Mizuhito Akiyama
Encyclopedia
is a Seiun Award
winning author noted for his science fiction
light novel
series Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
. He graduated from Hosei University
, where he had learned about writing novels in a seminar class under guidance from his teacher, Professor Mizuhito Kanehara, from whom Akiyama took his penname "Mizuhito". In 1995, after his senior Hideyuki Furuhashi debuted as a light novel
writer, Akiyama sent his own work in for the Dengeki Novel Prize
. Although his application was too late for the due date, he came into the notice of the editors at MediaWorks'
. His first novel, E. G. Combat, published in 1998, was followed by a number of science fiction and light novel works. Akiyama became famous for his unique storytelling in the series Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu.
Akiyama describes himself as being "one who always look like a hooligan", in his afterthoughts at the end of the first Iriya novel.
Seiun Award
The is a Japanese science fiction award for the best science fiction published in Japan during the preceding year, as voted by attendees of the Japan Science Fiction Convention. "Seiun" is the Japanese word for "nebula", but the award is not related to the American Nebula Award. It was named after...
winning author noted for his science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
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...
series Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
is a Japanese sci-fi light novel series written by Mizuhito Akiyama with illustrations by Eeji Komatsu that centers on the relationship between Kana Iriya, a high school girl who has to fight alien invaders, and Naoyuki Asaba, a member of the school newspaper club and one of her few friends...
. He graduated from Hosei University
Hosei University
is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan.The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha , established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō . This was from 1883 headed by Dr. Gustave Emile Boissonade, and was heavily influenced by the French legal tradition...
, where he had learned about writing novels in a seminar class under guidance from his teacher, Professor Mizuhito Kanehara, from whom Akiyama took his penname "Mizuhito". In 1995, after his senior Hideyuki Furuhashi debuted as a 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...
writer, Akiyama sent his own work in for the 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...
. Although his application was too late for the due date, he came into the notice of the editors at 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...
. His first novel, E. G. Combat, published in 1998, was followed by a number of science fiction and light novel works. Akiyama became famous for his unique storytelling in the series Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu.
Akiyama describes himself as being "one who always look like a hooligan", in his afterthoughts at the end of the first Iriya novel.
Works
- E. G. Combat
- Kurogane CommunicationKurogane Communicationis a manga series written by Hideo Kato and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. The individual chapters were originally serialized in Dengeki Daioh in 1997 and published in three tankōbon volumes by MediaWorks. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a lone human survivor, a girl named Haruka, lives...
- Neko no Chikyūgi
- Iriya no Sora, UFO no NatsuIriya no Sora, UFO no Natsuis a Japanese sci-fi light novel series written by Mizuhito Akiyama with illustrations by Eeji Komatsu that centers on the relationship between Kana Iriya, a high school girl who has to fight alien invaders, and Naoyuki Asaba, a member of the school newspaper club and one of her few friends...
- Minamino Minamino
- Ore wa Missile (Winner of the Seiun AwardSeiun AwardThe is a Japanese science fiction award for the best science fiction published in Japan during the preceding year, as voted by attendees of the Japan Science Fiction Convention. "Seiun" is the Japanese word for "nebula", but the award is not related to the American Nebula Award. It was named after...
for Best Japanese Short Story of the Year in 2003) - Unabara no Yōjinbō