is a male Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

ist from Tokyo

Tokyo

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, Japan

Japan

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. In 2001, Arisawa won the silver prize in the eighth installment of MediaWorks'

MediaWorks (publisher)

was a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group known for their brand magazines and book labels. These included such well-known magazines as Dengeki Daioh, and Dengeki G's Magazine, along with MediaWorks' main light novel publishing imprint Dengeki Bunko. The company was merged with ASCII...

 Dengeki Novel Prize

Dengeki Novel Prize

The is a literary award handed out annually by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light novelists, like Kouhei Kadono and Yashichiro Takahashi. Originally called the Dengeki Game Novel...

 with his work Infinity Zero. Following this, the novel was published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko

Dengeki Bunko

is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works . It was established in June 1993 with the publication of Hyōryū Densetsu Crystania volume one, and is a light novel imprint aimed at a male audience...

label, and three other volumes in the series were subsequently published. Following the end of Infinity Zero, Arisawa began work on Inukami!

Inukami!

is a Japanese light novel series written by Mamizu Arisawa, with illustrations by Kanna Wakatsuki. The series originally started serialization in volume seventeen of ASCII Media Works' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on April 18, 2002...

in April 2002 until the release of Inukami!'s last volume in September 2007. In December 2007, Arisawa began to write a new series entitled Lucky Chance!.

Works

• Infinity Zero series

1. Infinity Zero Fuyu: White Snow
2. Infinity Zero (2) Haru: White Blossom
3. Infinity Zero (3) Natsu: White Moon
4. Infinity Zero (4) Aki: Darkness Pure

• Inukami!
  Inukami!
  is a Japanese light novel series written by Mamizu Arisawa, with illustrations by Kanna Wakatsuki. The series originally started serialization in volume seventeen of ASCII Media Works' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on April 18, 2002...
  
  series

1. Inukami!
2. Inukami! 2
3. Inukami! 3
4. Inukami! 4
5. Inukami! 5
6. Inukami! 6
7. Inukami! 7
8. Inukami! 8: Kawahira-ke no Ichiban Nagai Ichinichi
9. Inukami! 9: Happy Hop Step Jump!
10. Inukami! 10
11. Inukami! 11
12. Inukami! 12
13. Inukami! 13 Kanketsuhen (part 1): Hop Step Dash
14. Inukami! 14 Kanketsuhen (part 2): Fly High High
15. Inukami! EX Wan!
16. Inukami! Special Edition

• Lucky Chance! series

1. Lucky Chance!
2. Lucky Chance! 2

External links

• Mamizu Arisawa's personal website