Nihon SF Grand Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1993) special award
Kuromaru Hisashi
くろま ひさし
Kuroma Hisashi
Pen Names:
LEO（Pen name used for introducing American comics）,
Shirakawa Seiki（Pen name used for reviews and some co-translations）,
Akasu Sumio（Alternative pen name used in reviews）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Fukagawa, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 1993-03-14 age 42
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Translator, Commercial (CM) director
- Active Years
- 1979-1993
- Affiliations
- Dentsu, Ichinichi-kai (SF fan group), Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ)
- Memberships
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ)
- Influenced By
- William Gibson, Rudy Rucker
- Influenced
- Mizuto Akiyama, Hideyuki Furuhashi, Tow Ubukata, Keikaku Itō
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Law | — | — | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Law
Country:
Japan
Graduation year not specified in available sources
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Japan SF Award (Special Prize) | — | — | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ) | 受賞 |
Japan SF Award (Special Prize)
1993
Organization:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Neuromancer
1986 Cyberpunk / Science fictionWilliam Gibson's landmark cyberpunk novel, depicting cyberspace and hacker culture.
CyberpunkTechnology and humanity
Count Zero
1987 Science fictionA middle volume of Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, an ensemble piece set against urban networks.
Networked societyCorporations and power
Software
1989 Science fictionOne of Rudy Rucker's major works, dealing with artificial life and consciousness.
Artificial intelligenceConsciousness
Grifters
1991 Hard-boiled / Crime (translation)Japanese translation of Jim Thompson's work. Kuromaru translated widely across genres.
CrimeHuman darkness
Bibliography
- The Hole in the Zero
- Beyond Apollo
- Doorways in the Sand
- Asimov on Science Fiction
- The Soul Eater
- Today We Choose Faces
- The Emerald Forest
- Far from Home
- Enemy Mine
- Batteries Not Included
- Willow
- Tea with the Black Dragon
- Dilvish, the Damned
- Isaac Asimov's Robot City 1: Odyssey
- Nothing Lasts Forever
- Dr. Adder
- Grifters
- The Glass Hammer
- Wild Cards series (co-translations)
- Generation X
- Wild Cards II: Aces High
- Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild
- GOJIRO
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Distinct Japanese translation style using frequent ruby annotationsLexical choices aimed at preserving the feel of the original language
- Recurring Motifs
- Establishing cyberpunk worldviewBoundaries between technology and humanity
Health
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Died of illnessDied in 1993; subsequent years saw tributes and reassessments of his translations
Legacy
Known for translating many cyberpunk works by William Gibson and Rudy Rucker into Japanese, often using ruby annotations; his style influenced several later Japanese SF writers and translators.
Academic Societies
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ)
Archives
- National Diet Library (authority records)
Trivia
- Real name was Sakuma Hiroshi; pen name is an anagram of his real name
- Used pen names including LEO, Shirakawa Seiki, and Akasu Sumio
- Worked as a CM director at Dentsu before becoming a full-time translator