(born March 2, 1962,

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, Japan) is a Japanese science fiction novelist.

Biography

In 1992, his first novel ''Yume no Ki ga Tsugeta nara'' ("If Only the Dream Trees Could Touch") appeared in

Hayakawa Publishing is a Japanese publishing company, founded in 1945 by Kiyoshi Hayakawa. It is the largest science fiction publisher in Japan; almost all winners of the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel are published by the company. Notable books written by Japa ...

's ''

S-F Magazine is a science fiction magazine published by Hayakawa Shobō in Japan. It was Japan’s first successful science fiction prozine. History ''S-F Magazine'' was established in 1960. It began publication with the February 1960 issue, which appea ...

''. His short story "Spice" won the

Hayakawa Award The is an annual poll conducted by '' Hayakawa's S-F Magazine'' for the best Japanese short story, illustrator, and foreign short story, voted by the readers from their issues in the previous year. The honor has been awarded since 1989. Award wi ...

in 1993. In 1996, he published his first long novel in three volumes, ''

Seikai no Monshou is a three-volume space opera science fiction novel written by Hiroyuki Morioka with cover illustrations by Toshihiro Ono. This was followed by a second, ongoing novel series, ''Banner of the Stars'' (a.k.a. ''Seikai no Senki'', currently ...

'' (''Seikai no Monshō''/''Crest of the Stars''). In the next year 1997 Seikai no Monsho was awarded with Seiun AwardLoneStarCon2 The 55th World Science Fiction Convention Saturday, August 30, 1997
/ref> at the Japan SF Convention. He released its sequel ''Seikai no Senki'' (''

Banner of the Stars is a Japanese series of science fiction novels written by Hiroyuki Morioka, which serve as a sequel to ''Crest of the Stars''. Three novels in the series have been adapted into anime. The first series, ''Banner of the Stars#Banner of th ...

''), where he said that Seikai no Monsho was actually an overture to Seikai no Senki. Morioka had already suggested in Seikai no Monshou 2 that the entire series should narrate the life of Princess Lamhirh (aka Lafiel), from her birth to her eventual ascension to the imperial throne. Five volumes of Seikai no Senki are now available, with Morioka naming the first three the "Diahoc Trilogy", but the series itself has not yet finished. An English translation of "Seikai no Monshō''/''Crest of the Stars" has been published by Tokyopop, which came out from the fall of 2006 to May 2007. Aside from the Seikai series, he published another ''Senki'' in 4 volumes, based on

Japanese mythology Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto and Buddhist traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. The history of thousands of year ...

, as well as a two-volume series, ''

Seikai no Danshō is a series of books collecting short stories by Hiroyuki Morioka, set in the same universe and involving characters from his novels ''Crest of the Stars'' and ''Banner of the Stars'', with many of them originally published in the '' S-F M ...

'' (''Fragments of the Stars''), a collection of stories set in the same universe as the other two series. His characteristics as a writer include a deep interest for linguistics (especially for conlangs), artificial intelligence, bitter humor, and well-designed world settings.

Bibliography

* (1997) * (1999) * (2009)"Bandai Visual Launches Free Magazine Website in Japan"
''Anime News Network'', 2 September 2009 * (2011) * (2014)

Series

* ** (1996) ** (1996) ** (1996) * ** (1996) ** (1998) ** (2001) ** (2004) ** (2013) ** (2018) * ** (2005) ** (2007) ** (2014)

Series

* (1999) * (2001) * (2002) * (2004)

Series

* (2005) * (2008) * (2012)

Awards

(1993) * Seiun Award (1997) *

Nihon SF Taisho Award The 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. The Grand Prize is selected from not only Science Fiction novels, but also various SF mo ...

(2015)

Notes and references

External links

Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan Profile

Eastern standard profile page

Anime on DVD Interview at Anime Expo 2002Entry
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