is a Japanese scholar. He is a professor at Keio University, where he has taught literary theory and American literature since 1989.
As an avid science fiction fan, he authored many books and essays on science fiction. He received Nihon SF Taisho prize in 2000 for Nihon SF ronsÃ
Âshi.
Works
Single authorship
- (1988) SaibÃÂpanku amerika (ãµã¤ãÂÂã¼ãÂÂã³ã¯ãÂȋ¢ã¡ãªã« Cyberpunk America)
- (1992) Gendai SF no retorikku (ç¾代SFã®ã‹ÂÂãªãÂÂ㯠Rhetoric of Contemporary Science Fiction)
- (1993) Metafikushon no bÃ
Âryaku (ã¡ã¿ãÂÂã£ã¯ã·ã§ã³ã®è¬ÂçÂÂ¥ / Metafiction as Ideology)
- (1993) Japanoido sengenâÂÂgendai nihon SF o yomu tameni (ã¸ã£ãÂÂãÂÂã¤ãÂÂ宣訠/ A Manifesto for Japanoids)
- (1995) E. A. Pou o yomu (Eã»AãÂȋÂÂã¦ãÂÂèªÂã Disfiguration of Genres: A Reading in the Rhetorics of Edgar Allan Poe)
- (1995) NyÃ
« amerikanizumu--beibungaku shisÃ
Âshi no monogatarigaku (ãÂÂãÂ¥ã¼ãÂȋ¢ã¡ãªã«ãÂÂãºã âÂÂç±³æÂÂå¦æÂÂæ³å²ã®ç©èªÂå¦ / New Americanist Poetics) (revised 2005)
- (1996) NyÃ
«yÃ
Âku no seikimatsu (ãÂÂãÂ¥ã¼ã¨ã¼ã¯ã®ä¸Âç´Âæ« / New York Decadence)
- (1997) KyÃ
ÂryÃ
« no amerika (æÂÂç«Âã®ã¢ã¡ãªã« Dinosaur and America)
- (1997) "Comparative Metafiction: Somewhere between Ideology and Rhetoric"
- (1998) Nihon henryÃ
« bungaku (æÂ¥æ¬å¤ÂæµÂæÂÂå¦ / Slipstream Japan)
- (2000) Metafàwa naze korosareruâÂÂgendai hihyÃ
 kÃ
Âgi (ã¡ã¿ãÂÂã¡ã¼ã¯ãªãÂÂ殺ãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂâÂÂç¾代æ¹è©Âè¬Â義 / Metaphor Murders)
- (2006) Full Metal Apache: Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America
As an editor
- (1991) SaibÃ
Âgu feminizumu (ãµã¤ãÂÂã¼ã°ãÂȋÂÂã§ãÂÂãÂÂãºã Cyborg Feminism) (revised 2001)
- (2000) Nihon SF ronsÃ
Âshi (æÂ¥æ¬SFè«ÂäºÂå² / Science Fiction Controversies in Japan: 1962âÂÂ1997)
- (2007) Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
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