Yoichi Funado

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]

Yoichi Funado
BornKenji Harada
(1944-02-08)February 8, 1944
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
DiedApril 22, 2015(2015-04-22) (aged 71)
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
Period1979-2015
GenreAdventure fiction, spy fiction, hardboiled, thriller, historical fiction
Notable worksMay in the Valley of the Rainbow
Notable awardsMystery Writers of Japan Award (1989)
Naoki Prize (2000)

Biography

Funado was born as Kenji Harada on February 8, 1944. 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]

Works in English translation
  • May in the Valley of the Rainbow (original title: Niji no Tani no Gogatsu), trans. Eve Nyren (Vertical, 2006)[4]

Awards

Main works
  • Higōhōin (1979)
  • Chi to Yume (1982)
  • Yamaneko no Natsu (lit. Summer of the Wildcat) (1984)
  • Takeki Hakobune (1987)
  • Densetsu Naki Chi (1988)
  • Midori no Soko no Soko (1989)
  • Suna no Kuronikuru (lit. Sand Chronicle) (1991)
  • Ezochi Bekken (1995)
  • Niji no Tani no Gogatsu (2000) (May in the Valley of the Rainbow. Vertical. 2006) ISBN 978-1-93223-428-2
  • Yume wa Arechi o (2003)
  • Kahan ni Shirube Naku (lit. No Sign on the Riverside) (2006)
  • Manshukoku Engi (2007-2015) (nine volumes)

References
  1. "Japanese adventure novel writer Funado dies at 71". Mainichi. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. "あの『ゴルゴ13』を直木賞作家・船戸与一氏が！いよいよ文庫化開始" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  3. "Authors: Yoichi Funado". Books from Japan. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. "May in the Valley of the Rainbow". Vertical. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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