The biggest influence that made an impact for him was the film, "The Horror of Dracula" starring Christopher Lee (who he actually met and got an autograph at the Tokyo Fantastic Film Festival) and Peter Cushing who are both his favorite actors. Inspiration for Vampire Hunter D Īs a child, he was a lover of sci-fi and horror films and if any of those films came to his town he never miss it, even when he was sick. Hideyuki Kikuchi Image Drawn by Vampire Hunter D Manga Artist, Saiko Takaki.
Drawing inspiration from films such as Horror of Dracula, Kikuchi has spawned over 30 novels in his Vampire Hunter D series. Over the past 3 decades, several of his works have been adapted into live-action and anime movies, including Vampire Hunter D and his 1st novel, Demon City Shinjuku. He is one of Japan's top sci-fi/horror writers, writing novels in the tradition of occidental horror authors like Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, H.P.
He attended the prestigious Aoyama University and wrote his 1st novel, Demon City Shinjuku in 1982. HIdeyuki Kikuchi was born in Chiba, Japan on September 25, 1949.
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