Hideyuki Kikuchi (菊地 秀行, Kikuchi Hideyuki, born September 25, 1949) is a Japanese author known for his horror novels. His most famous works include the Vampire Hunter D series, Darkside Blues and Wicked City.
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Born
(1949-09-25) 25 September 1949 (age 74) Chōshi, Chiba Japan
Kikuchi was born in Chōshi, Japan on September 25, 1949. He attended Aoyama Gakuin University and was trained as a writer by famed author Kazuo Koike. His first novel, Demon City Shinjuku, was published in 1982. While his first novels are typical novel prose, as he gained fame, he adapted a more terse writing style.
The series takes place in a world where Shinjuku has been turned into a city of demons and monsters, and follows a young man named Kyoya Izayoi, user of the mystical art of Nempo, who must discover how the disaster relates to his own family.
Demon City Shinjuku (魔界都市<新宿>, Makai Toshi Shinjuku) (published September 30, 1982)
Demon Palace Babylon (魔宮バビロン, Mamiya Babiron)
Trickster Johnny (騙し屋ジョニー, Damashiya Jyoni)
The Fang Family's Hunter (牙一族の狩人, Kiba Ichizoku no Karyudo)
Underground City Shinjuku (地底都市〈新宿, Chitei Toshi Shinjuku)
The Legend of the Mad Soldier (狂戦士伝説, Kyo Senshi Densetsu)
Demon Doctor Mephisto (魔界医師メフィスト, Makaishi Mefisuto) (published May 11, 1988)
Demon City Blues seriesedit
Demon City Nowaru seriesedit
This story follows Fuyuharu Aki, Setsura Aki's cousin.
Flattery Goku King (媚獄王, Kobi Goku O)
Demon Incense Transcript (魔香録, Ma Ko Roku)
Evil Moon Mask (兇月面, Warugetsu Men)
Vampire Hunter D seriesedit
Wicked City seriesedit
Treasure Hunter seriesedit
A series of young adult fiction novels (also called the Alien Series for use of "alien" in each title), the story follows a seemingly ordinary high schooler named Dai Yagashira, who journeys around the world collecting rare and supernatural treasures. A member of ITHA (International Treasure Hunters Association) and heir to a family of treasure hunters, Yagashira fights soldiers, private militia, and fellow treasure hunters using both high-tech weapons and powerful artifacts. While the original illustrations were provided by Yoshitaka Amano (with the exception of the illustrations by Masahiro Shibata for “Black Death Empire”), the illustrations in the bound volumes are by Koichiro Yonemura.