Hōsuke Nojiri
(born 1961 in Mie Prefecture) is a Japanese science fiction writer. After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the Creguian game novelization. He admires Arthur C. Clarke, and his own works are classified as hard science fiction, favoring planetary science as a theme. His Rocket Girls series deals with human spaceflight in a light novel form with hard SF backing; the reason that only girls are hired as astronauts in the novels is for their light weight. Awards
1999: S-F Magazine Readers Award Best Japanese Short Story for  (short story version)
2000: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for  (short story version)
2002: Seiun Award Best Novel of the Year for 
2003: Seiun Award Best Novel of the Year for  (novel version)
2007: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for  ("A Furoshiki and Spider's Thread") 
2008: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for 
2009: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for

Bibliography

English
 Usurper of the Sun (2009): translation of  (2002) (Translated by John Wunderley)
 Rocket Girls (2010): translation of  (1995)
 Rocket Girls: The Last Planet (2011): translation of  (1996)

References

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Japanese science fiction writers
1961 births
Living people
Writers from Mie Prefecture