Kaoru Kurimoto

Died: May 26, 2009 Real name: 今岡 純代 (Maiden 山田 純代) Kurimoto Kaoru was a popular writer, mainly known for her long-running science fiction and fantasy series such as Guin Saga, which was translated into several languages and sold over 28 million copies worldwide. Aside from literature, she composed songs, performed on piano and worked on musicals under the pseudonym Nakajima Azusa.