Reki Kawahara

Reki Kawahara
Native name 川原 礫
Born August 17, 1974[1][2]
Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Other names Fumio Kunori (九里 史生)
Occupation Novelist
Known for Sword Art Online, Accel World

Reki Kawahara (川原 礫 Kawahara Reki, born in Gunma Prefecture) is the Japanese author of the light novels and manga Sword Art Online and Accel World. Both series have been adapted into anime and have a shared universe between them. He also has another light novel series, Absolute Solitude (絶対ナル孤独者 Zettainaru Aisorēta), which began publishing in print in June 2014,[3] after having been serialised online starting in 2004.[4]

The Sword Art Online series was first published online in 2002, under the pen name Fumio Kunori (九里史生 Kunori Fumio). Kawahara entered the first Accel World novel into ASCII Media Works' 15th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2008 and the novel won the Grand Prize.[5] The first novel was published by ASCII Media Works on February 10, 2009 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint.[6] As of October 10, 2014, 17 volumes have been published. After gaining fame from the Dengeki award, Kawahara republished Sword Art Online in print.

In 2012, he made voice cameos in several episodes of the Accel World anime series as Tin Writer.

References

  1. ↑ "Reki Kawahara (川原 礫) Brief Biography". T-ono.net. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  2. ↑ "Personal Twitter". 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  3. ↑ "New License Announcements". Yen Press. 2014-06-13. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  4. ↑ "絶対ナル孤独 連載ページ". Wordgear.x0.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  5. ↑ 第15回 電撃大賞 入賞作品 [15th Dengeki Bunko Prize Winning Works] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  6. ↑ アクセル・ワールド1 [Accel World 1] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved October 1, 2011.

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