is a Japanese novelist.
He was born in Nagoya, Japan, and has published stories since 1977, especially young adult science fiction.
Works in English translation
;Crime Novel
- Labyrinth (original title: Meikyū), trans. Deborah Iwabuchi (Shueisha English Edition, 2013)
;Short stories
- Japanese Entrance Exams for Earnest Young Men (original title: Kokugo nyūshi mondai hisshōhō), trans. Jeffrey Hunter (Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction, Kodansha International, 1991)
- Jack and Betty Forever (original title: Eien no Jyakku & Betti), trans. Frederik L. Schodt (The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: Volume 2, From 1945 to the Present, Columbia University Press, 2007)
Awards and nominations
- 1988 - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Japanese Entrance Exams for Earnest Young Men and other stories (short story collection)
- 1989 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: (novel)
- 1990 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: (novel)
- 1992 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: (novel)
See also
- Japanese detective fiction
- Japanese science fiction
- Japanese literature
- List of Japanese authors
References
External links
- http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~JF7Y-SMZ/ in Japanese