Fuyumi Ono


Fuyumi Ono is a Japanese novelist best known for writing The Twelve Kingdoms, which was adapted into a popular anime series. She is married to Yukito Ayatsuji, the author of the horror novel Another.

Biography

Ono is married to Naoyuki Uchida, a mystery novelist who writes under the pseudonym Yukito Ayatsuji.
Her name after marriage to Ayatsuji Yukito is Uchida Fuyumi, but she writes under her maiden name, which is Ono Fuyumi.
Before she started work on The Twelve Kingdoms, Fuyumi Ono wrote The Demonic Child, a horror novel about a boy from another world. She later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series. Short stories set in the various kingdoms include: Kasho, Toei, Shokan, Kizan and Jogetsu. In February, 2008, a new Twelve Kingdoms short story, "Hisho no Tori" was published in Shinchosha's Yomyom magazine.
On March 18, 2007, according to an interview at the Anime News Network, she is "currently rewriting a girls’ horror series wrote long ago".

Major works

Akuryo Series

Works

Evil Spirit Series

Evil Spirit series, Kodansha.
  • There are lots of Evil Spirits?! 1989.
  • There are really lots of Evil Spirits!, 1989.
  • Too many Evil Spirits to sleep, 1990.
  • A lonely Evil Spirit 1990.
  • I Don't Want to Become an Evil Spirit!, 1991.
  • Don't Call me an Evil Spirit, 1991.
  • I don't mind Evil Spirits 1, 1992.
  • I don't mind Evil Spirits 2, 1992.

Ghost Hunt Series

Ghost Hunt Series A continuation of the Evil Spirit series, but in a different settingNightmare Dwelling 1, 1994, Kodansha.
  • Nightmare Dwelling 2, 1994, Kodansha.

The Twelve Kingdoms

  • The Twelve Kingdoms series, Kodansha, unless otherwise noted
  • *Shadow of the Moon, Sea of the Shadow, 1992. US Publication: 3/2007, Tokyopop as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow
  • *Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth, 1993. US Publication: 3/2008, Tokyopop as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind
  • *Sea God of the East, Vast Sea of the West, 1994. US Publication: 3/2009, Tokyopop as The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the SeasA Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn, 1994. US Publication: 3/2010, Tokyopop as The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn
  • *Aspired Wings, 1996.
  • "Drifting Ship", 1997 Shore at Dusk, Sky at Dawn, 2001.
  • *Kashou's Dream, 2001.
  • Prosperity in Winter, originally published 4/2001 IN☆POCKETKashou, originally published 5/2001 MephistoJougetsu
  • Correspondence Kizan
  • *"The Birds of Hisho" 2/2008
  • "Rakusho no Goku" 9/2009 The Birds of Hisho, 2013, Shinchosha, Silver Ruins, Black Moon, 2019, Shinchosha
  • Demon's Child, 1991, Kodansha.. Loosely associated with The Twelve Kingdoms series

Other novels

  • Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve 1988, Kodansha
  • Mephisto and Waltz! 1988, Kodansha, Continuation of Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve
  • Evil Spirits Aren't Scary, 1989, Kodansha.
  • Charmed 17 year old 1990 朝日ソノラマ
  • 17 Springs Passed, 1995, Kodansha., an adaptation of Charmed 17 year oldGreen Home Spirits 1990年朝日ソノラマ刊Home, Green Home, 1997, Kodansha. 、an adaptation of Green Home SpiritsStrange Tōkei Tales, 1994, Shinchosha. Shiki, 1998, Shinchosha. Island of the Black Shrine, 2001, Shodensha. Kura no Kami, 2003, Kodansha.
  • Zan'e, 2012, Shinchosha.

Short story collection

Ghost Stories Storybook. Serialized since June 2000 in the magazine Yuu. published in 2012

Short story

London, 1888 10/1993 ''Logout''