is a novelist in late

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and Heisei period Japan.

Biography

Muramatsu was born in

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, but was raised in

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. His grandfather was the noted writer Muramatsu Shofu, and both his father and his mother worked for the literary magazine '' Chūōkōron.'' Muramatsu Tomomi attended Keio University's Literature Department, and on graduation went to work for ''Chūōkōron'' himself as an editor. On the early death of his father, he was adopted by his grandfather, Muramatsu Shofu, as his legal heir. His first published work, a collection of essays, ''Watashi puroresu no kyomi desu'' ("I am a Professional Wrestling Fan"), published in 1980, was a best seller and established him as a mainstream writer. As the name implied, Muramatsu is a great fan of

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, and has written a number of novels with wrestling as a theme. His ''Semi-finaru'' ("Semi-Final") was nominated for the prestigious

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. In 1982, his novel ''Jidaiya no nyobo'' ("The Wife of Jidaiya") was awarded the Naoki Prize, and was later made into a

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. In 1997, his novel ''Kamakura no Obasan'' ("Auntie of Kamakura") was awarded the Izumi Kyoka Prize. After Muramatsu appeared on

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s for Suntory

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, and his line of “One Finger – Two Fingers” became a popular phrase in Japanese bars.

References

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