is a
Seiun Award
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-winning author noted for his
science fiction
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light novel
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series ''
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 ...
''.
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He graduated from Hosei University
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, where he had learned about writing novels in a seminar class under guidance from his teacher, Professor Mizuhito Kanehara, from whom Akiyama took his pen name "Mizuhito". In 1995, after his senior Hideyuki Furuhashi debuted as a light novel
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The abbr ...
writer, Akiyama sent his own work in for the Dengeki Novel Prize
The is a Japanese literary award handed out annually (since 1994) by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light noveli ...
. 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.
Works
* '' E. G. Combat''
* ''Kurogane Communication
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''
* '' Neko no Chikyūgi'', illustrated by You Shiina
* ''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 ...
''
* '' Minamino Minamino''
* '' Ore wa Missile'' (Winner of the Seiun Award
The is a Japanese speculative fiction award given each year for the best science fiction works and achievements during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by , the awards are given at the annual Nihon SF Taikai, Japan Science Fic ...
for Best Japanese Short Story of the Year in 2003)
* '' Unabara no Yōjinbō''
* '' Dragonbuster''
References
Japanese science fiction writers
Writers from Yamanashi Prefecture
1971 births
Living people
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