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Ooji Kouji

おおじ こうじ

Ooji Kouji

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Original author

Awards

Kyoto Animation Award — Encouragement Prize
Work: High☆Speed!
Organization: Kyoto Animation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

High☆Speed!

2013 Light novel

High☆Speed! is a youth sports light novel about boys who once swam together and later form a high-school boys' swimming club, rediscovering friendship and their passion for competitive swimming. The novel earned recognition in the Kyoto Animation Award and served as the original concept for the anime series 'Free!'.

YouthSports (competitive swimming)Friendship
Adaptations
  • [TV anime / Theatrical anime] Free! (TV anime series / films) / 内海紘子、河浪栄作、武本康弘 (2013)

Bibliography

  • High☆Speed! (KA Esuma Bunko, 2013)

Adaptations

  • TV anime 'Free!' series; theatrical films including 'High☆Speed! -Free! Starting Days-'

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Youth/coming-of-age light-novel styleDescriptive, scene-focused narration
Recurring Motifs
WaterCompetitive swimmingBonds among friends

Legacy

The original novel High☆Speed! received recognition in the Kyoto Animation Award and became widely known as the basis for the successful anime 'Free!' series. The anime adaptation expanded media exposure and established the author as the original creator.

In Popular Culture

  • Known widely as the original concept for the 'Free!' anime series and influencing related CDs, Blu‑rays and publications.

Trivia

  • The novel High☆Speed! served as the original work that won an Encouragement Prize in the Kyoto Animation Award.
  • High☆Speed! was adapted into the TV anime 'Free!' series and multiple theatrical films.