Koji Suzuki

Koji Suzuki (鈴木光司 "Suzuki Kōji" born May 13 1957) is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and currently lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the "Ringu cycle" of novels, which has been adapted into a manga series. [http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/12-869/Ring-Volume-1-TPB] His first book, "Ring" (also known as "Ringu") has been made into a Japanese film, which was remade into a US movie. Fluent in English, he has written several books on the subject of fatherhood. His hobbies include traveling and riding motorcycles around (hobbies found on the back of The Ring, 2002, Koji Suzuki). He is currently on the selection committee for the Japan Fantasy Novel Award.

Bibliography

Novels

* "Paradise" ("Rakuen") (1990)
* "Ring" ("Ringu") (1991)
* "Spiral" ("Rasen") (1995)
* "Loop" ("Rupu") (1998)
* "Promenade of the Gods" ("Kamikami no Promenade") (2008)

tories

* "Floating Water" (1998)
* "Solitary Isle" (1998)
* "The Hold" (1998)
* "Dream Cruise" (1998)
* "Adrift" (1998)
* "Watercolors" (1998)
* "Forest Under the Sea" (1998)
* "Coffin in the Sky" (1999)
* "Lemonheart" (1999)
* "Happy Birthday" (1999)

Collections

* "Dark Water" ("Honogurai mizu no soko kara") (1996) (includes an original framing story)
* "Birthday" (1999)
* "Death and the Flower" (2009)

Films Adapted from His Works

* "Ring" ("Ringu") (1998)
* "Rasen" ("Spiral") (1998)
* "Ring 2" ("Ringu 2") (1999)
* "" (2000)
* "Dark Water" (2002)
* "The Ring" (2002)
* "Dark Water" (2005)
* "Rings" (short film) (2005)
* "The Ring Two" (2005)
* "Masters of Horror" (TV, episode 2.13 "Dream Cruise") (2007)
* "Solitary Isle

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