Native name 神林 長平 Genre Science fiction Role Fiction writer | Occupation Novelist Name Chohei Kambayashi | |
Born Kiyoshi Takayanagi (高柳 清 Takayanagi Kiyoshi)
July 10, 1953 (age 70)
Niigata, Japan ( 1953-07-10 ) Alma mater Nagaoka National College of Technology Notable awards Short Form – Seiun Award
1983 Kotobazukaishi
1984 Super Phoenix
2013 Ima shugoteki muishiki o,
Long Form – Seiun Award
1984 Teki wa kaizoku kaizokuban
1985 Sento Yosei Yukikaze
1987 Prism
1998 Teki wa kaizoku A-kyu no teki
2000 Good Luck Sento Yosei Yukikaze
Nihon SF Taisho Award
1995 Kototsubo | ||
Yukikaze - (Sci-Fi Movie News 2014) - Tom Cruise
Chōhei Kambayashi (神林長平, Kanbayashi Chōhei) (born July, 10 1953) is a Japanese science fiction writer.
Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox", which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and he won the Seiun Award eight times (five for novels, three for short stories) during his career. In a 2006 SF Magazine poll he was ranked third best Japanese SF writer of all time; and in 2014 poll, the second.
Kambayashi received Nihon SF Taishō Award in 1995 for Kototsubo. He was the chairman of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan in 2001-2003.
His writing often blurs the reality and alternate reality. Early works, such as May Peace Be On Your Soul, were often compared to Philip K. Dick, as Kambayashi himself acknowledges that the Dick's works lead him to science fiction writing.
Probably his most popular work is Yukikaze. It was made into an animated video series in 2002-2005.
Another popular work, Enemy Is Pirate, which consists of nine books (as of 2013), is a more lighter tone space opera series. There was an animated video series released in 1989.