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Kaoru Kurimoto
BornSumiyo Yamada
February 13, 1953
Tokyo, Japan
DiedMay 26, 2009(2009-05-26) (aged 56)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupationnovelist, composer and critic
NationalityJapanese
SpouseKiyoshi Imaoka, former editor of SF Magazine, now president of Tenro Productions[1]

Kaoru Kurimoto (栗本 薫, Kurimoto Kaoru, February 13, 1953 – May 26, 2009) was the pen name of Sumiyo Imaoka (今岡 純代, Imaoka Sumiyo), a Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name Azusa Nakajima (中島 梓, Nakajima Azusa) to write criticism and music. She was known for her record-breaking 130-volume Guin Saga series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Russian. Her style has been described as being part of the New Wave science fiction movement.[2] Outside of her literary endeavors, she was a playwright, composer, and pianist who performed with her own jazz ensemble, the Azusa Nakajima Trio.

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JUMP Novel Grand Prix award in 1996 after a strong endorsement from Kaoru Kurimoto, making his official debut at only 17 years old. In 1999, he graduated...

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Yumiko Igarashi

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began to make clear references to non-oral penetrative sex, such as in Kaoru Kurimoto's novel Mayonaka no Tenshi (真夜中の天使, lit. 'Angel at Midnight'). The 1990s...

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Deaths in May 2009

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Naoyuki Kato

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List of records of Japan

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Seiun Award

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2009 in Japan

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actor (born 1987) March 25 - Yukio Endō, gymnast (born 1937) May 26 - Kaoru Kurimoto, novelist (born 1953) June 11 - Sumire, model (born 1987) June 13 -...

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Jun Suemi

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fantasy and science-fiction books, the Guin Saga novel series written by Kaoru Kurimoto and the Kerberos Panzer Jäger radio drama by Mamoru Oshii. 聖拳アチョー (MSX)...

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List of manga licensed in English

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Manga:The Seven Magi (グイン・サーガ七人の魔道師, Guin Sāga Shichi-nin no Madōshi) Kaoru Kurimoto and Kazuaki Yanagizawa Media Factory Vertical Gun Blaze West (ガン ブレイズ...

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Nihon SF Taisho Award

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