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Fuyumi Ono

Born

in Nakatsu, Ōita, Japan

January 01, 1960

Genre

Manga, Horror, Mystery

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Kanji Name: 小野不由美.

Fuyumi Ono (小野不由美, Ono Fuyumi) is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing the Twelve Kingdoms (十二国記, Juuni Kokuki) series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is Fuyumi Uchida (内田不由美, Uchida Fuyumi), but she writes under her maiden name.

Ono was born in Nakatsu, Ōita, Kyūshū in 1960. She graduated from Ōtani University in Kyōto with a degree in Buddhist Studies, and in 1988 was employed by the publisher Kōdansha. Her debut story is titled Sleepless on Birthday Eve.

Ono is married to Naoyuki Uchida (内田直行, Uchida Naoyuki), a mystery novelist who writes under the pseudonym Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻行人 , Ayatsuji Yukito).

Before she started work on Twelve Kingdoms, Fuyumi Ono wrote The Demonic Child (魔 ...more

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	The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow (The Twelve Kingdoms, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 3,054 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind (The Twelve Kingdoms, #2) by Fuyumi Ono, Akihiro Yamada (Illustrator), Alexander O. Smith (Translator) 4.23 avg rating — 1,648 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas (The Twelve Kingdoms, #3) by Fuyumi Ono, Akihiro Yamada (Illustrator), Alexander O. Smith (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 1,287 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn (The Twelve Kingdoms, #4) 4.49 avg rating — 1,018 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twelve Kingdoms Book 1 - Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea: Part 1 (Novel) by Fuyumi Ono, Akihiro Yamada (illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Mer de L'ombre, Tome 2 (Les 12 Royaumes, #2) by Fuyumi Ono, Akihiro Yamada (Illustrator), Fumihiko Suzuki (Traduction) 4.35 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les récits d'Obana - Artisan de l'étrange Tome 1 by Fuyumi Ono (Contributor), Kazue Kato, Sylvain Chollet (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 244 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les ailes du destin (Les 12 Royaumes, #8) 4.36 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La casa impura by Fuyumi Ono, Stefano Lo Cigno (Editor) 3.32 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	魔性の子 [Mashō no Ko] by Fuyumi Ono, 小野不由美 4.11 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Fuyumi Ono

十二国記 [Jūni Kokuki] (22 books)
by

Fuyumi Ono,

Akihiro Yamada (Illustrator),

Alexander O. Smith (Translator),

Elye J. Alexander (Translator)

4.27 avg rating — 9,564 ratings

The Twelve Kingdoms (9 books edition) (8 books)
by

Fuyumi Ono,

小野不由美,

Akihiro Yamada (Illustrator),

山田章博 (イラスト)

4.27 avg rating — 7,669 ratings

The Twelve Kingdoms (English Edition) - Seven Seas (7 books)
by

Fuyumi Ono,

小野不由美

4.26 avg rating — 4,127 ratings

Shiki: Reprinted (5 books)
by

Fuyumi Ono,

小野不由美

4.20 avg rating — 222 ratings

Akuryō (8 books)
by

Fuyumi Ono

4.32 avg rating — 189 ratings

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Quotes by Fuyumi Ono (?)

“It doesn't take any effort to dream. It's a lot easier than looking at the problems in front of you and figuring out what you're going to do about them. But all you're doing is putting your problems up on a shelf for later, right? That doesn't make them go away.”
― Fuyumi Ono, The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn

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“And that's when I realized that there's really two ways people cry. You cry when you're sorry for yourself, and then you cry when you are really sad. The tears you cry for yourself? Those are kid tears. You're crying because you want somebody to help you or pick you up. Your mom, your dad, the old lady next door... anyone.”
― Fuyumi Ono, The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn

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“Now she realized that she was not peering at a so-dark-blue-it-looked-black ocean, but rather she was looking straight through miles of incredibly clear water at something enormous and black in its nethermost depths. Maybe it was the bottom--so deep that not even light could touch it.

And yet, down in those impossible depths, she thought she could see tiny lights sparkling. She stared uncertainly at the tiny glimmerings. They seemed almost like scattered grains of sand lit from within; in some places they clustered like colonies, faint and twinkling.

Like stars...”
― Fuyumi Ono, The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow

tags: fantasy, other-worlds, sea, stars

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