Hideyuki Kikuchi

Hideyuki Kikuchi (菊地 秀行, Kikuchi Hideyuki, born September 25, 1949) is a Japanese author famous for his horror novels. His most famous works include the Vampire Hunter D series, Darkside Blues and Wicked City. He has been compared to both Stephen King and H. P. Lovecraft.

Biography

Kikuchi was born in Chōshi, Japan on September 25, 1949. He attended Aoyama Gakuin University and was trained as a writer by famed author Kazuo Koike. His first novel, Demon City Shinjuku, was published in 1982. While his first novels are typical novel prose, as he gained fame, he adapted a more terse writing style (suggesting they were intended to be adapted into films).

Kikuchi became close friends with writer and director Yoshiaki Kawajiri during his adaption of Wicked City and the two have since collaborated on Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and the OVA of Demon City Shinjuku.

Works

Novels

• Demon City Shinjuku (é­"界都市＜新宿＞) (published September 30, 1982)
• Invader Summer (インベーダー・サマー) (published August 30, 1983 with illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano)
• A Wind Named Amnesia (風の名はアムネジア) (published October 31, 1983 with illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano)
• Evil Deity Gourmet (妖神グルメ) (published on June 30, 1984 with illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano, republished in February 2000)
• Wicked City (妖獣都市) (published on July 31, 1985)
• Yashakiden
• Meiji Dorakyuu Den (published in United States as Dark Wars: The Tale of Meiji Dracula)

Invader Summer and A Wind Named Amnesia were republished together in one volume in August 2005, with illustrations by Eiji Kaneda.

Vampire Hunter D series

Treasure Hunter series

A series of young-adult fiction novels (also called the Alien Series for use of "alien" in each title), the story follows a seemingly ordinary high schooler named Dai Yagashira, who journeys around the world collecting rare and supernatural treasures. A member of ITHA (International Treasure Hunters Association) and heir to a family of treasure hunters, Yagashira fights soldiers, private militia, and fellow treasure hunters using both high-tech weapons and powerful artifacts. While the original illustrations were provided by Yoshitaka Amano (with the exception of the illustrations by Masahiro Shibata for “Black Death Empire”), the illustrations in the bound volumes are by Koichiro Yonemura.

1. Alien‐Hidden Treasure Town (エイリアン秘宝街)
2. Alien‐Monster Zone 1 (エイリアンé­"獣境1)
3. Alien‐Monster Zone 2 (エイリアンé­"獣境2)
4. Alien‐Apocalypse Record (エイリアン黙示録)
5. Alien‐Monster Cat Tale (エイリアン怪猫伝)
6. Alien‐Otherworldly Journey by Sea (エイリアンé­"界航路)
7. Alien‐Mystic Mountain Chronicle (エイリアン妖山記)
8. Alien‐Treacherous Sea Tale (エイリアン邪海伝)
9. Alien‐Luoyang Strange Tales (エイリアン京洛異妖編)
10. Alien‐God's Country (first volume) (エイリアンé­"神国 上巻)
11. Alien‐God's Country (second volume) (エイリアンé­"神国 中巻)
12. Alien‐God's Country (third volume) (エイリアンé­"神国 下巻)
13. Alien‐God's Country (Conclusion 1) (エイリアンé­"神国 完結編1)
14. Alien‐God's Country (Conclusion 2) (エイリアンé­"神国 完結編2)
15. Alien‐God's Country (Conclusion 3) (エイリアンé­"神国 完結編3)
16. Alien‐Noble God's Castle (エイリアンè'¼è¡€é­"城)
17. Alien‐Black Death Empire (first volume) (エイリアンé»'死帝国 上巻)
18. Alien‐Black Death Empire (second volume) (エイリアンé»'死帝国 下巻)

Manga

• The Sword of Shibito
• Darkside Blues
• Demon Palace Babylon
• Vampire Hunter D
• Taimashin
• Taimashin - Masatsu Note
  • Masatsu Note Taimashin Toudouhen (sequel to Taimashin - Masatsu Note)
• Taimashin: Akamushi Masatsukou
• Shibito no Ken
  • Shin Shibito no Ken (sequel to Shibito no Ken)
• Makai Toshi Hunter
  • Makai Toshi Hunter Series: Makyuu Babylon (side story)
  • Makai Toshi <Shinjuku> (side story)
• Blue Rescue
• Alien Hihouden
• Darkside Blues
• Jashin Sensen Risutora Boy
• Makai Ishi Mephisto
• Majin Keiji
• Makai Gakuen
• Mokushiroku Senshi
• Rappa (SASAKURA Kou)

Novelizations

• Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko (幻夢戦記レダ Genmu Senki Leda)

Short stories

• D - Armageddon
• Portrait of Ixobel
• D - Village in the Fog
• D - Castle Dweller
• D - Night on the Highway
• A Message from Cecil
• D - Throng of Heretics

See also

• Category:Novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi

External links

• DHpress Books
• Digital Manga Publishing
• Asahi Sonorama - Japanese publisher of the Vampire Hunter D series and the Treasure Hunter Series books and audio dramas.
• Hideyuki Kikuichi Official Fan Club (Japanese)
• Hideyuki Kikuchi at the Internet Movie Database
• Hideyuki Kikuchi at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Synopsis of Tales of the Ghost Sword (Yukensho) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) (English)