(born 1961 in

Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefectur ...

) is a Japanese

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

writer. After a career as a

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programmer and

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er, he was first published in 1992, the ''Creguian'' game novelization. He admires Arthur C. Clarke, and his own works are classified as

hard science fiction Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by concern for scientific accuracy and logic. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell's ''Islands of Space'' in the Novemb ...

, favoring planetary science as a theme. His '' Rocket Girls'' series deals with human spaceflight in a

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

form with hard SF backing; the reason that only girls are hired as astronauts in the novels is for their light weight.

Awards

*1999: S-F Magazine Readers Award Best Japanese Short Story for (short story version) *2000:

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 Japan Science Fiction Convention. ...

Best Short Story of the Year for (short story version) *2002: Seiun Award Best Novel of the Year for *2003: Seiun Award Best Novel of the Year for (novel version) *2007: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for ("A Furoshiki and Spider's Thread") *2008: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for *2009: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for

Bibliography

English

* ''Usurper of the Sun'' (2009): translation of (2002) (Translated by John Wunderley) * ''Rocket Girls'' (2010): translation of (1995) * ''Rocket Girls: The Last Planet'' (2011): translation of (1996)

References

Entry
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (SFE) is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo, Locus and British SF Awards. Two print editions appeared in 1979 and 1993. A third, continu ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nojiri, Hosuke Japanese science fiction writers 1961 births Living people Writers from Mie Prefecture