Biography

After graduating from the University of Tokyo

University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...

 in 1960, Mita entered that university's graduate school where he completed the coursework for a doctorate.

Under his own name and with the pseudonym Yūsuke Maki , Mita has published a large amount of material. His numerous books are mostly sociological but include one on Kenji Miyazawa

Kenji Miyazawa

was a Japanese poet and author of children's literature in the early Shōwa period of Japan. He was also known as a devout Buddhist, vegetarian and social activist.-Early life:...

. An English translation of one of his books together with excerpts from several others is published as Social Psychology of Modern Japan.

One of his sons is Ryūsuke Mita

Ryūsuke Mita

is a Japanese manga creator. He is best known for his seinen manga series Dragon Half, which was made into an anime OVA by the same name. He also illustrates Futabasha game books under the pen name . Mita's father is Munesuke Mita, a well-known Japanese sociologist, and his grandfather was Sekisuke...

, creator of Dragon Half

Dragon Half

is a manga created by Ryūsuke Mita and serialized in Monthly Dragon Magazine from 1988 to 1994. It was adapted into a two episode anime OVA series in 1993...

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Books by Mita

• Social Psychology of Modern Japan. Trans. Stephen Suloway. London: Kegan Paul International, 1992. ISBN 071030451X

External links

detailed bibliography