Yoshio Aramaki

Yoshio Aramaki is a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer, critic and art collector. His original given name was Kunio Aramaki. He has changed his name to Yoshimasa Aramaki (荒巻義雅). Aramaki is well known by his so-called "Meta-SF" works which are characterized by their speculative and fantastic themes and depictions. He is also famous for his various series of "imaginary battle" novels and alternate history novels such as Konpeki no Kantai series. He is a member of the Japan Writers’ Association, and of the SFWJ, and of the Contemporary Haiku Association. He was also a professor in the Seishū Women's University from 1993 to 1997.