Fuyumi Ono

Fuyumi Ono (小野 不由美, Ono Fuyumi^?) is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing The Twelve Kingdoms (十二国記, Jūni Kokuki^?) series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is Fuyumi Uchida (内田 不由美, Uchida Fuyumi^?), but she writes under her maiden name.

Biography

Ono was born in Nakatsu, Ōita, Kyūshū in 1960. She graduated from Ōtani University in Kyōto with a degree in Buddhist Studies, and in 1988 was employed by the publisher Kōdansha. Her debut story is titled Sleepless on Birthday Eve (バースデイ・イブは眠れない , baasudei ibu ha nemurenai^?).

Ono is married to Naoyuki Uchida (内田 直行, Uchida Naoyuki^?), a mystery novelist who writes under the pseudonym Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻 行人 , Ayatsuji Yukito^?).

Before she started work on The Twelve Kingdoms, Fuyumi Ono wrote The Demonic Child (魔性の子, Mashō no Ko^?), a horror novel about a boy from another world. She later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series. Short stories set in the various kingdoms include: Kasho (華胥^?), Toei (冬栄^?), Shokan (書簡^?), Kizan (帰山^?) and Jogetsu (乗月^?). In February, 2008, a new Twelve Kingdoms short story, Hisho no Tori (丕緒の鳥) was published in Shinchosha's Yomyom magazine.^[1]

On March 18th, 2007, according to an interview at the Anime News Network,^[2] she is "currently rewriting a girls’ horror series (she) wrote long ago".

Works

Novels

• Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve (バースデー・イブは眠れない) 1988 Kodansha
• Mephisto and Waltz! (メフィストとワルツ!) 1988 Kodansha ISBN 978-4061902497, Continuation of Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve
• Evil Spirits Aren't Scary (悪霊なんかこわくない) 1989 Kodansha ISBN 978-4061902572
• Evil Spirit Series (悪霊シリーズ - Akuryō series) Kodansha
  • There are lots of Evil Spirits?! (悪霊がいっぱい!?) 1989 ISBN 978-4061903111
  • There are really lots of Evil Spirits! (悪霊がホントにいっぱい!) 1989 ISBN 978-4061903654
  • Too many Evil Spirits to sleep (悪霊がいっぱいで眠れない) 1990 ISBN 978-4061904170
  • A lonely Evil Spirit (悪霊はひとりぼっち) 1990 ISBN 978-4061904859
  • I Don't Want to Become an Evil Spirit! (悪霊になりたくない!) 1991 ISBN 978-4061905948
  • Don't Call me an Evil Spirit (悪霊とよばないで) 1991 ISBN 978-4061985759
  • I don't mind Evil Spirits 1 (悪霊だってヘイキ!〈上〉) 1992 ISBN 978-4061986961
  • I don't mind Evil Spirits 2 (悪霊だってヘイキ!〈下〉) 1992 ISBN 978-4061986978
• Charmed 17 year old (呪われた17歳) 1990 朝日ソノラマ
  • 17 Springs Passed (過ぎる十七の春 Sugiru Jūshichi no Haru)1995 Kodansha ISBN 978-4062552011, an adaptation of Charmed 17 year old
• Green Home Spirits (グリーンホームの亡霊たち) 1990年朝日ソノラマ刊
  • Home, Green Home (緑の我が家 Home、Green Home) 1997 Kodansha ISBN 978-4062552943、an adaptation of Green Home Spirits
• Demon's Child (魔性の子　Mashō no Ko) 1991 Shinchosha ISBN 4-10-124021-3 Loosely associated with the 12 Kingdom Series
• The Twelve Kingdoms Series (十二国記) Kodansha unless otherwise noted
  • Shadow of the Moon, Sea of the Shadow (月の影 影の海) 1992 ISBN 4-06-255071-7 US Publication: 3/2007 Tokyo Pop ISBN 1598169467 as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow
  • Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth (風の海 迷宮の岸) 1993 ISBN 4-06-255114-4 US Publication: 3/2008 Tokyo Pop ISBN 978-1-59816-947-8 as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind
  • Sea God of the East, Vast Sea of the West (東の海神 西の滄海) 1994 ISBN 4-06-255168-3 US Publication: 3/2009 Tokyo Pop ISBN 978-1-5981-6948-5 as The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas
  • A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn (風の万里 黎明の空) 1994 ISBN 4-06-255175-6 US Publication: 3/2010 Tokyo Pop ISBN 978-1-59816-949-2 as The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn
  • Aspired Wings (図南の翼) 1996 ISBN 4-06-255229-9
  • Drifting Ship (漂舶) 1997 (short story)
  • Shore at Dusk, Sky at Dawn (黄昏の岸 暁の天) 2001 ISBN 4-06-255546-8
  • Kashou's Dream (華胥の幽夢) 2001 ISBN 4-06-255573-5
    • Prosperity in Winter (冬栄) originally published 4/2001 IN☆POCKET
    • Kashou (華胥) originally published 5/2001 Mephisto
    • Jougetsu (乗月)
    • Correspondence (書簡)
    • Kizan (帰山)
  • Hisho no Tori (丕緒の鳥) 2/2008 (short story, published in Yomyom magazine)
  • Rakusho no Goku (落照の獄) 9/2009 (short story, published in Yomyom magazine)
• London, 1888 (倫敦、1888) 10/1993 Logout
• Strange Tōkei Tales (東亰異聞 - Tōkei Ibun) (runner up for the 1993 Japan Fantasy Novel Award) 1994 Shinchosha ISBN 978-4101240220
• Ghost Hunt Series (ゴースト・ハントシリーズ)^[3] A continuation of the Evil Spirit Series, but in a different setting
  • Nightmare Dwelling 1 (悪夢の棲む家(上)) 1994 Kodansha ISBN 978-4062551564
  • Nightmare Dwelling 2 (悪夢の棲む家(下)) 1994 Kodansha ISBN 978-4062551649
• Shiki (屍鬼, literally Corpse Demon) 1998 Shinchosha ISBN 978-4103970026
• Island of the Black Shrine (黒祠の島) 2001 Shodensha ISBN 978-4396331641
• Kura no Kami (くらのかみ) 2003 Kodansha ISBN 978-4062705646
• Ghost Stories Storybook (鬼談草紙) Serialized since June, 2000 in the magazine Yuu

References

1. ^ Yom Yom Official site
2. ^ "Fuyumi Ono Interview". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2007-03-18/fuyumi-ono-author-of-the-twelve-kingdoms. Retrieved 2007-03-18. 
3. ^ "Ghost Hunt". (November 2006) Newtype USA. p. 19.

External links

• Kōdansha's Twelve Kingdoms Site

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