was a Japanese board game designer, novelist, and

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

writer. He was known for his alternate history novels ''Seito'' and ''Red Sun Black Cross,'' among others. He wrote the story for his manga ''Imperial Guards'' (with illustrator Yū Itō) and '' Highschool of the Dead'' (with illustrator

Shōji Satō is a retired Japanese badminton player from NTT East team. He now works as a NTT East singles coach. Career Sato started to playing badminton when he was a kid, influenced by his parents who used to playing badminton as a hobby. He then join ...

). ''Imperial Guards'' was nominated for the

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...

in 2007 and for the first Manga Taishō in 2008. He died on March 22, 2017, from ischaemic heart disease.

Bibliography

Manga

* by Daisuke Tō (another name of Satō), Yoshifumi Kobayashi and others * ''Imperial Guards'' by Daisuke Satō and Yū Itō * by Daisuke Satō and Shōji Satō

Games

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Novels

* * * * ''Red Sun Black Cross'' * * * * * * * * *

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Daisuke 1964 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Japanese nationalists Japanese science fiction writers Komazawa University alumni Manga artists from Ishikawa Prefecture Manga writers Writers from Ishikawa Prefecture