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Masaki Yamada

やまだ まさき

Yamada Masaki

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1950-01-16 （Nagoya, Aichi, Japan）
死没
null
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan → Kibbutz, Israel

経歴

職業
Novelist
活動期間
1974年〜
所属
The Mystery Writers of Japan, Honkaku Mystery Writers Club, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ), Japan Adventure Writers Club (former member)
所属団体
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan (served as 9th secretary-general and 12th president), Mystery Writers of Japan, Honkaku Mystery Writers Club, Japan Adventure Writers Club (former member)
影響を受けた人物
John W. Campbell

学歴

Meiji University
Faculty of Political Science and Economics
国: Japan
Took a one-year leave during university and traveled abroad (including a kibbutz in Israel).

受賞歴

Seiun Award
1975
対象作品: Kamikari (God-Hunt)
部門: 日本短編部門
主催: Seiun Award (organizers)
結果: 受賞
Seiun Award
1978
対象作品: Eld Analysis (Earth: Psychoanalysis Record)
部門: 日本長編部門
主催: Seiun Award (organizers)
結果: 受賞
Seiun Award
1980
対象作品: The Jewel Thief
部門: 日本長編部門
主催: Seiun Award (organizers)
結果: 受賞
Japan SF Award
1982
対象作品: The Last Enemy
主催: Japan SF Award (organizers)
結果: 受賞
Seiun Award
1995
対象作品: Kishin Heidan (Machine-God Army)
部門: 日本長編部門
主催: Seiun Award (organizers)
結果: 受賞
Honkaku Mystery Award
2002
対象作品: Mystery Opera: The Murder at Shukumeijo Castle
主催: Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
結果: 受賞
Mystery Writers of Japan Award
2002
対象作品: Mystery Opera: The Murder at Shukumeijo Castle
主催: Mystery Writers of Japan
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Kamikari (God-Hunt)

1975年 Science fiction

Debut work; one of the pieces in the 'God' series, dealing with themes of deities and mythic conflict.

godsreligiosityadventure

Kishin Heidan (Machine-God Army)

1990年 Science fiction / Alternate military history

A grand-scale military SF series characterized by hard ideas and large-scale combat depictions.

warmachinesalternate history

Mystery Opera: The Murder at Shukumeijo Castle

2001年 Mystery

Part of the Opera trilogy; an ambitious work incorporating classical honkaku-mystery elements.

puzzle-solvingclassical mysterytheatricality

全著作

  • Kamikari (God-Hunt)
  • Glacier People (Drift Ice People)
  • The Jewel Thief
  • Kishin Heidan (series)
  • Mystery Opera: The Murder at Shukumeijo Castle

翻案

  • Otorisousakan / Kitami Shiho (TV drama adaptation, Saturday Wide Theater)

作風・主題

文体
Hard-SF approach centered on solid conceptual ideasA style combining entertainment value with strong structural constructionOccasionally complex and abstract expression
頻出モチーフ
godslost worldsmilitary/armored forcesthe five senses and their variations (five-sense mystery)

評価・遺産

One of the representatives of Japan's second generation of SF writers. He has produced works across SF, mystery and adventure genres and has received numerous major awards.

関連学会

  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ)
  • Mystery Writers of Japan

大衆文化への影響

  • Works such as the 'Otorisousakan / Kitami Shiho' series have been adapted for television; several works have appeared in popular-media formats.

引用

  • Imagine what cannot be imagined.
    出典: Interview / statement around debut

豆知識

  • Aspired to be a manga artist as a child.
  • Took a one-year leave from university and lived at a kibbutz in Israel.
  • Debuted in 1974 with 'Kamikari' published in SF Magazine.
  • Served as the 9th secretary-general and 12th president of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan (later left and rejoined in 2021).