is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer.Masao Azuma and Ran Ishido eds. (2009) p.492.
Biography Nakai was born on 20 November, 1952. His birth place is not public. He graduated from the department of humanities, Musashi University. After working as a piano player at night club in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, he joined the magazine SF no Hon (, Book of SF), into which he wrote SF critic and contributed. Then, his work Ryū no Oriru Yo () was recognized as a noticeable entry in the Hayakawa SF Contest in 1985. Next year, 1986, he debuted in the S-F Magazine by his short story Wasure-enu Hito ().
Nakai contributed short stories into Hayakawa S-F Magazine. He published the seven books of western-like action stories series, Nō-nashi Wani (, Wani, the incapable) in Hayakawa science fiction bunko in 1987 to 1989. The serial stories in future western-like planet, where a guy, called Wani (Crocodile), who has no supernatural power, while every people have some power, plays an action-packed role.
Nakai wrote and published science fiction stories in various themes. In Hyōchaku-shin Toshi in 1988, the unidentified spirit washed up in a city and its electro-brain machine appear. Kairei-den in 1990 tells the tale which depicts urban-style love romance of the sea-creatures clan. There is also the tale of a boy who has been destructing city unconsciously by his large super-natunal power evoking earthquakes in Mosaic, 2001, and so.
Nakai also wrote and published strange feeling fantasy stories. He won the Seiun Award for his short fantasy novel Yama no Ue no Kōkyōgaku (Mountaintop Symphony).Seiun Award List Retrieved 14 July 2026. In this story, the special symphony work which takes 10 thousand years to perform appears. The story tells daily life of the orchestra which has been playing this symphony.
He wrote scenarios for TV drama "Yo-nimo Kimyōna Monogatari" () and novelizations of games.Masao Azuma and Ran Ishido eds. (2009) p.493.
Works Science fiction Nō-nashi Wani series (), 1987-1989, Hayakawa Publishing [7 volumes] Minami kara kita Kenjū-tsukai . 1987 Uragiri Toride no Kenjū Burai . 1987 Koi no Kenjū Mushuku . 1987 Wani yo Jū o Tore . 1988 Wani yo Jū o Tore 2 . 1988 Kōya no Tokage Riders . 1989 Haruka naru Dai-Keikoku . 1989 Hyouchaku-shin Toshi , 1988, Tokuma Shoten Kairei-den , 1990, Tokuma Shoten Ikyō no Mon , 2000, Tokuma Shoten Mosaic , 2001, Tokuma Shoten
Fantasy Yama no Ue no Kōkyōgaku , 1989, Hayakawa Publishing Tarukas Den , 1990-1993, Hayakawa Publishing [Part I, 5 volumes, unfinished] Imada Umarenu Mono no Densetsu . 1990 Honoo no Umi yori Umareshi Mono . 1991 Ken o Torite, Honoo o Yobe . 1992 HI no Yama yo, Mezame yo . 1993 Hi no Yama no Kanata ni . 1993 Brief, Shirts, Fukushin-zuke , 1991, Nami Shobou Shinigami no iru Machikado , 1995, Shuppan Geijutsu-sha
Works in English translation (Speculative Japan 2, Kurodahan Press, 2011)Speculative Japan 2 | Kurodahan Press
References
Masao Azuma and Ran Ishido eds. The Dictionary of Japanese Fantasy Writers (2009), 東雅夫＆石堂藍国書刊行会（2009） pp.492 - 493 Seed, David. A Companion to Science Fiction. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005, p. 329. Tatsumi, Takayuki. "Generations and Controversies: An Overview of Japanese Science Fiction, 1957-1997", Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1 (March 2000), pp. 105–114.
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