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Edition 1 (1999) honorable mention
Kamino Okina
かみの おきな
Kamino Okina
Pen Names:
Kamino Okina（Used as a pen name / professional name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1970-01-03 （Okinawa Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (born and resident)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1999-
- Affiliations
- Mystery Writers of Japan
- Memberships
- Member of the Mystery Writers of Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Famitsu Entame Award (Light Novel / Fiction category) | Kagami no Uta | 小説部門（ライトノベル） | Famitsu / Enterbrain | 佳作 (Honorable Mention) |
Famitsu Entame Award (Light Novel / Fiction category)
1999
Work:
Kagami no Uta
Category:
小説部門（ライトノベル）
Organization:
Famitsu / Enterbrain
Result:
佳作 (Honorable Mention)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Asobi ni Iku yo! (Let's Go Play!)
2003 Light novelA light‑novel series mixing sci‑fi and romantic comedy about encounters with extraterrestrial beings. Adapted into drama CDs, games, manga, and an anime in 2010.
alien–human interactionromancecomedyisland/Okinawa setting
Adaptations
- [Anime] Asobi ni Iku yo! (2010)
- [Manga] Asobi ni Iku yo! (manga) (2006)
- [Drama CD] Asobi ni Iku yo! Drama CD
- [Game] Asobi ni Iku yo! (related game)
Kagami no Uta
1999 Fiction (debut work)Kamino Okina's debut work, which won an Honorable Mention in the 1999 Famitsu Entame Award (fiction category).
debut workfantastical elements
Bibliography
- Asobi ni Iku yo! series (20 volumes)
- Kagami no Uta
- Nangoku Sentai Shureio series
- The Boy Who Came From the Kingdom
- Hashire, Ute! (Run, Shoot!) series
Adaptations
- Asobi ni Iku yo! (anime adaptation, 2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Light‑novel pacing and toneFast dialogue-driven narration
- Recurring Motifs
- Okinawa / island settingscoexistence with other speciesmilitary and action elements
Legacy
A prolific light‑novel author whose Asobi ni Iku yo! series received multi‑media adaptations. Known for incorporating Okinawa settings and writing across a range of genre styles.
Academic Societies
- Mystery Writers of Japan
Trivia
- Born and resident in Okinawa Prefecture.
- Debut work 'Kagami no Uta' won an Honorable Mention in the 1999 Famitsu Entame Award.
- Representative series 'Asobi ni Iku yo!' was adapted into anime, manga, games and other media.