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Ichigo Takano

Ichigo Takano is a Japanese comic strip author. She is mainly known for being the author of the manga Orange.
Associated names : 高野苺

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Arata Kanoh

Japanese & Chinese: 加納新太
Chinese: 加纳新太

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Albert L. Lehninger

Albert Lester Lehninger

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Yukiya Shōji (小路幸也) made his debut as a writer by winning the 2002 Mephisto Award for Sora o miageru furui uta o kuchizusamu (Singing an Old Song about Looking Up at the Sky). Among his many works published since then are the Tokyo bandowagon (Tokyo Bandwagon) series, Cow House, and Hanasaki kōji yonchōme no seijin (The Holy Man of Hanasaki Street). He works at the entertainment end of the literary spectrum, in genres ranging from family novels to mysteries.

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Akira Hagio

Name native language: 萩尾彬

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Ryo Asai

Ryo Asai (朝井リョウ ) began creating picture books at the age of six and writing stories while still in grade school; soon he was submitting manuscripts to new-writer contests as he dreamed of publishing a book of his own. He made his literary debut as a student at Waseda University, when his novel Kirishima, bukatsu yamerutte yo (Kirishima Says He's Quitting the Team) took the 2009 Shosetsu Subaru New Writers' Award. He has kept up a constant stream of publications since his debut. When his novel Nanimono (Somebody) was awarded the Naoki Prize for the second half of 2012, he was only 23, making him the youngest male author to have ever won the award. His other works include Chia danshi!! (Guy Cheerleaders!!), Mo ichido umareru (To Be Born Over

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Ulf Stark

Ulf Gottfrid Stark was a Swedish author and screenwriter (he adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen).

Stark collaborated with the illustrators Anna Höglund and Mati Lepp.

From 1989 to 1998 he was an elected member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books Svenska barnboksakademin. In 1998 he received the Nordic Children's Book Prize.

Stark was born and grew up in Stureby, Stockholm Municipality, which place features in several of his books. Stark's interest in writing started early; during his time at secondary school he was introduced to writing by his classmate Peter Curman, and in 1964 he wrote his first poetry Ett hål till livet. Following this, Stark's interest i

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Sōsuke Natsukawa

Kanji Name: 夏川草介.

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Jennifer McCartney

Jennifer McCartney is a New York Times bestselling author. She is the author of numerous books including The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy, the novel Afloat; Cocktails for Drinkers; The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place; and Poetry from Scratch. Her writing has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and appeared in The Atlantic, Vice Magazine, Teen Vogue, Curbed, Globe and Mail, and Publishers Weekly, among other publications. Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Junya Nakamura

中村ジュンヤ

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Yukiko Seike

Japanese name: 清家雪子

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Honobu Yonezawa

Honobu Yonezawa (米澤穂信), Yonezawa Honobu, born 1978) loved making up stories even as a child and began writing fiction at the age of 14. By the time he got to university he was posting stories on his own website. After graduation he continued writing while working in a bookstore, and first got into print in 2001 when Hyoka (Ice Cream), a YA mystery novel he submitted for the Kadokawa School Novel Prize competition, earned an honorable mention. Sayonara yosei (Farewell, Sprite), a critically acclaimed story of the relationship between Japanese high-school boys and a girl from war-torn Yugoslavia, helped cement his reputation when it was published in 2004. Since then he has been a regular presence on lists of the year's best mysteries. Oreta r

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Mikihiko Renjō

Associated Names:
* Mikihiko Renjō

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Hitonari Tsuji

See 辻仁成

Hitonari Tsuji (辻仁成 Tsuji Hitonari) is a Japanese writer, composer, and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the name Jinsei Tsuji, an alternative reading of the Japanese writing of his name. He debuted as a writer in 1989. His films include Hotoke (ほとけ?) (2001) and Filament (フイラメント?) (2001).

Novels (Japanese Edition)

Pianissimo (1990)
Cloudy (1990)
Kai no Omochyabako (1991)
Tabibito no Ki (1992)
Fragile (1992)
Glasswool no Shiro (1993)
Hahanaru Nagi to Chichinaru Zika (1994)
Open house (1994)
Ai ha Pride yori tsuyoku (1995)
Passagio (1995)
Sabita Sekai no Guidebook (1995)
Newton no Ringo (1996)
Antinoise (1996)
Kyō no Kimochi (1996)
Kaikyō no Hikari (1997)
Ai no Kumen (1997)
Hakufutsu (1997)
Wild Flower (1998)
Sennenn Tabibito (1999)
Re

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Djamila Knopf

"Djamila is an independent artist and Schoolism instructor, based in Leipzig (Germany).

She creates illustrations that evoke a sense of wonder and nostalgia, and primarily focuses on personal projects. When you look at her work, you might catch a glimpse of the summers she spent strolling through the woods and fields around her grandparents' garden, and you might also see her love for Japanese animation.

If you want to be transported into a world where fantasy and reality blend into one another and that feels strange, yet familiar, you might enjoy her work. The scenes she's painting are the counterpart to our modern, hectic society: places of quiet contemplation, where nature prevails over concrete.

Art is her first love, but when she's not d

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Natsuko Imamura

See: 今村夏子

Natsuko Imamura is a Japanese writer. She has been nominated three times for the Akutagawa Prize, and won the prize in 2019. She has also won the Dazai Osamu Prize, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Kawai Hayao Story Prize, and the Noma Literary New Face Prize.

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Nanae Aoyama

青山七恵

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Riku Onda

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.

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Sugaru Miaki

Sugaru Miaki (三秋縋) is a Japanese writer. He was born in 1990 in Iwate Prefecture. He debuted in 2013 with Starting Over. He is also the author of Three Days of Happiness, Parasites in Love, and Your Story.

In March 2019, Your Story was nominated for the 40th Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Newcomer Award.

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Junji Ito

Junji Itō (Japanese: 伊藤潤二, Ito Junji) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his horror manga.
Ito was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1963. He was inspired to make art from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's horror comics. Until the early 1990s he worked as a dental technician, while making comics as a side job. By the time he turned into a full time mangaka, Ito was already an acclaimed horror artists.
His comics are celebrated for their finely depicted body horrors, while also retaining some elements of psychological horror and erotism.
Although he mostly produces short stories, Ito is best known for his longer comic series: Tomie (1987-2000), about a beautiful high school girl who inspires her

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Ranmaru Kotone

琴音らんまる
Après avoir reçu le prix d’encouragement lors du 21e Nouveau Talent de Ace, Ranmaru Kotone commence sa carrière. Elle adapte en manga La Traversée du Temps – Tokikake, The Night Is Short Walk on Girl, BLOOD-C, RDG Red Deta Girl.

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Masasumi Kakizaki

Kakizaki, Masasumi 柿崎正澄 is a Japanese mangaka.

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Makoto Shinkai

SHINKAI Makoto
Name (in native language): 新海誠
Associated Names:
СИНКАЙ Макото
Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Shinkai (新海誠 Shinkai Makoto?), born as Makoto Niitsu (新津誠 Niitsu Makoto?, February 9, 1973) is a Japanese director of anime and former graphic designer. A native of the Nagano Prefecture, Shinkai studied Japanese literature at Chuo University where he was a member of juvenile literature club where he drew picture books. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle school. His favorite anime is Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki. Shinkai has been called "The New Miyazaki" in several reviews including Anime Advocates and ActiveAnime, comparisons which he calls an "overestimation".

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Ichigo Takano

Ichigo Takano is a Japanese comic strip author. She is mainly known for being the author of the manga Orange.
Associated names : 高野苺

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Takashi Murakami

See also 村上たかし.

Librarian note: This is not the only author by this name in the database. See other authors with similar names.

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Yoshitoki Oima

See also: 大今良時

OIMA Yoshitoki: 大今良時
Associated Names:
Yoshitoki Ohima
Yoshitoki Ooima
Yoshitoki Ōima

Even though her one-shot Koe no Katachi won critical acclaim, it took a longsome law suit to get a magazine to publish it because of its socio-critical theme. Eventually, it was featured in the February edition of Bessatsu Shounen Magazin, where it placed first, and later in the 12th edition of the 2013 Weekly Shounen Magazine.

She has also collaborated with UBUKATA Tow for the manga adaption of his novel Mardock Scramble.

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Sugaru Miaki

Sugaru Miaki (三秋縋) is a Japanese writer. He was born in 1990 in Iwate Prefecture. He debuted in 2013 with Starting Over. He is also the author of Three Days of Happiness, Parasites in Love, and Your Story.

In March 2019, Your Story was nominated for the 40th Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Newcomer Award.

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Shouichi Taguchi

TAGUCHI Shōichi
Name (in native language): 田口囁一

Zodiac: Libra

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Kaori Ozaki

Kaori Ozaki (Japanese name: 尾崎かおり) is a professional comic artist and character designer. She made her debut in 1993 at the age of 15 for shojo publisher Shinshokan with the short series An Angel above the Piano. Her breakthrough work Immortal Rain earned her great acclaim globally as it was translated into a dozen languages and eventually published in the United States by Tokyopop. She worked on the eleven volume series for 12 years before switching publishers and switching genres with her first title from Kodansha's young adult magazine Afternoon, The Gods Lie.

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Shiro Kuroi

黒井白
Kannosuke Hiramatsu (平松歓之介)
Honorable Mention in Winter 2007 and the grand-prize winner in Summer 2008 of the Afternoon Four Seasons Award under the pen-name Kannosuke Hiramatsu.

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Makoto Shinkai

SHINKAI Makoto
Name (in native language): 新海誠
Associated Names:
СИНКАЙ Макото
Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Shinkai (新海誠 Shinkai Makoto?), born as Makoto Niitsu (新津誠 Niitsu Makoto?, February 9, 1973) is a Japanese director of anime and former graphic designer. A native of the Nagano Prefecture, Shinkai studied Japanese literature at Chuo University where he was a member of juvenile literature club where he drew picture books. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle school. His favorite anime is Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki. Shinkai has been called "The New Miyazaki" in several reviews including Anime Advocates and ActiveAnime, comparisons which he calls an "overestimation".

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Tetsuya Sano

佐野徹夜

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John Sutherland

John Andrew Sutherland is a British academic, newspaper columnist and author. He is Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London.

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Riyoko Ikeda

Riyoko Ikeda (池田理代子) is a Japanese manga author and soprano singer.
As one of the 24-gumi, she has written and illustrated many shōjo manga, many of which are based on European historical events, such as the French Revolution or the Russian Revolution.

Her most famous manga is Versailles no bara (ベルサイユのばら, The rose of Versailles).
Other famous works include Oniisama e... (おにいさまへ…, Dear Brother) and Orpheus no mado (オルフェウスの窓, The Window of Orpheus) that won an Excellence award at Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1980.

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Chris McNab

Dr Chris McNab has written over a hundred books in a career spanning over two decades. He is a historian with a specialisation in military history.

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Nagaru Tanigawa

Nagaru Tanigawa ( 谷川流 Tanigawa Nagaru)

Nagaru Tanigawa is a graduate of the Kwansei Gakuin University School of Law. In 2003, he won Kadokawa's Grand Prize for Literary World for his work on the Haruhi Suzumiya series.

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Kōhei Kadono

Kōhei Kadono (上遠野浩平 or Kouhei Kadono) is a Japanese author, best known for the Boogiepop series, which has also been adapted as a live action movie, manga and anime.

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Geul Bae-woo

Name in Korean: 글배우
His real name is 김동혁.

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JiSoo

Associated Names:
* JiSoo (English)
* 지수 (Korean)
* จีซู (Thai)

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Akio Morisawa

Associated Names:
* Akio Morisawa
* 森沢明夫 (Japanese Profile)
* โมริซาวะ อากิโอะ (Thai Profile)

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Kinoko Nasu

奈須きのこ, Nasu Kinoko, born 28 November 1973 is a Japanese author, best known for writing the light novel The Garden of Sinners and visual novels Tsukihime and Fate/stay night, and a co-founder of Type-Moon. Renowned for a unique style of storytelling and prose, Nasu is amongst the most prominent visual novelists in Japan. He graduated from Hosei University with a major in human science.

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Kana Akatsuki

暁佳奈

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Kristen Kieffer

Kristen Kieffer is a fantasy author and creative coach who lives for art that unflinchingly explores our hurt and hope as human beings. A proud autistic and ADHD artist, she lives at home in New Jersey with her rock of a mom and rescue dog Aggie. When she isn’t creating, she can be found walking through meadows, staring at the stars, and waxing poetic about the creative work that has most recently captured her attention.

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Kakeru Kobashiri

KOBASHIRI Kakeru
Name (in native language): 虎走かける

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Jung Mi-Kyung

Jung Mi-Kyung (Korean: 정미경; 4 February 1960 – 18 January 2017) was a modern South Korean novelist.

Jung graduated from Ewha Womans University with a degree in English literature and in 1987 made her literary debut by winning the drama category of the JoongAng Literary Award. After this, however, she withdrew from literary work for over a decade, re-entering the scene as a novelist, debuting with the short story "The Woman With Arsenic" in the Fall volume of World Literature. Thereafter, she has concentrated on her literary career with great success.

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Mitsuharu Yanamoto

柳本光晴

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Pedro Cipriano

Born in Aveiro in the year 1986. After several years as associate scientist at CERN, he came back to Portugal as entrepreneur. In 2014 he founded Editorial Divergência, an editorial project focussed in speculative fiction. He is also Haidong gumdo instructor.

In 2014, he published is first book: Caderno Vermelho, a manifesto written in poetry. His debut novel, As Nuvens de Hamburgo, was publish in 2017. He had contributed to several anthologies, magazines, blogs and newspapers.

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Son Hyeonju

Associated Names:
* 손현주 (Korean)
* Son Hyeonju (English)
* ซนฮย็อนจู (Thai)

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Aiki Flinthart

Aiki lives in Brisbane, Australia, with her husband, (Ernest), teenage son (Leonidis - not their real names, obviously), aging dog and directionally-challenged fish.
In between being a wife, running a business full-time and helping Leonidis with homework, she squeezes in a few hobbies, including:
Martial arts, painting, writing, reading, bellydancing and playing three or four musical instruments. Occasionally she even sleeps. Very occasionally.

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Anuradha Sharma Pujari

Anuradha Sharma Pujari (অনুৰাধা শৰ্মা পূজাৰী) is an influential Assamese journalist and author. She is the editor of Sadin and Satsori. Her contributions to Assamese literature include fiction and essays. Her first novel is Hriday Ek Bigyapan, which became popular among the youth of Assam.

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Yoo Eun-jung

Korean: 유은정
Thai: ยูอึนจ็อง

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Yoru Sumino

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