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Chohei Kanbayashi

かんばやし ちょうへい

Kanbayashi Chohei

ペンネーム: Chohei Kanbayashi（Pen name used for literary works）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1953-07-10 （Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist, Science fiction writer
活動期間
1979年〜
所属
Science Fiction Writers Club of Japan (became chair in 2001, left in 2014)
所属団体
Science Fiction Writers Club of Japan

学歴

Nagaoka College of Technology
卒業年: 1972
国: Japan
Listed as final education (technical college)

受賞歴

Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story)
1983
対象作品: Kotoba Tsukaishi
主催: Seiun Award Committee
結果: Winner
Seiun Award (Japanese Long Novel)
1984
対象作品: The Enemy Is a Pirate (Pirate Edition)
主催: Seiun Award Committee
結果: Winner
Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story)
1984
対象作品: Super Phoenix
主催: Seiun Award Committee
結果: Winner
Seiun Award (Japanese Long Novel)
1985
対象作品: Yukikaze (Sentou Yousei Yukikaze)
主催: Seiun Award Committee
結果: Winner
Seiun Award (Japanese Long Novel)
1987
対象作品: Prism
主催: Seiun Award Committee
結果: Winner
Japan Science Fiction Award
1995
対象作品: Kototsubo
主催: Japan SF Award Committee
結果: Winner
Seiun Award (Japanese Long Novel)
1998
対象作品: The Enemy Is a Pirate: A-Class Enemy
主催: Seiun Award Committee
結果: Winner
Seiun Award (Japanese Long Novel)
2000
対象作品: Good Luck: Yukikaze
主催: Seiun Award Committee
結果: Winner
Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story)
2013
対象作品: Now, the Collective Unconscious,
主催: Seiun Award Committee
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Enemy Is a Pirate (Pirate Edition)

1983年 Science fiction

An early work in the pirate-themed series centered on the pirate division, blending humor with science-fiction settings.

PiracyHumorOrganization vs individual
映像化・舞台化
  • [Anime (OVA / TV)] The Enemy Is a Pirate: The Feast of Cats (source material) (1990)

Yukikaze (Sentou Yousei Yukikaze)

1984年 Science fiction (military/mecha)

A military SF series about combat aircraft and artificial intelligence, focusing on the relationship between the fighter Yukikaze and its pilots and the allegorical aspects of war.

WarArtificial intelligenceHumanity
映像化・舞台化
  • [OVA] Yukikaze (OVA)
  • [Novel (revised edition)] Yukikaze (Revised) (2002)

Kototsubo

1994年 Science fiction (short stories/linked collection)

A linked collection of short stories themed around language and communication. Winner of the Japan SF Award.

LanguageCommunicationIdentity

全著作

  • Dance with the Fox
  • The Enemy Is a Pirate (Pirate Edition)
  • Yukikaze
  • Kototsubo
  • Prism

翻案

  • Yukikaze (OVA, produced by GONZO)
  • The Enemy Is a Pirate: The Feast of Cats (anime broadcast on WOWOW / OVA)

作風・主題

文体
Detailed hard-SF descriptions combined with humorSharp observations on dialogue and language
頻出モチーフ
War and the individualBoundaries between machines and humansLanguage and communication

評価・遺産

One of the prominent Japanese SF writers since the 1980s. Multiple Seiun Award and Japan SF Award wins have earned him high regard within the genre, and adaptations have brought his work broader recognition.

関連学会

  • Science Fiction Writers Club of Japan

大衆文化への影響

  • Yukikaze OVA adaptation (GONZO) and related publications
  • The Enemy Is a Pirate: The Feast of Cats anime adaptation (WOWOW, etc.)

豆知識

  • Real name: Kiyoshi Takayanagi
  • Served as the 11th chair of the Science Fiction Writers Club of Japan (became chair in 2001, left in 2014)
  • Debuted with "Fox and Dance" (1979), selected for the Hayakawa SF Contest