is a Japan

Japan

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ese pharmacologist

Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...

 and novelist. Sena was a graduate student at Tohoku University

Tohoku University

, abbreviated to , located in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university. It is the third oldest Imperial University in Japan and is a member of the National Seven Universities...

 when he wrote his prizewinning debut novel

Debut novel

A debut novel is the first novel an author publishes. Debut novels are the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to publish in the future...

, Parasite Eve

Parasite Eve

Parasite Eve is a Japanese science fiction novel by Hideaki Sena, first published in Kadokawa Horror Bunko in 1996. The book was published in North America by Vertical, Inc. in 2005....

. The novel was adapted into a film and a popular horror role-playing game by Square

Square (company)

was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It merged with Enix in 2003 and became part of Square Enix...

. He is also the author of Brain Valley, for which he won the Nihon SF Taisho Award

Nihon SF Taisho Award

Nihon SF Taishō Award is a Japanese science fiction award. It has been compared to the Nebula Award as it is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan or SFWJ...

, and Tomorrow's Robots. Dr. Sena currently lives in Sendai, Japan where he lectures on microbiology

Microbiology

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 and genre fiction.
Sena is a pen name

Pen name

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, while the author's real name is Suzuki.

Works

• Parasite Eve
  Parasite Eve
  Parasite Eve is a Japanese science fiction novel by Hideaki Sena, first published in Kadokawa Horror Bunko in 1996. The book was published in North America by Vertical, Inc. in 2005....
  
  (Kadokawa Bookstore, 1995 / Kadokawa Horror Library, 1996/Shinchou Library, 2007)
• BRAIN VALLEY(Kadokawa Bookstore, 1997 / Kadokawa Library, 2000 / Shinchou Library, 2005)
• Novels & Science - Creation Surpassing the Science/Literature Boundary (Iwanami Bookstore, 1993)
• August Museum (Kadokawa Bookstore, 2000 / Kadokawa Library, 2003 / Shinchou Library, 2006)
• 21st Century Robot(Bungeishunju Bunshun New Works, 2001)
• The Rainbow Planetarium (Shoudensha, 2001) (Astronomic Museum, Gotou Planetarium) Set in Tounichi Tenmonkan Astronomic Museum
• Menzel's Chess Player (Koubunsha, 2001)
• Robot of Tomorrow (Bungeishinju, 2002)
• The Heart's Time Machine! - A Novel by Hideaki Sena / The Cooking Club (Kadokawa Bookstore, 2002)
• Robot Opera (Koubunsha, 2004)
• Descartes' Sealed Room (Shinchousha, 2005)
• The 9th Day - The Tragedy of Joy (Koubunsha, 2006)
• Science in Wonderland (Shoubunsha, 2006)
• Hideaki Sena's Essays on Robots (2008)
• Every Breath (2008)

External links

• Hideaki Sena's Homepage (Japanese)