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Edition 12 (2019) award
Akinosuke Nishiyama
にしやま あきのすけ
Nishiyama Akinosuke
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- light novel author, screenwriter, manga original author
- Active Years
- 2020-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | GA Bunko Award | Kansto Village's Retired Demon — A Slow Life After Everything Ended (retitled: The Retired Demon of Kansto Village — The Frontier's Great Blacksmith) | — | GA Bunko (SB Creative) | 銀賞 |
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Power Antoinette
2020 Light novelA light novel with villainess-story elements. Originating from a viral social-media post about a muscle-powered queen, it was serialized on Twitter and later published as the author's debut work.
- [manga (comic adaptation)] Power Antoinette (comic adaptation)
Kansto Village's Retired Demon — The Frontier's Great Blacksmith
2021 Light novelThe work that won the Silver Prize at the 12th GA Bunko Award. As suggested by its subtitle 'A Slow-Life Tale After Everything Ended', it depicts slow-life and frontier living with fantasy elements.
Ryujin Kakusei (Dragon Awakening)
2024 vertical-reading manga (serial)The author's first serialized work as a manga original author. Serialized on LINE Manga starting November 2024; the author is credited for original story and script.
Bibliography
- Power Antoinette (GA Bunko, 2020-11-13)
- Power Antoinette 2 (GA Bunko, 2021-05-14)
- Kansto Village's Retired Demon (GA Bunko, 2021-01-15)
- Kansto Village's Retired Demon 2 (GA Bunko, 2021-05-14)
- Ryujin Kakusei (LINE Manga serial, from 2024-11-28)
Adaptations
- Power Antoinette — comic adaptation announced
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humorous light-novel styledialogue-driven, brisk pacingcharacter-focused depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- muscular heroinevillainess parodyotherworld/frontier slow life
Legacy
Noted as a social-media-originated breakout, he won a GA Bunko Award and made a commercial debut. He is recognized as an emerging writer active across light novels, screenwriting, and manga original works.
Trivia
- Power Antoinette began serialization after a viral Twitter post by the author and became his debut work.
- He won the Silver Prize at the 12th GA Bunko Award for 'Kansto Village's Retired Demon — A Slow-Life Tale After Everything Ended.'
- There is a claim/statement that he holds the title of duke of the Principality of Sealand.