Yuuichi Sasamoto is a celebrated science fiction writer who's won the Seiun Award five times—a pretty impressive track record in the Japanese SF community.
His debut came in 1984 with Yosei Sakusen, but he's probably best known for the ARIEL series, which fans often credit as a major turning point for light novels in Japan. Beyond writing, Sasamoto is genuinely passionate about rockets. He actually co-founded a group with other sci-fi writers and manga creators that successfully launched a satellite to orbit—the kind of thing that shows he takes the "science" in science fiction seriously.
His Seiun Award wins span from 1999 to 2007 and cover both fiction and non-fiction:
- 1999: Suisei Gari (Best Japanese Novel)
- 2003: Passport to the Universe (Non-Fiction)
- 2004: Passport to the Universe 2 (Non-Fiction)
- 2005: ARIEL (Best Japanese Novel)
- 2007: Passport to the Universe 3 (Non-Fiction)
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