is a 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...

 author

Author

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 from Hyōgo Prefecture

Hyogo Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

, in the Kinki region of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University

Kwansei Gakuin University

, colloquially abbreviated to , is a non-denominational Christian private and coeducational university located in Nishinomiya, Sanda, Osaka City, and Tokyo, Japan....

. He is best known for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya for which he won the grand prize at eighth annual Sneaker Awards and has been adapted as an anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 television series. While Tanigawa was on hiatus writing his light novel series, he started working on a manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series titled Amnesia Labyrinth, serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine

Dengeki Bunko Magazine

is a Japanese light novel magazine published by ASCII Media Works . The magazine succeeded the light novel magazine Dengeki hp, and originally was published as a special edition issue of Dengeki Daioh for the first two issues; the first issue was released on December 10, 2007...

. The first volume of Amnesia Labyrinth was released in Japan in August 2009, and in North America in February 2011.

Light novels

Haruhi Suzumiya series
Status: Ongoing — ISBN 4-04-429201-9 — ISBN 4-04-429202-7 — ISBN 4-04-429203-5 — ISBN 4-04-429204-3 — ISBN 4-04-429205-1 — ISBN 4-04-429206-X — ISBN 4-04-429207-8 — ISBN 4-04-429208-6 — ISBN 978-4-04-429209-6 — ISBN 978-4-04-429211-9 (regular edition), ISBN 978-4-04-429210-2 (limited edition) — ISBN 978-4-04-429212-6 (regular edition), ISBN 978-4-04-429210-2 (limited edition)

series
Status: On hiatus

• Escape from The School — ISBN 4-8402-2355-6
• I-My-Me — ISBN 4-8402-2433-1
• The Laughing Bootleg — ISBN 4-8402-2486-2
• Final Destination — ISBN 4-8402-2632-6
• Not Dead or Not Alive — ISBN 4-8402-2781-0
• Vampire Syndrome — ISBN 4-8402-2828-0

Dengeki Aegis 5
Status: Complete — ISBN 4-8402-2852-3 — ISBN 4-8402-3173-7

The Closed Universe
Status: On hiatus — ISBN 4-8402-3021-8

The Guardian of my World
Status: Complete — ISBN 4-8402-3206-7 — ISBN 4-8402-3444-2 — ISBN 4-8402-3615-1

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