Komatsu Sakyo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2000) honorable mention
Kei Urahama
うらはま けいいちろう
Urahama Keiichiro
Pen Names:
KEI URAHAMA（Used as author name for international/English-language releases）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1963-04-23 （Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Resident of Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, SF writer, Horror writer, Fantasy writer, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (former/previously listed member)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Komatsu Sakyo Award | DOMESDAY | 佳作 | Kadokawa Haruki Office | Winner (Honorable Mention) |
| 2007 | Cineclick Asia Award (Busan International Film Festival) | ROOM OF DREAMS (screenplay) | — | Busan International Film Festival | Winner |
Komatsu Sakyo Award
2000
Work:
DOMESDAY
Category:
佳作
Organization:
Kadokawa Haruki Office
Result:
Winner (Honorable Mention)
Cineclick Asia Award (Busan International Film Festival)
2007
Work:
ROOM OF DREAMS (screenplay)
Organization:
Busan International Film Festival
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
DOMESDAY
2000 Science fiction (with horror elements)A near-future novel that examines technological and social collapse and human struggle, blending elements of horror with speculative science fiction.
runaway technologysocietal collapsehuman isolation
Translations
- DOMESDAY (English translation, LANTIS K.K., 2012)
ROOM OF DREAMS
2007 Screenplay (dramatic/phantasmagoric)A screenplay with a dramatic, dreamlike structure that was recognized at international film festivals.
boundary between dream and realitymemory
Adaptations
- [Film] ROOM OF DREAMS (2007)
Bibliography
- DOMESDAY (2000)
- The Elderly Couple in the CRT (short story, 2000, included in collection)
- Bandarcia (novella/ebook, 2001/2011)
- DEATH-TECH (English translation ebook, 2013)
Adaptations
- ROOM OF DREAMS (film) — Cineclick Asia Award at Busan International Film Festival; officially selected at Rotterdam International Film Festival
Translations of Works
- DOMESDAY (English translation, LANTIS K.K., 2012)
- DEATH-TECH (English translation, LANTIS K.K., 2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- mixes realist description with fantastical elementstense, suspenseful prose
- Recurring Motifs
- the shadow of technologyfragments of solitude and memory
Legacy
A writer recognized within Japanese SF/horror circles since the 2000s. DOMESDAY received attention including an English translation, and a screenplay award at international film festivals brought recognition in film circles as well.
Academic Societies
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan
Archives
- National Diet Library of Japan (author record present)
In Popular Culture
- Cult following among SF readers
Trivia
- Uses the name "KEI URAHAMA" internationally.
- Debuted after receiving an Honorable Mention (Komatsu Sakyo Award) in 2000 for DOMESDAY.
- The screenplay ROOM OF DREAMS won an award at the Busan International Film Festival in 2007.
- Was listed in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan member list in earlier publications, but more recently the name does not appear on the current roster.