*anese writer (born 1957)For the footballer, see Koji Suzuki (footballer).

Koji Suzuki (鈴木 光司, Suzuki Kōji, born 13 May 1957) is a *anese 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, TV series and video games. He has written several books on the subject of fatherhood. His hobbies include traveling and motorcycling.

Contents

• 1 Awards and nominations
• 2 Bibliography
  • 2.1 Ring series
  • 2.2 Standalone novels
  • 2.3 Short story collections
  • 2.4 Short story
• 3 Films adapted from his works
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Awards and nominations

*anese awards

• 1990: *an 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 *anese SF Award: Loop

U.S. awards

• 2012: Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel: Edge

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
  • Ring (Ringu) (1991)
  • Spiral (Rasen) (1995)
  • Loop (Rupu) (1998)
• Short story collection
  • Birthday (1999)
    • "Coffin in the Sky"
    • "Lemon Heart"
    • "Happy Birthday"
• New Ring novels
  • 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)
• 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 *an in *anese and in English in 2012.

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)
• Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
• Dark Water (2002)
• The Ring (2002)
• Dark Water (2005)
• Rings (short film) (2005)
• The Ring Two (2005)
• Open Water 2: Adrift (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 (2019)

References

External links

• Koji Suzuki at IMDb
• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
• J'Lit | Authors:: Koji Suzuki | Books from *an (in English)

American mediaKorean film

• The Ring Virus (1999)

Characters

• Sadako Yamamura
• Kayako Saeki
• Rachel Keller

Miscellaneous

• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• Erma
• Ju-On franchise
• Kimi ni Todoke

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