Yoichi Funado | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kenji Harada February 8, 1944 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | April 22, 2015 (aged 71) Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Period | 1979–2015 |
| Genre | Adventure fiction, spy fiction, hardboiled, thriller, historical fiction |
| Notable works | May in the Valley of the Rainbow |
| Notable awards | Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1989) Naoki Prize (2000) |
Kenji Harada (原田建司, Harada Kenji, February 8, 1944 – April 22, 2015) better known by his pseudonym Yoichi Funado (船戸与一, Funado Yoichi) was a Japanese writer of adventure fiction.[1]
Funado was born as Kenji Harada on February 8, 1944.[citation needed] During his student days, he traveled to Alaska. He graduated from Waseda University.[1] Funado wrote approximately 30 stories for the manga series Golgo 13, three of which he later novelized in 2011.[2]
Funado made his debut as an adventure novel writer in 1979.[1] After writing some prize-winning adventure novels, in 2000 he won the Naoki Prize for his novel May in the Valley of the Rainbow.[1][3] In February 2015, he published the last volume of his nine-volume novel series on the history of Manchukuo.
Funado died of thymic cancer on April 22, 2015, in Suginami, Tokyo.[1]
