Tsogen SF Short Story Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2012) excellence award
Takehiko Okishita
オキシタケヒコ
Okishita Takehiko
Pen Names:
Takehiko Kishi（Alias used in game development (credit name)）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1973-01-01 （Tokushima Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokushima Prefecture (born) → Osaka Prefecture (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Game planner, Game scenario writer
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Nominations
- 2nd Sōgen SF Short Story Award finalist (2011) — "What We Want"
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sōgen SF Short Story Award | The Banquet of Prometheus | — | Tokyo Sogensha | 優秀賞 |
Sōgen SF Short Story Award
2012
Work:
The Banquet of Prometheus
Organization:
Tokyo Sogensha
Result:
優秀賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kyōtei no Elpis - Frontline of Extinction -
2014 Light novel / SFFirst volume of a light-novel SF series published by Gagaga Bunko. A near-future ensemble story mixing human drama with speculative elements.
extinctioncommunitytechnology and ethics
When the Wave's Letter Resonates
2015 Science fictionA novella/short-story collection with elements of hard SF. Explores human relationships and memory through events centered on sound and signals.
soundmemorycommunication
Osore Mimizuku or the Ferry Rope to the Other Shore
2017 SF / Contemporary fictionA novel published by Kodansha Taiga. Deals with the boundary between the fantastical and the real, employing imaginative motifs.
boundariesfantasyloss
Bibliography
- Kyōtei no Elpis - Frontline of Extinction - (2014)
- Kyōtei no Elpis 2 - End of Summer - (2015)
- Kyōtei no Elpis 3 - Hunter's Circus - (2016)
- Kyōtei no Elpis 4 - Discarded Future - (2016)
- Kyōtei no Elpis 5 - The Lost Children's Step - (2017)
- Kyōtei no Elpis 6 - Four Hundred Billion Days and Nights - (2019)
- Kyōtei no Elpis 7 - Keepers of Continuity - (2021)
- Kyōtei no Elpis 8 - Our Struggle - (2025)
- When the Wave's Letter Resonates (2015)
- Osore Mimizuku or the Ferry Rope to the Other Shore (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Blend of hard-SF description and light-novel narrativePacing influenced by game-like structural elements
- Recurring Motifs
- soundspacememoryboundaries
Legacy
Known for combining experience in game development with SF ideas and accessible commercial storytelling. Recognized through the Sōgen SF Short Story Award and the Kyōtei no Elpis series.
In Popular Culture
- Contributed original story concept for the anime TRIGUN STAMPEDE (2023)
Trivia
- Has worked as a game planner and scenario writer since the 1990s (credited under the name Takehiko Kishi).
- Public X (formerly Twitter) account: @TakeOxi.
- "What We Want" was a finalist in the 2nd Sōgen SF Short Story Award; won an Excellence Award at the Sōgen SF Short Story Award in 2012.