(born 1961 in

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) is a Japanese

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

writer. After a career as a

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programmer and

game design Game design is the process of creating and shaping the mechanics, systems, rules, and gameplay of a game. Game design processes apply to board games, card games, dice games, casino games, role-playing games, sports, Wargame (video games), war ga ...

er, he was first published in 1992, the ''Creguian'' game

novelization A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book, or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent ...

. He admires

Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Clarke co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A ...

, 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 Planetary science (or more rarely, planetology) is the scientific study of planets (including Earth), celestial bodies (such as moons, asteroids, comets) and planetary systems (in particular those of the Solar System) and the processes of ...

as a theme. His '' Rocket Girls'' series deals with

human spaceflight Human spaceflight (also referred to as manned spaceflight or crewed spaceflight) is spaceflight with a crew or passengers aboard a spacecraft, often with the spacecraft being operated directly by the onboard human crew. Spacecraft can also be ...

in a

light novel A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbr ...

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 Nihon SF Taikai, Japan Science Fic ...

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
in

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 Award, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus and BSFA Award, British SF Awards. Two print editions appea ...

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