【Old News】 Mr. Sakyo Komatsu, a science fiction author representing Japan, died, "Japanese sinking" etc

"Japanese sinking"Capital disappearance"Goodbye JupiterIn addition to numerous film-made works such as "In the fruitless flow of fruitMr. Sakyo Komatsu who has a representative work such as "died because of pneumonia on July 26. He was 80 years old.

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Komatsu was born in 1931. Hayakawa Shobo decided to write science fiction myself by meeting "S - F magazine" which was launched in 1959, and applied for a novel contest conducted by Hayakawa Shobo in 1961. Although it was not posted on the S - F magazine, it was called S - F magazine editor - in - chie "SF 's demon"Masami FukushimaIn recognition of his abilities, in October 1962 "Kanzen Rakrise" was published with the S - F magazine and made his debut.

In 1964 he published a long novel "Japan Apache Tribe". In 1970 he was a sub-producer of the theme pavilion at the Japan World Exposition held in Osaka. At this time, the main producer is Taro Okamoto who is known as the "Tower of the Sun" and the episode of this time was drawn in a bit in the drama "TARO Tower" broadcasted at NHK in 2011 (Okamoto Matsuo Suzuki played Taro and Komatsu Sakyon played Takeyama Takonori). In addition, he is a comprehensive producer at the International Flower and Greenery Expo (Hanawa Hiroshi) held in 1990.

Komatsu is known for short shortsHoshi HoshiAlso active as an actorYutaka TsutsuiTogether with "SF Three House", Shoichi Hoshi passed away in 1997.