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Makoto Fukami

ふかみ まこと

Fukami Makoto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1977-08-05 （Kumamoto City, Kumamoto, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
novelist, manga original author, screenwriter
Active Years
1999-

Awards

Famitsu Entertainment Award
1999
Work: WILD DIAMOND
Category: ドラマ企画書部門
Organization: Enterbrain
Result: 審査員奨励賞 (Jury Encouragement Award)
Fujimi Young Mystery Prize
2000
Work: Broken Fist: The Fighting Girl and the Cruel Boy
Category: 大賞
Organization: Fujimi Shobo (Fujimi Mystery Bunko)
Result: 受賞 (Winner)
Enix Gangan Sports Entertainment Award
2001
Work: Avalanche Rush
Category: 原作部門
Organization: Enix / Square Enix
Result: 佳作 (Honorable Mention)
Kadokawa NEXT Prize
2002
Work: African Game Cartridges
Organization: Kadokawa Shoten
Result: 受賞 (Winner)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Broken Fist: The Fighting Girl and the Cruel Boy

2002 Mystery / Light novel

A light novel beginning a series that focuses on gunfights and hand-to-hand combat while portraying the conflicts and bonds of young people.

actionrevengefriendship

Young Gun Carnaval

2005 Action / Youth

A long-running series characterized by intense gun-oriented action and ensemble drama. It was adapted into manga and drama CDs.

gunsfriendshipromanceviolence
Adaptations
  • [manga] Young Gun Carnaval (manga adaptation) (2008)

Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka

2015 Action / Magical girl / Military

A work that fuses the magical girl genre with military action. Served as original author for manga and was adapted into an anime.

magical girlsmilitarytraumarevenge
Adaptations
  • [TV anime] Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka (TV anime) (2019)

PSYCHO-PASS (novelization)

2013 Sci-fi / Psychothriller

Participated in novelizations and scripts for the near-future society depicted in PSYCHO-PASS. The novels supplement the anime's worldbuilding.

surveillance societyethicscrime and justice
Adaptations
  • [TV anime] PSYCHO-PASS (TV anime) (2012)
  • [theatrical film] PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie (2015)

GENEZ

2009 Fantasy

A fantasy series published under Fujimi Fantasia Bunko, notable for world-building and battle sequences.

fantasybattlefate

My School's Assassination Club

2012 Action / School

A series mixing action and comedy set in a school environment.

schoolassassinationcomedy

Bibliography

  • Broken Fist series (Broken Fist: The Fighting Girl and the Cruel Boy, etc.)
  • Young Gun Carnaval series
  • Parabellum of Racing Adolescence series
  • Bulin Crossroad series
  • GENEZ series
  • Romance, Violence & Strawberry Republic series
  • Secret Honey (2 volumes)
  • My School's Assassination Club (series)
  • African Game Cartridges
  • Puzzle Out
  • Shungeki no Valkyrie
  • Golgotha
  • Vanguard
  • Beyond the Smoke (Armed Crime Investigation: Tsukada Shishiko)
  • Hound: Special Crimes Investigation - Sae Gunei
  • Wetworks Dobermann
  • Bloodbath
  • Rifle Bird: Riot Police Sniper
  • Cannon Fist is Lonely
  • Princess Knight Conquest War
  • The Diplomat with the Opening Gun and the Dragon Nation's Embassy
  • Weiss: Undercover Investigation, Azabu Police Department
  • Two Worlds Tale: If the World's Strongest Assassin and a Modern High School Student Swapped Places
  • Detective Princess Fujiko (novelization)
  • Kung Fu Hustle: The Ultimate Book (novelization)
  • PSYCHO-PASS (novelization)
  • Rose Guns Days Season1 (novelization)
  • Resident Evil: Vendetta (novelization)
  • Berserk: The Knight of the Flame Dragon (novelization)
  • Girls Symphony: A Young Girl's Symphony (novelization)

Adaptations

  • PSYCHO-PASS (TV anime & films)
  • Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka (manga & TV anime)
  • Young Gun Carnaval (manga & drama CDs)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
dense action descriptiondetailed depiction of firearms and martial artscontemporary narrative with light-novel pacing
Recurring Motifs
gunshand-to-hand combatbishoujo (beautiful girls)combat and trauma

Legacy

A writer and screenwriter known for vivid action sequences and precise depictions of firearms and hand-to-hand combat. Active across light novels, manga originals, anime scripts and film novelizations, influencing media projects such as PSYCHO-PASS.

Archives

  • National Diet Library author data (NDL)
  • VIAF / ISNI international authority records

In Popular Culture

  • Influence through PSYCHO-PASS (TV anime & films)
  • Media expansion of Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka (manga & anime)

Trivia

  • He is skilled at depicting combat scenes using firearms and martial arts.
  • He has stated that he likes bishoujo anime, especially titles in the Manga Time Kirara family.
  • Served as military consultant for Jujutsu Kaisen chapters 200 and 201.
  • His X (formerly Twitter) account is @fukamimakoto.