuchi (木内 昇, Kiuchi Nobori) is a Japanese writer of historical fiction. She has won the Shibata Renzaburo…
Nobori Kiuchi (木内 昇, Kiuchi Nobori) is a Japanese writer of historical fiction. She has won the Shibata Renzaburo Prize, the Chūōkōron Literary Prize, and the Naoki Prize.
Miwa Yanagi (やなぎみわ, Yanagi Miwa) is a Japanese photographic artist who examines self-image and stereotypes of women in…
Miwa Yanagi (やなぎみわ, Yanagi Miwa) is a Japanese photographic artist who examines self-image and stereotypes of women in contemporary Japanese society. Yanagi was discovered by conceptual photographer Yasumasa Morimura, who noticed some of her work while borrowing her house as a set for a separate project.
Katsuhito Ishii (石井 克人, Ishii Katsuhito; born 31 December 1966) is a Japanese film director best known for directing…
Katsuhito Ishii (石井 克人, Ishii Katsuhito; born 31 December 1966) is a Japanese film director best known for directing The Taste of Tea (2004), Funky Forest (2005), and Smuggler (2011).
Akiko Itoyama (絲山秋子, Itoyama Akiko; born November 22, 1966) is a Japanese novelist. She has won the Akutagawa Prize…
Akiko Itoyama (絲山秋子, Itoyama Akiko; born November 22, 1966) is a Japanese novelist. She has won the Akutagawa Prize, the Kawabata Yasunari Prize, and the Tanizaki Prize, and her work has been adapted for film.
Fumio Takano (高野 史緒, Takano Fumio) is a Japanese writer from Ibaraki Prefecture. Her work has won the 58th Edogawa…
Fumio Takano (高野 史緒, Takano Fumio) is a Japanese writer from Ibaraki Prefecture. Her work has won the 58th Edogawa Rampo Prize and she was a finalist for the 6th Japan Fantasy Novel Award. She won the 55th Seiun Award for Best Japanese Long Work for her novel Graf Zeppelin: The Airship of That Summer, which was also a finalist for the Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Atsushi Sakahara (阪原 淳, Sakahara Atsushi; born 27 August 1966 in Kyoto) is a film director, writer, and producer. He…
Atsushi Sakahara (阪原 淳, Sakahara Atsushi; born 27 August 1966 in Kyoto) is a film director, writer, and producer. He now teaches at Kyoto Seika University and graduate program at Osaka City University. He is a former advertising executive at Dentsu inc who survived the 1995 sarin gas attacks in Tokyo, which led to his later film work. He produced the 2001 Short Film Palme d'Or winning Bean Cake, directed by David Greenspan. He directed a short film, Don't Call Me Father. in 2012. One of producers for the film was Paul Milgrom, who won Nobel Prize in Economics in 2020. In 2015 he began to work on what would become Me and the Cult Leader, a film following his pursuit of truth and justice by talking and travelling with current Aleph executive Araki Hiroshi. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering at Utsunomiya University's school of regional development and creativity. He is also known as an inventor of the SA method, which is a unique idea-generation technique and application. He is a member of The Japan P.E.N Club. Olivia Rosenthal, a French novelist interviewed him in 2018 and released a novel based on it in 2022. He co-founded LOGIGLISH Inc.., a language education company, with Kaho Fujikawa, his student at Osaka Metropolitan University. He founded Sarin Gas Attack Victims Association in 2022 for his experience that he was anti-democratically not allowed to join Tokyo Subway Sarin Gas Attack Victims Association represented by a widow without any particular reasons and list Japan National Police Agency in 2023.
Masayoshi Toyoda (豊田 正義, Toyoda Masayoshi; born 1966) is a Japanese journalist and writer. In 1995, he also became the…
Masayoshi Toyoda (豊田 正義, Toyoda Masayoshi; born 1966) is a Japanese journalist and writer. In 1995, he also became the founder of the Japanese men's liberation organization Men's Lib Tokyo. After his graduation from Waseda University, he went to New York City and worked as a reporter. He wrote books about domestic violence and child abuse in Japan. He leads men's liberation in Tokyo now. Toyoda also complained about the "Yellow cab" controversy. He wrote a book about serial killer Futoshi Matsunaga and his common-law wife Junko Ogata because their relationships seemed to be domestic violence.
Hiroyuki Utatane (うたたね ひろゆき, Utatane Hiroyuki) is a Japanese manga artist and anime director. His wife is manga artist…
Hiroyuki Utatane (うたたね ひろゆき, Utatane Hiroyuki) is a Japanese manga artist and anime director. His wife is manga artist Ryō Ramiya. Born 15 June 1966 in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, Utatane began his career with adult works such as Countdown. In the 1990s he worked on Sailor Moon S. His more recent works have been seinen works such as Seraphic Feather and Heaven's Prison, though he continues to release some adult works as well.
Tamaki Daido (大道 珠貴, Daidō Tamaki; born 1966) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Kyushu Arts Festival Literary…
Tamaki Daido (大道 珠貴, Daidō Tamaki; born 1966) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Kyushu Arts Festival Literary Prize, the Bunkamura Deux Magots Literary Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.
Kenji Ohtsuki (大槻 ケンヂ, 大槻 賢二, Ōtsuki Kenji; born February 6, 1966 in Nakano, Tokyo) is a Japanese rock musician and…
Kenji Ohtsuki (大槻 ケンヂ, 大槻 賢二, Ōtsuki Kenji; born February 6, 1966 in Nakano, Tokyo) is a Japanese rock musician and Seiun Award-winning writer. His musical career began in the late 1970s. He is the vocalist of Kinniku Shōjo Tai, Tokusatsu, Underground Searchlie and Karate Bakabon. The lyrics of a Kinniku Shōjo Tai's song "Doko e demo Ikeru Kitte" affected the character design of Rei Ayanami, from the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. He's also performed the theme songs to several anime, including Welcome to the N.H.K., Hellsing and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
Yūko Tsuno (Japanese 津野 裕子; Kana, つの ゆうこ; born February 5, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist and doujinshi writer. Her…
Yūko Tsuno (Japanese 津野 裕子; Kana, つの ゆうこ; born February 5, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist and doujinshi writer. Her comics, all very short, self-contained works ranging from five to twenty pages, are surreal and dramatic. Yūko Tsuno was born February 5, 1966, Takaoka, Toyama, Japan. Tsuno published her first work in 1986 in the May issue of the avant-garde manga magazine, Garo with the six-page short story Reizōko (冷蔵庫). This comic is about a person whose deceased sister is locked in a refrigerator. Shortly after her debut came out, she received offers from mainstream magazines but turned them down, sticking with underground comix. Tsuno creates manga with the attitude of drawing it for herself and not for an audience. By the time Garo was discontinued in 2002, Tsuno had published around 70 other short stories. Seirindō, Garo's publisher, published some of them in three anthologies: Delicious (デリシャス, Derishasu, 1988), Amemiya Seppyō (雨宮雪氷, 1994), and Rinpun Kusuri (鱗粉薬, 2000). In 2000, Tsuno's short story "Swing Shell" (スイングシェル, Suingu Sheru) was published in the English-language anthology Secret Comics Japan, which was intended to provide an overview of the alternative comics scene. After the end of Garo, there were no further releases for a few years. Finally, in 2008, a manga was created for the magazine AX. Tsuno resides in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, and works in a graphic design studio.
Kiyotaka Tsurisaki (釣崎 清隆, born 1966 in Toyama Prefecture) is a Japanese photographer who specializes in photographing…
Kiyotaka Tsurisaki (釣崎 清隆, born 1966 in Toyama Prefecture) is a Japanese photographer who specializes in photographing dead bodies. After graduation from Keio University, he worked as an adult video director and became a dead body photographer in 1994. He has taken pictures in Thailand, Colombia, Russia, Palestine, India, Mexico, Ukraine, Japan, Brazil, Philippines, Israel, France and elsewhere.
Toshinari Masuda (増田 俊也, born November 8, 1965) is a Japanese novelist, critic, and visiting professor of Nagoya…
Toshinari Masuda (増田 俊也, born November 8, 1965) is a Japanese novelist, critic, and visiting professor of Nagoya University of Arts. After winning the Grand Prize for the This mystery is great! Award in 2006, he started expanding his work into other genres such as nonfiction, essays, and criticism. Later, he won the Sōichi Ōya Nonfiction Award for his work, Why Masahiko Kimura Didn't Kill Rikidozan.
Shinji Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口 真嗣, Hepburn: Higuchi Shinji; born September 22, 1965) is a Japanese filmmaker. Known for…
Shinji Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口 真嗣, Hepburn: Higuchi Shinji; born September 22, 1965) is a Japanese filmmaker. Known for his tokusatsu blockbusters, Higuchi is considered one of Japan's leading filmmakers of the 21st century. Higuchi became known for his work on Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, for which he won the Special Technology Award at the 19th Japan Academy Film Prize. In 2005, he made his feature directorial debut on Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean. His second feature film, Sinking of Japan (2006), was second place at the Bunshun Kiichigo Awards. His 2015 live-action two-part film adaptation of Hajime Isayama's manga series, Attack on Titan, won the Excellence in Theatrical Live Action Film award at the 2016 VFX-JAPAN Awards. In 2017, Higuchi and Hideaki Anno won the Director of the Year award at the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize for their work on the 2016 kaiju film Shin Godzilla. His 2022 film, Shin Ultraman, was a major success in Japan, and has received generally positive reviews from critics internationally.
Chica Umino (羽海野 チカ, Umino Chika; born August 30, 1965) is the pen name of a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist…
Chica Umino (羽海野 チカ, Umino Chika; born August 30, 1965) is the pen name of a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist, designer and illustrator. Umino is noted for being the author and creator of the Honey and Clover series, for which she received the Kodansha Manga Award in 2003, and which has been adapted into an anime series, produced by J.C.Staff.
Tomoyuki Hoshino (星野 智幸, Hoshino Tomoyuki; born July 13, 1965) is a Japanese writer. He has won the Bungei Prize, the…
Tomoyuki Hoshino (星野 智幸, Hoshino Tomoyuki; born July 13, 1965) is a Japanese writer. He has won the Bungei Prize, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Ōe Kenzaburō Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Tanizaki Prize.
Risa Kimura (木村 理沙, Kimura Risa; born July 9, 1965), better known by her pen name Yun Kōga (高河 ゆん, Kōga Yun) is a…
Risa Kimura (木村 理沙, Kimura Risa; born July 9, 1965), better known by her pen name Yun Kōga (高河 ゆん, Kōga Yun) is a Japanese manga artist. She is married to fellow manga artist Tatsuneko, from whom he took the name of Risa Yamada (山田 理沙, Yamada Risa). She is a graduate of Mita Senior High School, Tokyo. She currently lives in Setagaya, Tokyo with her husband and daughter.
Hikari Ōta (太田 光, Ōta Hikari; born May 13, 1965) is a Japanese television comedian. He is best known as one half of the…
Hikari Ōta (太田 光, Ōta Hikari; born May 13, 1965) is a Japanese television comedian. He is best known as one half of the owarai duo Bakushō Mondai alongside Yūji Tanaka, where he performs the role of boke. He was born in Kamifukuoka, Saitama.
Nobuo Matsubara (Japanese:松原伸生, Matsubara Nobuo, born June 14 1965) is a Japanese textile artist who specializes in…
Nobuo Matsubara (Japanese:松原伸生, Matsubara Nobuo, born June 14 1965) is a Japanese textile artist who specializes in dying kimonos using the Nagaita-Chugata technique of resist dyeing.
Satoru Akahori (あかほり さとる, Akahori Satoru; born 赤堀 悟) is a Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author. He is known…
Satoru Akahori (あかほり さとる, Akahori Satoru; born 赤堀 悟) is a Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author. He is known for NG Knight Ramune & 40 and the Sorcerer Hunters series. His other works include Saber Marionette and Sakura Wars, which come in anime, novel and manga forms.
Toshihito Bandō (坂東 齢人; born February 18, 1965), known by his pen name Hase Seishū (馳 星周), is a Japanese novelist known…
Toshihito Bandō (坂東 齢人; born February 18, 1965), known by his pen name Hase Seishū (馳 星周), is a Japanese novelist known for his Yakuza crime novels. His pen name is based on the Chinese name of Hong Kong filmmaker Stephen Chow, Chow Sing-chi (周星馳), written backwards and rendered in Japanese.
Iehiro Tokugawa (Shinjitai: 徳川家広, Kyūjitai: 德川家廣, Tokugawa Iehiro; born 7 February 1965) is a Japanese author and…
Iehiro Tokugawa (Shinjitai: 徳川家広, Kyūjitai: 德川家廣, Tokugawa Iehiro; born 7 February 1965) is a Japanese author and translator who is the 19th generation and current head of the main House of Tokugawa. His great-great-grandfather was the famed Matsudaira Katamori of Aizu, and his maternal great-great-grandfather was Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of the House of Tokugawa.
Ippongi Bang (一本木 蛮, Ippongi Ban; born January 4, 1965) is a multimedia and manga artist. She has been called "one of…
Ippongi Bang (一本木 蛮, Ippongi Ban; born January 4, 1965) is a multimedia and manga artist. She has been called "one of the most well-known manga artists in America in the mid-1990s."
Kenji Yanobe (ヤノベケンジ Yanobe Kenji) is a Japanese contemporary artist known for his upbeat yet dystopian artwork. His…
Kenji Yanobe (ヤノベケンジ Yanobe Kenji) is a Japanese contemporary artist known for his upbeat yet dystopian artwork. His sculpture simulates consumer products designed for survival after a nuclear holocaust. He is a professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. He is also the director of Ultra Factory there. He was born in Ibaraki City, Osaka. After graduating from high school, he studied at Kyoto City University of Arts in 1989, majoring in sculpture. After studying at the Royal College of Art in England for a short time, he completed the Graduate School of Kyoto City University of Arts in 1991.
Misumi Kubo (窪 美澄, Kubo Misumi; born 1956) is a Japanese writer. She has won the R-18 Literary Award, the Yamamoto…
Misumi Kubo (窪 美澄, Kubo Misumi; born 1956) is a Japanese writer. She has won the R-18 Literary Award, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, the Yamada Fūtarō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television, including the 2012 film The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky.
Shimako Iwai (岩井 志麻子, Iwai Shimako; born 5 December 1964) is a Japanese writer, tarento, and pornographic director.…
Shimako Iwai (岩井 志麻子, Iwai Shimako; born 5 December 1964) is a Japanese writer, tarento, and pornographic director. From June 2009 she is represented with Horipro. She serves as a regular commentator in the Tokyo MX series 5-Ji ni Muchū!
Kazuaki Takano (高野 和明, Takano Kazuaki; born October 26, 1964) is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thrillers. He…
Kazuaki Takano (高野 和明, Takano Kazuaki; born October 26, 1964) is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thrillers. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan. He worked for a time under the Japanese film director Kihachi Okamoto in his youth. After that he studied film at Los Angeles City College from 1989 to 1991. His first novel Jūsan Kaidan (literally "Thirteen Steps", 2001) is a crime fiction novel which deals with the Japanese capital punishment system.
Sayuri Ueda (上田早夕里, Ueda Sayuri; born October 26, 1964) is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer. VIZ…
Sayuri Ueda (上田早夕里, Ueda Sayuri; born October 26, 1964) is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer. VIZ Productions is developing a feature film based on her short story "The Street of Fruiting Bodies."
Nanae Kumagai (熊谷 奈苗, Kumagai Nanae; born 1964), known by her pen name Riku Onda (恩田 陸, Onda Riku), is a Japanese…
Nanae Kumagai (熊谷 奈苗, Kumagai Nanae; born 1964), known by her pen name Riku Onda (恩田 陸, Onda Riku), is a Japanese writer. Onda has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television.