10 Facts About Baku Yumemakura

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Baku Yumemakura is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer.

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Baku Yumemakura's works have sold more than 20 million copies in Japan spread across more than 280 titles.

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Baku Yumemakura is published in a variety of formats including feature films, television shows, movies and comic books.

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Baku Yumemakura's works are influenced by outdoor interests such as fishing, particularly Ayu fishing, mountain climbing, canoeing as well as manga, photography, pottery, art, calligraphy, martial arts.

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Baku Yumemakura has published a number of photo collections of his journeys through Nepalese mountains.

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Baku Yumemakura is best known for writing Jogen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi, which won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award.

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Baku Yumemakura has written film scripts, including the one to Onmyoji.

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Baku Yumemakura is a past president of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan.

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Baku Yumemakura was born on January 1,1951, in Odawara-shi.

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Baku Yumemakura followed this success by releasing the novella Kyojin Den and enjoyed enough success to become a full-time author.