Yoshio Aramaki

Yoshio Aramaki (, ''Aramaki Yoshio'', born 12 April 1933) is a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer, critic and art collector. His original given name was Kunio Aramaki (, ''Aramaki Kunio''). He has changed his name to Yoshimasa Aramaki (). Aramaki is well known by his so-called "Meta-SF" works which are characterized by their speculative and fantastic themes and depictions. He is also famous for his various series of "imaginary battle" novels and alternate history novels such as ''Konpeki no Kantai'' series. He is a member of the Japan Writers’ Association, and of the SFWJ (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan), and of the Contemporary Haiku Association. He was also a professor in the Seishū Women's University (now, Sapporo International University) from 1993 to 1997. Provided by Wikipedia