Koji Suzuki Explained

Koji Suzuki
Birth Name:	Suzuki Kōji
Birth Date:	13 May 1957
Birth Place:	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	Japanese
Nationality:	Japanese
Period:	1990–present
Genre:	Horror, thriller, fantasy, science fiction
Awards:	Shirley Jackson Award (2012) Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (2022)

is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga,^[1] TV series and video games. He has written several books on the subject of fatherhood. His hobbies include traveling and motorcycling.^[2]

Bibliography

Some of the books listed here are published in the US by Vertical Inc., owned by Kodansha and Dai Nippon Printing.

Ring series

• Ring trilogy and extended series
  • Ring (Ringu) (1991)
  • Spiral (Rasen) (1995)
  • Loop (Rupu) (1998)
  • Birthday (1999) (Short story collection)
    • "Coffin in the Sky" [details what happened to Mai Takano in ''Spiral'']
    • "Lemon Heart" [prequel to ''Ring'']
    • "Happy Birthday" [a direct epilogue to ''Loop'']
  • S (2012)
  • Tide (2013)
• Manga series
  • Sadako-san and Sadako-chan (2019)
  • Sadako at the End of the World (2020)

Standalone novels

• Paradise (Rakuen) (1990)
• The Shining Sea (Hikari sasu umi) (1993)^[3]
  • republished – The Shining Sea (2022 Vertical Publishing) –
• Promenade of the Gods (Kamigami no Promenade) (2003)
• Edge (2008)

Short story collections

• Death and the Flower (1995)
  • "Disposable Diapers and a Race Replica"
  • "Irregular Breathing"
  • "Key West"
  • "Beyond the Darkness"
  • "Embrace"
  • "Avidya"
• Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara) (1996) (includes an original framing story)
  • "Floating Water"
  • "Solitary Isle"
  • "The Hold"
  • "Dream Cruise"
  • "Adrift"
  • "Watercolors"
  • "Forest Under the Sea"

Short story

• "Drop" (2009) – Printed on three rolls of toilet paper in Japan in Japanese and in English in 2012.^[4]

Films adapted from his works

• Ring (Ringu, a.k.a. Ringu: Kanzenban) (1995)
• Ring (Ringu) (1998)
• Rasen (Spiral) (1998)
• The Ring Virus (1999)
• Ring 2 (Ringu 2) (1999)
• (2000)
• Dark Water (2002)
• The Ring (2002)
• Dark Water (2005)
• Rings (short film) (2005)
• The Ring Two (2005)
• (2006)
• Masters of Horror (TV, episode 2.13 Dream Cruise) (2007)
• Sadako 3D (2012)
• Sadako 3D 2 (2013)
• Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
• Rings (2017)
• Sadako aka Sadako KOL (2019)
• Sadako DX (2022) DX is an acronym of sorts for digital transformation

Awards and nominations

Japanese awards

• 1990 Japan Fantasy Novel Award: Paradise
• 1996 Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Spiral
• 1996 Nominee for Naoki Prize: Dark Water
• 1996 Nominee for Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature: Dark Water
• 1998 Nominee for Japanese SF Award: Loop

U.S. award

• 2012 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel: Edge

International award

• 2021 Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement

External links

• • • Koji Suzuki bibliography at FantasticFiction
• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
• J'Lit | Authors : Koji Suzuki | Books from Japan

Notes and References

1. http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/12-869/Ring-Volume-1-TPB Ring Volume 1 TPB
2. Hobbies found on the back of The Ring, 2002, Koji Suzuki
3. Web site: The Shining Sea .
4. Web site: Are You Ready to Confront the Most Terrifying Toilet Paper in the World?. June 18, 2012. March 1, 2019.