Hiroshi Sakurazaka

Hiroshi sakurazaka was born in tokyo in 1970. After a career in information technology, he published his first novel, modern magic made Simple (yoku wakaru gendai mahou), in 2003 with super dash bunko. There are now seven volumes in The series, and it was adapted as a manga in 2008 and as a television Anime series in 2009. Sakurazaka published all you need is kill with super dash bunko in 2004 and with it earned his first seiun award nomination for best of the year honors in japanese science fiction. His 2004 short story, "saitama chainsaw massacre," won the 16th sf magazine reader's award.