Ryu Mitsuse

Ryū Mitsuse ( Mitsuse Ryū, March 18, 1928 - July 7, 1999) was a Japanese novelist, science fiction writer, alternate history writer, historical novelist, and essayist. Mitsuse is the author of Hyakuoku no Hiru to Sen'oku no Yoru. Among his various works, this SF novel is considered as his representative work. Mitsuse is a founder member and was a member of the SFWJ (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan). In the West he might be best known for manga-related works and the story The Sunset, 2217 A.D. which appeared in Frederik Pohl's "Best Science Fiction for 1972".

Biography Birth and Age of student Mitsuse was born at Minami-Senju, Kita-Toshima District, Tokyo Prefecture in 1928. His birth name was Kimio Chiba . The eldest son of Kizō Chiba and Kiyo. There were three elder sisters.

In around June, 1945, he evacuated to Iwate prefecture, which was his parents' homeland, from Tokyo. He transferred to kyūsei Ichinose middle school. In 1948, he graduated from this middle school and entered the Toyo University in Tokyo. But he dropped out, and entered the Meiji University. But he again dropped out in short period. He transferred to Kawamura high school and graduated from this school. In 1949, Mitsuse entered the department of Agriculture of the Tokyo University of Education. In 1950, he transferred to the department of Science, zoology course, and graduated from this university in 1953. In 1957, Mitsuse became a tutor of Koganai high school of Tokyo prefecture. And next year, he obtained a stable job as a high school teacher of biology and earth science.

Becoming a novelist Before his marriage, Mitsuse joined "Kagaku Sōsaku Club" where Takumi Shibano was operating as a publisher and an editor of the coterie magazine "Uchū-jin" in 1957. He started publishing various short novels in under the pen-name Mitsuse Ryū. He published first long novel "Hakengun Kaeru" in Uchūjin. Ten Billion Days and a Hundred Billion Nights was adapted into a manga by Moto Hagio in the late 1970s.

Long Novels Tasogare ni Kaeru 1964, Hayakawa Publishing Hyakuoku no Hiru to Sen'oku no Yoru 1967, Hayakawa Publishing English translation: Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights, 2011, Haikasoru. Kan'ei Mumyōken 1969, Rippu Shobo Ushinawareta Toshi no Kiroku 1972, Hayakawa Publishing Seitō Totoku-fu 1975, Hayakawa Publishing Hiden Miyamoto Musashi 1976, Yomiuri Shinbunsha Higashi Canal Bunsho 1977, Hayakawa Publishing Karera, Atlantis yori 1979, Rippu Shobo Uchū Kōro 1980, Kiso Tengaisha Gen'ei no Ballad 1980, Tokuma Shoten Karera Seiun yori 1981, Tokuma Shoten Shin Miyamoto Musashi 1981, Tokuma Shoten Tokoro wa Izuko, Suishi-ei 1983, Kadokawa Shoten Heike Monogatari 1983 - 1988, Kadokawa Shoten Fubuki no Niji 1984, Shueisha Aurora no Kienu Ma ni 1984, Hayakawa Publishing New York, Yōsoro 1984, Kadokawa Shoten Sabita Ginga 1987, Hayakawa Publishing Miyamoto Musashi Kessen-Roku 1992, Kofusha Shuppan Yamiichi no Shinkirō 1993, Jitsugyo no Nihonsha Hidedyoshi to Nobunaga - Shisetsu Shinchō-kō-Ki 1996, Kofusha Shuppan Ihon Saiyūki 1999, Kadokawa Haruki Jimusho

Space Chronicle series Short novels City 0 nen Solomon 1942 nen Hare no Umi 1979 nen Bohimei 2007 nen Hyōmu 2015 nen Okhotsk 2017 nen Pilot Farm 2029 nen Kansen Suiro 2061 nen Uchū Kyūjotai 2180 nen Hyōi-Sei 2197 nen Junshisen 2205 nen Ryūsa 2210 nen Rakuyō 2217 nen City 2220 nen Senjō 2241 nen Soula 2291 nen Erutria 2411 nen Sincia Yūsuichi 2450 nen Ryūsei 2505 nen Nishi Canal-Shi 2703 nen Renpou 3812 nen Cabilia 4016 nen Canan 5100 nen Henkyō 5320 nen

Long novels The following long novels belong to "the Space Chronicle series" Tasogare ni Kaeru 1964, Hayakawa Publishing Ushinawareta Toshi no Kiroku 1972, Hayakawa Publishing Higashi Canal Bunsho 1977, Hayakawa Publishing Sabita Ginga 1987, Hayakawa Publishing

Young adult fictions Yūbae Sakusen 1967, Seikosha Asu e no Tsuiseki Hokuhoku-tō wo Keikaiseyo 1969, Asahi Sonorama Akatsuki wa tada Gin-iro 1970, Asahi Sonorama Sono Hana wo Miruna! 1970, Mainichi Shinbunsha Sakusen NACL 1971, Iwasaki Shoten SOS Time Patrol 1972, Asahi Sonorama Tachidomareba Shi 1978, Asahi Sonorama Kieta Machi 1978, Tsuru Shobo Ijigen Kaikyō 1979, Asahi Sonorama

Essays Ron Sensei no Mushimegane 1976, Hayakawa Publishing Ron Sensei no Mushimegane, Part 2 1982, Tokuma Shoten Ron Sensei no Mushimegane, Part 3 1983, Tokuma Shoten Kotori ga Sukininaru Hon illustration: Masayuki Yabu'uchi 1985, Nature Island sha/ Seiunsha Mushi no ii, Mushi no Hanashi Dialogues with Daisaburō Okumoto 1986, Liyonsha Rekishi Sozoro Aruki 1989, Tairiku Shobo Ushinawareta Bunmei no Kioku 1996, Seishun Shuppansha Ushinawareta Jikūkan no Nazo 1998, Seishun Shuppansha

Stories adapted into manga Uchū 2007 nen manga by Kyūta Ishikawa (:ja:石川球太) Maboroshi no Yamato manga by Takeshi Koshiro (:ja:古城武司) Hyakuoku no Hiru to Sen'oku no Yoru manga by Moto Hagio (:ja:萩尾望都) Ron Sensei no Mushimegane manga by Tadashi Katō (:ja:加藤唯史) Andromeda Stories author: Ryū Mitsuse, manga by Keiko Takemiya (:ja:竹宮惠子)

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