Baku Yumemakura

Japanese science fiction and adventure writer · Japan · Writers · Born 1951 · age 75

Baku Yumemakura is read about 252 times a day, in 10 languages.

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Baku Yumemakura is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer whose penname translates to Dream Pillow (Yumemakura) Tapir (Baku).

A life in dates

2012Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for LiteratureAward2011Izumi Kyōka Prize for LiteratureAward2006Seiun Award for Best ComicAward1998Shibata Renzaburō AwardAward1990Seiun Award for Best Japanese NovelAward1989Nihon SF Taisho AwardAward1951Born1 January 1951

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Awards

Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature2012

Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature2011

Seiun Award for Best Comic2006

Shibata Renzaburō Award1998

Seiun Award for Best Japanese Novel1990

Nihon SF Taisho Award1989

In common with Baku

Yōsuke SaitōAlso in The Demon Within (1985)

Deng LunAlso in The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)

Zhang YuqiAlso in Legend of the Demon Cat (2017)

Yōjirō TakitaAlso in Onmyoji (2001)

Yūsaku YaraAlso in Psycho Diver: Soul Siren (1997)

MugihitoAlso in Amon Saga (1986)

About this person

Baku Yumemakura is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer whose penname translates to Dream Pillow (Yumemakura) Tapir (Baku). His works have sold more than 20 million copies in Japan spread across more than 280 titles and adapted into a variety of formats including feature films, television shows, movies and comic books.

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Japan