, real name , was a Japanese science fiction writer.

Born in Tokyo and graduated Musashino Art University

Musashino Art University

is a university in Kodaira, western Tokyo founded in 1962 and has roots going back to 1929.Teikoku Art School was founded in 1929; in 1948 it became Musashino Art School , and in 1962 it became Musashino Art University...

. While working as a web designer, he wrote Gyakusatsu kikan

Gyakusatsu kikan

Gyakusatsu kikan is the debut novel of the 21st century Japanese science fiction writer Project Itoh. It was first published by Hayakawa Publishing in 2007 and later re-printed in 2010 in paperback form...

and submitted to Komatsu Sakyō Award contest in 2006. Although it did not receive the award, it was published from Hayakawa Publishing in 2007 and was shortlisted to 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...

.
A poll by the yearly SF guidebook SF ga yomitai ranked Gyakusatsu kikan as the number one of the domestic SF novel of the decade.

Since 2001, he had to be hospitalized time to time for recurrent cancer. He died at age 34 on March 20, 2009. The video game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

is a video game produced by Konami and Kojima Productions that was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010. Peace Walker is the fourth Metal Gear title for the PSP, although it is only the second to be considered part of the series' main canon, following Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops...

 was dedicated to his memory.

Awards

• 2007: 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...
  
   nomination for Gyakusatsu kikan
• 2007: S-F Magazine Readers' Award
  Hayakawa Award
  The Hayakawa's S-F Magazine Reader's Award is an award chosen annually by the readers of Hayakawa's S-F Magazine for the best Japanese short story, illustrator, and foreign short story. The honor has been awarded since 1989...
  
   Japanese Short Story for "The Indifference Engine"
• 2009: Nihon SF Taisho Award for Hāmonī
• 2009: Seiun Award
  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...
  
   for Hāmonī
• 2010: Philip K. Dick Award "Special Citation" for Harmony (English-language translation of Hāmonī)

External links

• 伊藤計劃：第弐位相 - Blog (in Japanese)