Reki Kawahara

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Reki Kawahara ( Japanese 川 原 礫 , Kawahara Reki , born August 17, 1974 ) is the pseudonym of a Japanese author of light novels .

Life

He wrote Reki Kawahara's debut novel Sword Art Online under the pseudonym Fumio Kunori ( 九 里 史 生 ) with the intention of using it as a contribution to the Dengeki game Shōsetsu Taishō ( 電 撃 ゲ ー ム 小説 大 賞 , "Big Dengeki Computer Games Novel Prize") 2002 of the Light Novel- Imprints Dengeki Bunko of the publishing house ASCII Media Works . However, since he exceeded the page limit, he finally decided not to send it in and put the work on his website in November 2002. Over time, he added three novel sequels and short stories to this web novel. The web novel had about 6.5 million page views. The central theme of the work is completely immersive virtual realities as computer games.

In November / December 2007 he published Chōzetsu Kasoku Burst Linker ( 超絶 加速 バ ー ス ト ・ リ ン カ ー , Chōzetsu Kasoku Bāsuto Rinkā ) again on the network. Its theme is also similar to that of Sword Art Online . Under the changed title Accel World , he then sent it in as an entry for the same prize competition and won the Grand Prix. At the same time, the publisher offered him to publish Sword Art Online professionally. Accel World's first volume was published in February 2009 and Sword Art Online in April.

Both Accel World and Sword Art Online received adaptations as anime series in 2012 for the 20th anniversary of ASCII Media Works . At the Tokyo Anime Awards he was recognized for Best Plot for Sword Art Online and the adaptation for Best TV Series. In 2012 and 2013, Sword Art Online was the top-selling light novel series, while Accel World came in at # 2 and # 20, respectively.

In addition to MMORPGs such as Ultima Online , with which he started in 1998, or Ragnarok Online , Reki Kawahara was influenced by Arimasa Ōsawa and his detective novel series Shinjuku-zame (the first two volumes appeared in German as Der Hai von Shinjuku ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reki Kawahara (川 原 礫) Brief Biography . T-ono.net. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Reki Kawahara: SAO 出版 に 至 る あ れ こ れ . In: Reki Kawahara official blog / full105. Retrieved April 24, 2010, July 9, 2012 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ a b Reki Kawahara: Afterword in Volume 1 of Sword Art Online
  4. ↑ Reki Kawahara: Afterword in Volume 6 of Sword Art Online
  5. ^ Fumio Kunori (Reki Kawahara): web novel. In: WordGear. Retrieved April 9, 2012 (Japanese).
  6. ↑ ラ ノ ベ 質問 状 ： 「ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン」 ６５０ 万 ＰＶ ＰＶ の ウ ェ ブ 小説 が 原作 . In: Mantan Web. April 23, 2010, archived from the original on December 23, 2010 ; Retrieved July 9, 2012 (Japanese).
  7. ↑ a b 第 15 回電 撃 小説 大 賞 ・ 大 賞 を 受 賞 し た 川 原 礫 先生 の イ ン タ ビ ュ ー を お 届 け！ . In: DengekiOnline. ASCII Media Works, February 10, 2009, accessed July 9, 2012 (Japanese).
  8. ↑ ア ス キ ー ・ メ デ ィ ア ワ ー ク ス 創立 20 周年 記念 企 画 . (No longer available online.) ASCII Media Works, archived from the original on August 2, 2012 ; Retrieved July 9, 2012 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 20th.asciimw.jp
  9. ↑ Wolf Children, SAO, Kuroko's Basketball Win Tokyo Anime Awards. In: Anime News Network. March 24, 2013, accessed April 10, 2013 .
  10. ↑ Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2013. In: Anime News Network. December 1, 2013, accessed April 6, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2012. In: Anime News Network. December 2, 2012, accessed April 6, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Kawahara, Reki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 川 原 礫 (Japanese); Kunori Fumio (pseudonym); 九 里 史 生 (pseudonym, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1974