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Hideyuki Kikuchi - Wikipedia
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Horror / Fantasy / Urban Fantasy / Vampire Ficiton
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He has been compared to both Stephen King and H. P. Lovecraft.
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Hideyuki Kikuchi Hideyuki Kikuchi (菊地 秀行 Kikuchi Hideyuki?, born September 25, ) is a Japanese author famous for his horror novels. His most famous works including the Vampire Hunter D series, Darkside Blues and Wicked City. ~&#;Hideyuki Kikuchi - Wikipedia
HIdeyuki Kikuchi was born in Chiba, Japan in He attended the prestigious Aoyama University and wrote his 1st novel, Demon City Shinjuku in He is one of Japan's top sci-fi/horror writers, writing novels in the tradition of occidental horror authors like Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. Over the past 3 decades, several of his works have been adapted into live-action and anime movies, including Vampire Hunter D and his 1st novel, Demon City Shinjuku. Drawing inspiration as Horror of Dracula, Kikuchi has spawned over 17 novels in his Vampire Hunter D series. ~&#;12, A.D. Wikia
Biography
Kikuchi was born in Chōshi, Japan on September 25, He attended Aoyama Gakuin University and was trained as a writer by famed author Kazuo Koike. H
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Science Fiction, Imagination & Fear Authors
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Hideyuki Kikuchi
Japanese novelist
Hideyuki Kikuchi | |
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| Born | () 25 September (age&#;75) Chōshi, Chiba, Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist, author |
| Genre | Horror, fantasy |
Hideyuki Kikuchi (菊地 秀行, Kikuchi Hideyuki, born September 25, ) is a Japanese author known for his horror novels. His most famous works include the Vampire Hunter D series, Darkside Blues and Wicked City.
Biography
[edit]Kikuchi was born in Chōshi, Japan on September 25, He attended Aoyama Gakuin University and was trained as a writer by famed author Kazuo Koike. His first novel, Demon City Shinjuku, was published in While his first novels are typical novel prose, as he gained fame, he adapted a more terse writing style.
Kikuchi became close friends with writer and director Yoshiaki Kawajiri during his adaption of Wicked City and the two have since collaborated on Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and the OVA of Demon City Shinjuku.
Works
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[edit]Demon City Shinjuku series
[edit]The series takes place in a world where Shinjuku has been turned into a city of demons and monsters, and follows a young man named Kyoya Izayoi, user of the mystical art of Nempo, who must discover how the disaster relates to his own family.
- Demon City Shinjuku (魔界都市＜新宿＞, Makai