Reki Kawahara

Reki Kawahara
Native name 川原 礫
Born (1974-08-17) 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 August 17, 1974) is the Japanese author of the light novels and manga Sword Art Online and Accel World. Both series have been adapted into anime. He has also written The Isolator and the spinoff series Sword Art Online: Progressive.

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.[3] The first novel was published by ASCII Media Works on February 10, 2009 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint.[4] As of October 10, 2015, 19 volumes have been published.[5] An anime series debuted in April of 2012. [6] After gaining fame from the Dengeki award, Kawahara republished Sword Art Online in print. 16 volumes have been published as of August 2015,[7] as well as four volumes of Sword Art Online: Progressive.[8] An anime series premiered in July 2012[9] to much acclaim, and was followed by a for-TV movie Sword Art Online Extra Edition on December 31, 2013[10] and a second anime series, Sword Art Online II, in July of 2014.[11]

The Isolator (絶対ナル孤独者 Zettainaru Aisorēta) was serialised online starting in 2004, [12] and began publishing in print in June 2014,[13]. Three light novels and one manga have been written [14].

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 September 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Personal Twitter". August 20, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ アクセル・ワールド1 [Accel World 1] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ アクセル・ワールド19 (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Accel World, Natsuiro Kiseki, Zetman, Dusk maiden of Amnesia Premieres Listed". Anime News Network. February 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  7. ↑ ソードアート・オンライン１６ アリシゼーション・エクスプローディング (in Japanese). Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ ソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ (4) (電撃文庫) (in Japanese). ISBN 9784048655668.
  9. ↑ "Sword Art Online Light Novels About Virtual MMO Get Anime". Anime News Network. 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  10. ↑ "Sword Art Online Extra Edition to Air With New Footage". Anime News Network. 2013-08-12. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  11. ↑ "Anime Expo to Host Sword Art Online II Premiere Event with Reki Kawahara, abec". Anime News Network. May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ "絶対ナル孤独 連載ページ". Wordgear.x0.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ "New License Announcements". Yen Press. June 13, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  14. ↑ . Dengeki Bunko http://dengekibunko.jp/newreleases/978-4-04-865748-8/. Retrieved February 14, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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