Tamio Kageyama


Tamio Kageyama was a Japanese writer.
The former television script writer and essayist won the 99th Naoki Prize in 1988 for his novel . The novel was later adapted into an animated film. Kageyama also contributed to the films Sakana kara daiokishin!!, Saraba itoshiki hito yo, and Hoshikuzu kodai no densetsu, and appeared as a judge on the TV series Iron Chef.
Tamio died at the age of 50 in a house fire at his residence.