Hitoshi Yasuda

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Hitoshi Yasuda ( Japanese 安 田 均 Yasuda Hitoshi , born July 25, 1950 in Kobe ) is a Japanese author, translator and game designer. As one of the fathers of the Japanese role-playing game scene, he brought systems such as GURPS , Dungeons & Dragons and Tunnels & Trolls to Japan as a translator . In the western anime and manga scene he is best known for his work on publications in the Record of Lodoss War series.

He originally translated American role-playing games as a hobby and was one of the fathers of the replay genre, in which the experiences of role-playing sessions are prepared and reproduced in book form. He played and created many worlds together with many of today's greats of the Japanese fantasy genre, both as a game master and himself as a player and translator. He influenced many authors such as B. Ryō Mizuno .

biography

He studied law at the University of Kyoto . During his student days he founded the Kyōto-U science fiction research group, where he came into contact with many later colleagues. During the 1970s and early 1980s he worked for the Marubeni company as a translator for American SF literature.

In 1986 (registered in 1987 as Kabushiki Kaisha ) he founded Group SNE, a company that still exists today and is a big name in Japanese role, board and card game, but also in science fiction and fantasy Scene. Since then, she has been a well-known game and literature maker in these genres and has produced many game and novelists. Together with his company he publishes Japanese versions of European games as well as games by Japanese authors, specialist magazines on the hobby board game and various media articles.

Works and participation (selection)

Novels

  • Doragonzu Hevun (ド ラ ゴ ン ズ 'ヘ ヴ ン, en. Dragons Heaven, 1994, T&T Replay), author
  • Misutara Mokushiroku 1-4 (ミ ス タ ラ 黙 示 録 1 ~ 4, Eng. The Revelation of Mistara 1-4, 1995-1996, D&D Replay), author
  • Rokumon Sekai RPG Ripurei series (六 門 世界 RPG リ プ レ イ) , co-author and editor
  • Rōdosu-tō Senki: Hai'iro no Majo (ロ ー ド ス 島 戦 記 灰色 の 魔女, Record of Lodoss War: The Gray Witch ), basic idea and concept
  • Monster Collection series (モ ン ス タ ー ・ コ レ ク シ ョ ン), concept and co-author
  • Rokumon Sekai saga (『六 門 世界』 サ ー ガ), concept
  • Wizu Doragon series (『ウ ィ ズ ・ ド ラ ゴ ン』 シ リ ー ズ, en. With Dragon), concept

Non-fiction and specialist journals

  • Gēmu o kiru (ゲ ー ム を 斬 る [Essay on the role of board games in the 21st century]), author
  • Yasuda Hitoshi no Bōdogēmu Daisuki! (安 田 均 の ボ ー ド ゲ ー ム 大好 き!, Ger. Hitoshi Yasuda's favorite games [anthology with game reviews of German board games]), author
  • Board Game Street (『ボ ー ド ゲ ー ム ・ ス ト リ ー ト』 シ リ ズ [annual parlor game magazine]), co-author and editor
  • Boardgame Junction (ボ ー ド ゲ ー ム ・ ジ ャ ン ク シ ョ ン [introductory literature on the subject of European board games]), co-author and editor
  • Fantasy RPG Guidebook (フ ァ ン タ ジ ー RPG ガ イ ド ブ ッ ク), editor and co-author

Translations into Japanese

  • Dragonlance series (Publisher: ASCII Media Works )
  • Dark Elf series (Publisher: ASCII Media Works)
  • Disukuwārudo Sōdōki (デ ィ ス ク ワ ー ル ド 騒 動 記, en. The Color of Magic ), Terry Pratchett
  • Gyakuten Sekai (逆 転 世界, en. Inverted World ), Christopher Priest
  • Sando Kinguzu (サ ン ド キ ン グ ズ, English Sand Kings), George RR Martin
  • GURPS series (『ガ ー プ ス』 シ リ ー ズ) [RPG]
  • Dungeons & Dragons series (『Ｄ＆Ｄ』 シ リ ー ズ) [RPG]
  • Tunnels & Trolls 7th Edition (ト ン ネ ル ズ ＆ ト ロ ー ル ズ 第 ７ 版) [RPG]

Pen & paper role-playing games

  • Rokumon Sekai RPG 2nd edition (六 門 世界 RPG 2nd edition), concept and publisher
  • Rokumon Sekai RPG series (『六 門 世界 RPG』 シ リ ー ズ) , concept
  • Gōsuto Hantā RPG02 series (『ゴ ー ス ト ハ ン タ ー RPG02』 シ リ ー ズ, en. Ghost Hunter RPG02), concept

Board and card games

  • Monster Collection TCG (モ ン ス タ ー ・ コ レ ク シ ョ ン TCG), game designer
  • Ghost Hunter 13 Tile Game (ゴ ー ス ト ハ ン タ ー 13 タ イ ル ゲ ー ム), game designer
  • Black Stories series , Japanese edition (『ブ ラ ッ ク ス ト ー リ ー ズ』 シ リ ー ズ), publisher
  • Palastgeflüster , Japanese edition (王宮 の さ さ や き), publisher
  • Targi , Japanese Complete Edition (タ ル ギ 完全 日本語 版), publisher

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Group SNE | 会 社 案 内 | 所属 ク リ エ ー タ ー. Retrieved May 20, 2017 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ ロ ー ド ス 島 戦 記 - ス タ ッ フ -: 角 川 映 画. Retrieved May 20, 2017 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ ロ ー ド ス 島 戦 記 グ ル ー プ SNE 安 田 均 先生 が 伝 説 に 残 る 『コ ン プ テ テ ー ー ク 誌 上 リ プ レ イ』 に つ い て 今 語 る. Retrieved May 20, 2017 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ Group SNE | 会 社 案 内 | 所属 ク リ エ ー タ ー. Retrieved May 20, 2017 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ Group SNE | 会 社 案 内 | 会 社 概要. Retrieved May 20, 2017 (Japanese).
personal data
SURNAME Yasuda, Hitoshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 安 田 均 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer, translator and game designer
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Kobe