Fuyumi Ono (小野 不由美, Ono Fuyumi, born December 24, 1960) is a Japanese novelist best known for writing The Twelve Kingdoms (十二国記, Jūni Kokuki), which was adapted into a popular anime series. She is married to Yukito Ayatsuji, the author of the horror novel Another.^[1]

Biography

Ono is married to Naoyuki Uchida (内田 直行, Uchida Naoyuki), a mystery novelist who writes under the pseudonym Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻 行人, Ayatsuji Yukito).^[1]

Her name after marriage to AYATSUJI Yukito, is UCHIDA Fuyumi, but she writes under her maiden name,^[2] which is Ono Fuyumi.

Before she started work on The Twelve Kingdoms, Fuyumi Ono wrote The Demonic Child (魔性の子, Mashō no Ko), a horror novel about a boy from another world. She later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series. Short stories set in the various kingdoms include: Kasho (華胥), Toei (冬栄), Shokan (書簡), Kizan (帰山) and Jogetsu (乗月). In February, 2008, a new Twelve Kingdoms short story, "Hisho no Tori" (丕緒の鳥) was published in Shinchosha's Yomyom magazine.^[3]

On March 18, 2007, according to an interview at the Anime News Network,^[4] she is "currently rewriting a girls’ horror series (she) wrote long ago".

Major works

• Akuryo Series (1989–92, 8 light novel volumes, Kodansha)
  • Ghost Hunt (also known as Nightmare Dwelling) (1994, 2 light novel volumes, Kodansha)^[5] – continuation of Akuryo Series but in a different setting
• The Twelve Kingdoms (1992–2019, 9 novels and 2 short story collections, Kodansha, later Shinchosha)
• Shiki (1998, novel in 2 volumes)

Works

Evil Spirit Series

• Evil Spirit series (悪霊シリーズ - Akuryō series), Kodansha.
• There are lots of Evil Spirits?! (悪霊がいっぱい!?) 1989. ISBN 978-4-06-190311-1
• There are really lots of Evil Spirits! (悪霊がホントにいっぱい!), 1989. ISBN 978-4-06-190365-4
• Too many Evil Spirits to sleep (悪霊がいっぱいで眠れない), 1990. ISBN 978-4-06-190417-0
• A lonely Evil Spirit (悪霊はひとりぼっち) 1990. ISBN 978-4-06-190485-9
• I Don't Want to Become an Evil Spirit! (悪霊になりたくない!), 1991. ISBN 978-4-06-190594-8
• Don't Call me an Evil Spirit (悪霊とよばないで), 1991. ISBN 978-4-06-198575-9
• I don't mind Evil Spirits 1 (悪霊だってヘイキ!〈上〉), 1992. ISBN 978-4-06-198696-1
• I don't mind Evil Spirits 2 (悪霊だってヘイキ!〈下〉), 1992. ISBN 978-4-06-198697-8

Ghost Hunt Series

• Ghost Hunt Series (ゴースト・ハントシリーズ)^[5] A continuation of the Evil Spirit series, but in a different setting
• Nightmare Dwelling 1 (悪夢の棲む家(上)), 1994, Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-255156-4
• Nightmare Dwelling 2 (悪夢の棲む家(下)), 1994, Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-255164-9

The Twelve Kingdoms

• The Twelve Kingdoms series (十二国記), Kodansha, unless otherwise noted
  • Shadow of the Moon, Sea of the Shadow (月の影 影の海), 1992. ISBN 4-06-255071-7 US Publication: 3/2007, Tokyopop ISBN 1-59816-946-7 as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow
  • Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth (風の海 迷宮の岸), 1993. ISBN 4-06-255114-4 US Publication: 3/2008, Tokyopop ISBN 978-1-59816-947-8 as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind
  • Sea God of the East, Vast Sea of the West (東の海神 西の滄海), 1994. ISBN 4-06-255168-3 US Publication: 3/2009, Tokyopop ISBN 978-1-59816-948-5 as The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas
• A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn (風の万里 黎明の空), 1994. ISBN 4-06-255175-6 US Publication: 3/2010, Tokyopop ISBN 978-1-59816-949-2 as The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn
  • Aspired Wings (図南の翼), 1996. ISBN 4-06-255229-9
• "Drifting Ship" (漂舶), 1997 (short story)
• Shore at Dusk, Sky at Dawn (黄昏の岸 暁の天), 2001. ISBN 4-06-255546-8
  • Kashou's Dream (華胥の幽夢), 2001. ISBN 4-06-255573-5
• Prosperity in Winter (冬栄), originally published 4/2001 IN☆POCKET
• Kashou (華胥), originally published 5/2001 Mephisto
• Jougetsu (乗月)
• Correspondence (書簡)
• Kizan (帰山)
  • "The Birds of Hisho" (丕緒の鳥) 2/2008 (short story, published in Yomyom magazine)
• "Rakusho no Goku" (落照の獄) 9/2009 (short story, published in Yomyom magazine)
• The Birds of Hisho (丕緒の鳥), 2013, Shinchosha, ISBN 978-4-10-124058-9
• Silver Ruins, Black Moon (白銀の墟 玄の月), 2019, Shinchosha
• Demon's Child (魔性の子　Mashō no Ko), 1991, Kodansha. ISBN 4-10-124021-3. Loosely associated with The Twelve Kingdoms series

Other Novels

• Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve (バースデー・イブは眠れない) 1988, Kodansha
• Mephisto and Waltz! (メフィストとワルツ!) 1988, Kodansha ISBN 978-4-06-190249-7, Continuation of Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve
• Evil Spirits Aren't Scary (悪霊なんかこわくない), 1989, Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-190257-2
• Charmed 17 year old (呪われた17歳) 1990 朝日ソノラマ
• 17 Springs Passed (過ぎる十七の春 Sugiru Jūshichi no Haru), 1995, Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-255201-1, an adaptation of Charmed 17 year old
• Green Home Spirits (グリーンホームの亡霊たち) 1990年朝日ソノラマ刊
• Home, Green Home (緑の我が家 Home、Green Home), 1997, Kodansha. ISBN 978-4062552943、an adaptation of Green Home Spirits
• Strange Tōkei Tales (東亰異聞 - Tōkei Ibun) (runner-up for the 1993 Japan Fantasy Novel Award), 1994, Shinchosha. ISBN 978-4-10-124022-0
• Shiki (屍鬼, literally Corpse Demon), 1998, Shinchosha. ISBN 978-4-10-397002-6
• Island of the Black Shrine (黒祠の島), 2001, Shodensha. ISBN 978-4-396-33164-1
• Kura no Kami (くらのかみ), 2003, Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-270564-6
• Zan'e (残穢), 2012, Shinchosha. ISBN 978-4-10-397004-0

Short story collection

• Ghost Stories Storybook (鬼談百景). Serialized since June 2000 in the magazine Yuu. published in 2012

Short story

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