Sasamoto, Yuuichi

Yuuichi Sasamoto is a Seiun Award-winning science fiction writer. He has received the honor five times in his career. 1999: Suisei Gari, Best Japanese Novel of the Year 2003: Passport to the Universe, Non-Fiction of the Year 2004: Passport to the Universe 2, Non-Fiction of the Year 2005: ARIEL, Best Japanese Novel of the Year 2007: Passport to the Universe 3, Non-Fiction of the Year Yuichi Sasamoto's debut work was Yosei Sakusen, which was released in 1984. He is known in Japan as the first light novel writer with his ARIEL series. He is also a rocket enthusiast and together with a few other sci-fi novelists and mangaka, founded a group that successfully launched a rocket to orbit. Twitter: @sasamotoU1