Yoichi Funado | |
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Born | Kenji Harada February 8, 1944 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
Died | April 22, 2015 Suginami, Tokyo, Japan | (aged 71)
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
Period | 1979–2015 |
Genre | Adventure fiction, spy fiction, hardboiled, thriller, historical fiction |
Notable works | May in the Valley of the Rainbow |
Notable awards |
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1989) Naoki Prize (2000) |
Kenji Harada (原田建司, Harada Kenji, February 8, 1944 – April 22, 2015) better known by his pseudonym Yoichi Funado (船戸与一, Funado Yoichi) was a Japanese writer of adventure fiction. [1]
Funado was born as Kenji Harada on February 8, 1944.[ citation needed] During his student days, he traveled to Alaska. He graduated from Waseda University. [1] Funado wrote approximately 30 stories for the manga series Golgo 13, three of which he later novelized in 2011. [2]
Funado made his debut as an adventure novel writer in 1979. [1] After writing some prize-winning adventure novels, in 2000 he won the Naoki Prize for his novel May in the Valley of the Rainbow. [1] [3] In February 2015, he published the last volume of his nine-volume novel series on the history of Manchukuo.
Funado died of thymic cancer on April 22, 2015, in Suginami, Tokyo. [1]