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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

ist. He won the Gold Prize in the 9th Dengeki Novel Prize

Dengeki Novel Prize

The is a literary award handed out annually by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light novelists, like Kouhei Kadono and Yashichiro Takahashi. Originally called the Dengeki Game Novel...

 for Baccano!

Baccano!

is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, often told from multiple points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods, most notably the Prohibition-era. It focuses on various people, including...

, which was made into a TV anime in 2007. His series Durarara!!

Durarara!!

, often romanized as DRRR!! in Japan, is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda, that has also been adapted in to a Japanese anime series. As of February 2011, nine volumes have been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko...

 was also made into a TV anime, which began airing January 2010.

Baccano! series

ISBN 4840222789 ISBN 4840224366 ISBN 4840224595 ISBN 4840224943 ISBN 4840226091 ISBN 484022787X ISBN 4840228507 ISBN 4840235856 ISBN 4840236364 ISBN 9784840238052 ISBN 9784840239103 ISBN 9784840240272 ISBN 9784840240697 ISBN 9784048674621 ISBN 978-4-04-868459-0 ISBN 978-4-04-870556-1

Vamp! series

Vamp! is a light novel series about rival vampire clans, a vampire princess, and the man who hunts them.

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|ISBN 4048689282
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Durarara!! series

Set in modern Ikebukuro

Ikebukuro

is a commercial and entertainment district in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Toshima ward offices, Ikebukuro station, and several shops, restaurants, and enormous department stores are located within city limits....

, one major character is a Dullahan

Dullahan

The Irish dullahan is a type of unseelie fairie. It is headless, usually seen riding a black horse and carrying his or her head under one arm. The head's eyes are massive and constantly dart about like flies, while the mouth is constantly in a hideous grin that touches both sides of the head...

, named Celty Sturluson, with a living motorcycle in place of a horse, come to Japan searching for her stolen head. ISBN 4840226466 ISBN 4840230005 ISBN 4840235163 ISBN 9784840241861 ISBN 9784048675956 ISBN 9784048679053 ISBN 9784048682763 ISBN 9784048685993 ISBN 9784048702744 ISBN 978-4048707299

Etsusa Ōhashi Series

These four books take place in the same world but in different times and places, on a giant, incomplete, fictional bridge between Niigata and the island.

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Etsusa Ōhashi series Gaiden.

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Hariyama-san Series

Short stories linked only by Hariyama-san, who appears as a minor character in each.

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External links

Ryohgo Narita's website Ryohgo Narita's twitter