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Kyoichiro Takahata

たかはた きょういちろう

Takahata Kyoichiro

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967 (Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1994-

Awards

Dengeki Game Novel Award
1994
Work: Chris Cross: Maou of Chaos
Organization: MediaWorks (now KADOKAWA)
Result: 金賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Chris Cross: Maou of Chaos

1994 Fantasy / SF

Debut novel; a fantasy-leaning long work that won the Gold Prize at the 1st Dengeki Game Novel Award.

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Adaptations
  • [Radio drama] Chris Cross: Maou of Chaos (radio drama)

Time Leap: Tomorrow Is Yesterday

1995 Science Fiction

A science fiction work centered on time travel. Later adapted as a radio drama and a film.

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Adaptations
  • [Radio drama] Time Leap: Tomorrow Is Yesterday (radio drama)
  • [Film] Time Leap: Tomorrow Is Yesterday / 今関あきよし (1997)

Double Cast

1999 SF / Fantasy

Published in 1999. Features multiple viewpoints and identity-exchange narrative elements.

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Adaptations
  • [Radio drama] Double Cast (radio drama)

Hyper Hybrid Organization 01-01: Day of Destiny

2001 SF / Light Novel

First volume of the 'Hyper Hybrid Organization' series. Combines SF elements with organizational drama.

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Hyper Hybrid Organization 01-02: Breakthrough

2002 SF / Light Novel

A continuation volume in the series. The series has had a long hiatus in new volumes after 2006.

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Hyper Hybrid Organization 01-03: Rite of Passage

2003 SF / Light Novel

Third volume of the series. The series originally saw about one volume per year but stalled after 2006.

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Hyper Hybrid Organization 00-01: Visitor

2004 SF / Light Novel

A side-story volume that supplements the series' setting and background.

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Hyper Hybrid Organization 00-02: Attacker

2004 SF / Light Novel

Part of a side-story short collection exploring the series' world from different angles.

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Hyper Hybrid Organization 00-03: Birth of the Organization

2005 SF / Light Novel

A volume depicting the origins of the series' organization, exploring its formation.

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Bibliography

  • Chris Cross: Maou of Chaos
  • Time Leap: Tomorrow Is Yesterday
  • Double Cast
  • Hyper Hybrid Organization series (multiple volumes)
  • 15 Pages for You (anthology contribution)

Adaptations

  • Time Leap: Tomorrow Is Yesterday (film, dir. Imazeki Akiyoshi, 1997)
  • Radio drama adaptations of multiple works (Chris Cross, Time Leap, Double Cast, etc.)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
light-novel narrative voicefusion of SF settings with fantasy elements
Recurring Motifs
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Legacy

A novelist active in the light novel / SF field. Debuted after winning the Gold Prize at the 1st Dengeki Game Novel Award and is known for the 'Hyper Hybrid Organization' series.

Trivia

  • Debuted by winning the Gold Prize at the 1st Dengeki Game Novel Award.
  • Best known for the 'Hyper Hybrid Organization' series.
  • Some works have been adapted into radio dramas and a film.