Yomi Hirasaka


Yomi Hirasaka is a Japanese writer, best known for his light novels and manga series Haganai and A Sister's All You Need. His pseudonym is derived from Yomotsu Hirasaka.
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Career

Hirasaka's works are primarily described as romantic comedies with slice of life elements, which feature a mismatched ensemble cast that gradually finds common ground.
Upon winning the first MF Bunko J Light Novel Rookie Award of Excellence in 2004, Hirasaka debuted professionally with the novel Haunted!.
His series Ranobe-bu reached first place in the Kono Light Novel poll in 2010 as voted by light novel fans while Haganai, Hirasaka's most successful work, reached second place in the same poll the following year.
Haganai, which debuted in August 2009 and ran through August 2015, later became the best-selling light novel in 2011; it received an anime adaption the same year. The series saw several light novel spin-offs that further expanded upon the story and its characters. The series was also adapted into two manga series that ran from 2010 to 2020 and a live-action film in 2014. A visual novel video game based on the series was released for PlayStation Portable.
Hirasaka's follow-up work, A Sister's All You Need, debuted in March 2015 under Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko label and concluded in February 2020; it received an anime adaptation in 2017.
Hirasaka's most recent running work, the comedy reverse isekai series A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, debuted in October 2021, under the Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko label. The series was adapted into an anime in 2024.

Works

Light novels

Manga

  • Sekigan no Shōnen Occult Maiden ~Kageshō~
  • Occult Maiden ''Yōshō Oni o tsugu Shōnen''

Game scenarios

Tabletop RPG performance

  • ''Grancrest Replay Live Series Live Factory''

Music

; 2011
  • FLOWER
; 2013

Anime