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{{Nihongo|'''Nagaru Tanigawa'''|谷川 流|Tanigawa Nagaru|born December 19, 1970}} is a Japanese [[author]]. He is a graduate of the law school at [[Kwansei Gakuin University]]. He is best known as the creator of the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' series for which he won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards and has been adapted into an [[anime]] television series. While Tanigawa was on hiatus from writing his light novel series, he wrote the [[manga]] series ''[[Amnesia Labyrinth]]'', which was serialized in ''[[Dengeki Bunko Magazine]]''.
{{Nihongo|'''Nagaru Tanigawa'''|谷川 流|Tanigawa Nagaru|born December 19, 1970}} is a Japanese [[author]]. He is a graduate of the law school at [[Kwansei Gakuin University]]. He is best known as the creator of the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' series for which he won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards and has been adapted into an [[anime]] television series. While Tanigawa was on hiatus from writing his light novel series, he wrote the [[manga]] series ''[[Amnesia Labyrinth]]'', which was serialized in ''[[Dengeki Bunko Magazine]]''.

== Career ==
Tanigawa was born in [[Nishinomiya|Nishinomiya City]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]. He attended Hyōgo Prefectural Nishinomiya Kita High School<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-24|title=Hyōgo Prefectural Nishinomiya Kita High School Brochure|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032519/http://www.hyogo-c.ed.jp/~nishikita-hs/miryoku/miryokuh24.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> before attending and graduating from the [[Kwansei Gakuin University]] with a degree in law.

After graduating from university, he worked as a manager at a women's clothing store before making his official debut in March 2003 with the novel ''Dengeki!! Aegis 5'' under [[Dengeki Bunko]]'s ''[[Dengeki Daioh|Dengeki Moeoh]]'' magazine. On June 7th of the same year, the eighth Sneaker award-winning novel ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' and Tanigawa's ''Escape from The School!'' were released on the same day. The ''Haruhi Suzumiya series'' has sold 8 million copies in Japan and has been sold in 15 countries around the world, with a total of 16.5 million novel and manga copies sold by May 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-07-16|title=涼宮ハルヒ：最新作「驚愕」前後編セット初版51万部3000部が確定 ライトノベルの最高記録 - MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）|url=http://archive.is/VrhA|access-date=2021-05-27|website=archive.is}}</ref>

In 2018, he was a member of the selection committee for the 24th Sneaker Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|last=kakuyomu-sneaker|date=2 November 2017|title=第24回スニーカー大賞応募要項|url=https://kakuyomu.jp/official/info/entry/2017/11/02/120000|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=レーベルからのお知らせ|language=ja}}</ref>


== Influences ==
== Influences ==
Tanigawa has said that his work is influenced by the [[science fiction]] and [[young adult]] novels he read during junior high school. In particular, he cites [[Hideyuki Kikuchi]], [[Baku Yumemakura]], [[Ellery Queen]], [[S. S. Van Dine]], and [[Isaac Asimov]] as major influences.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-07-22|title=大人気「涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱」の谷川流さん　「楽しませ、楽しみたい」 : 出版トピック : 本よみうり堂 : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞）|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060722010239/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/book/news/20060712bk04.htm|access-date=2021-05-26|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
Tanigawa has said that his work is influenced by the [[science fiction]] and [[Young adult fiction|young adult]] novels he read during junior high school. In particular, he cites [[Hideyuki Kikuchi]], [[Baku Yumemakura]], [[Ellery Queen]], [[S. S. Van Dine]], and [[Isaac Asimov]] as major influences.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-07-22|title=大人気「涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱」の谷川流さん　「楽しませ、楽しみたい」 : 出版トピック : 本よみうり堂 : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞）|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060722010239/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/book/news/20060712bk04.htm|access-date=2021-05-26|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>


In an interview with screenwriter [[Dai Satō]], he said that he prefers [[Mamoru Oshii]]'s anime film adaptations of ''[[Urusei Yatsura (film series)|Urusei Yatsura]]'' to the [[Urusei Yatsura|original manga]], in particular enjoying [[Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer|''Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'']].<ref>''Vol. 66 of Quick Japan'', [[Ohta Publishing]]</ref>
In an interview with screenwriter [[Dai Satō]], he said that he prefers [[Mamoru Oshii]]'s anime film adaptations of ''[[Urusei Yatsura (film series)|Urusei Yatsura]]'' to the [[Urusei Yatsura|original manga]], in particular enjoying [[Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer|''Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'']].<ref>''Quick Japan'', Vol. 66, [[Ohta Publishing]]</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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* {{nihongo|''Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Desu''|撲殺天使ドクロちゃんです}} — {{ISBN|4-8402-3443-4}}

==References==
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==External links==
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Revision as of 08:27, 27 May 2021

Nagaru Tanigawa
Born (1970-12-19) December 19, 1970 (age 53)
Nishinomiya, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationAuthor
Known forHaruhi Suzumiya

Nagaru Tanigawa (谷川 流, Tanigawa Nagaru, born December 19, 1970) is a Japanese author. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is best known as the creator of the Haruhi Suzumiya series for which he won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards and has been adapted into an anime television series. While Tanigawa was on hiatus from writing his light novel series, he wrote the manga series Amnesia Labyrinth, which was serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine.

Career

Tanigawa was born in Nishinomiya City, Hyōgo Prefecture. He attended Hyōgo Prefectural Nishinomiya Kita High School[1] before attending and graduating from the Kwansei Gakuin University with a degree in law.

After graduating from university, he worked as a manager at a women's clothing store before making his official debut in March 2003 with the novel Dengeki!! Aegis 5 under Dengeki Bunko's Dengeki Moeoh magazine. On June 7th of the same year, the eighth Sneaker award-winning novel The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Tanigawa's Escape from The School! were released on the same day. The Haruhi Suzumiya series has sold 8 million copies in Japan and has been sold in 15 countries around the world, with a total of 16.5 million novel and manga copies sold by May 2011.[2]

In 2018, he was a member of the selection committee for the 24th Sneaker Awards.[3]

Influences

Tanigawa has said that his work is influenced by the science fiction and young adult novels he read during junior high school. In particular, he cites Hideyuki Kikuchi, Baku Yumemakura, Ellery Queen, S. S. Van Dine, and Isaac Asimov as major influences.[4]

In an interview with screenwriter Dai Satō, he said that he prefers Mamoru Oshii's anime film adaptations of Urusei Yatsura to the original manga, in particular enjoying Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer.[5]

Works

Light novels

Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒ, Suzumiya Haruhi)

  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) — ISBN 4-04-429201-9
  • The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの溜息, Suzumiya Haruhi no Tameiki) — ISBN 4-04-429202-7
  • The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの退屈, Suzumiya Haruhi no Taikutsu) — ISBN 4-04-429203-5
  • The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの消失, Suzumiya Haruhi no Shōshitsu) — ISBN 4-04-429204-3
  • The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの暴走, Suzumiya Haruhi no Bōsō) — ISBN 4-04-429205-1
  • The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの動揺, Suzumiya Haruhi no Dōyō) — ISBN 4-04-429206-X
  • The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの陰謀, Suzumiya Haruhi no Inbō) — ISBN 4-04-429207-8
  • The Indignation of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憤慨, Suzumiya Haruhi no Fungai) — ISBN 4-04-429208-6
  • The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの分裂, Suzumiya Haruhi no Bunretsu) — ISBN 978-4-04-429209-6
  • The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya (First Part) (涼宮ハルヒの驚愕 (前), Suzumiya Haruhi no Kyōgaku (Zen)) — ISBN 978-4-04-429211-9 (regular edition), ISBN 978-4-04-429210-2 (limited edition)
  • The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya (Last Part) (涼宮ハルヒの驚愕 (後), Suzumiya Haruhi no Kyōgaku (Go)) — ISBN 978-4-04-429212-6 (regular edition), ISBN 978-4-04-429210-2 (limited edition)
  • The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの直観, Suzumiya Haruhi no Chokkan) — ISBN 978-4-04-110792-8
Let's Leave the School (学校を出よう!, Gakkō o Deyō!)
Dengeki Aegis 5
The Closed Universe
  • The Despairing Ones (絶望系 閉じられた世界, Zetsubōkei Tojirareta Sekai) — ISBN 4-8402-3021-8
The Guardian of My World
  • Boku no Sekai o Mamoru Hito (僕のセカイをまもるヒト) — ISBN 4-8402-3206-7
  • Boku no Sekai o Mamoru Hito 2 (僕のセカイをまもるヒト 2) — ISBN 4-8402-3444-2
  • Boku no Sekai o Mamoru Hito ex (僕のセカイをまもるヒト ex) — ISBN 4-8402-3615-1

Manga

Amnesia Labyrinth

Collaborations

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Desu
  • Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Desu (撲殺天使ドクロちゃんです) — ISBN 4-8402-3443-4

References

  1. ^ "Hyōgo Prefectural Nishinomiya Kita High School Brochure" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2021-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "涼宮ハルヒ：最新作「驚愕」前後編セット初版51万部3000部が確定 ライトノベルの最高記録 - MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）". archive.is. 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ kakuyomu-sneaker (2 November 2017). "第24回スニーカー大賞応募要項". レーベルからのお知らせ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "大人気「涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱」の谷川流さん　「楽しませ、楽しみたい」 : 出版トピック : 本よみうり堂 : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞）". web.archive.org. 2006-07-22. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  5. ^ Quick Japan, Vol. 66, Ohta Publishing

External links

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