Kumoyama
Kumoyama
Kumoyama specializes in writing stories about cats, as well as science fiction blended with fantasy elements. Growing up immersed in classical Chinese literature alongside Japanese anime, manga, and games, Kumoyama was inspired by the light novel Kino's Journey during college and began writing doujinshi (fan fiction) based on the shooting game series Touhou Project. Later, his sci-fi work King of Shenzhou won the Fúwénzhì Newcomer Award(supported by Faust magazine, Japan). War of Game was selected as a finalist for the 3rd Taiwan Kadokawa Light Novel & Illustration Contest, and the wuxia short story The Great Hero won first prize in the 1st Gu Long Flash Fiction Wuxia Novel competition.
His latest work, Beware the Snip Snip, Black Cat!, draws upon 15 years of experience rescuing street animals. Written from the perspective of a black kitten less than six months old, the novel observes the survival philosophy of street animals and explores the impact of human activities on urban wildlife.Currently, Kumoyama is author, and editor of the independent publishing group "A Book A Year". He is also the host and producer of the podcast program "Big Black Cat, Little Wild Boar, and the Passing Chameleon".
Creative Portfolio
Awards & Grants
- Honorable Mention, 1st Fúwénzhì Newcomer Award: King of Shenzhou (神州王)
- Finalist, 3rd Taiwan Kadokawa Light Novel & Illustration Contest: War of Game (遊戲戰爭)
- First Prize, 1st Gu Long Flash Fiction Wuxia Novel: The Great Hero (大俠)
- 2022 Ministry of Culture Youth Creation Grant: For the cat novel Beware the Snip Snip, Black Cat! (小黑貓不想被剪蛋蛋)
Publishing Experience
- Serialized Web Novel: Cat General Café(2014–Present)
- Sci-Fi Short Story Anthology Trigger of Time and Destiny: Hero(ine) (2018)
- Sci-Fi Short Story Anthology Cat, Food, and Big Explosion: Cat General: We Are the Little Moron Squad on the Moon Front Line (2019)
- Sci-Fi Short Story Anthology Life, Universe, and Bubble Tea : Cat General Café: The Afterword of the Afterword – My Bubble Tea Has the Fragrance of the Universe (2020)
- Future Children Magazine (Issue 140, Aug 2022): Research Collaboration for the short comic Red Candle and Mermaid
- Sci-Fi Short Story Anthology 3.5 Multiple Upgrades: Only a Technological Innovation Capable of Destroying Technology is a True Technological Innovation (2023)
- 99% Pure Cat Novel: Beware the Snip Snip, Black Cat! (2024. Supported by the Ministry of Culture Youth Creation Grant; selected as Book of the Year for the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair and Guadalajara International Book Fair)
Reviews, Introductions, and Research
Resurrection, Awakening, Rebirth – Thank You! Gridman! (Parts 1–6)
It Truly Redefined the Lowest Standard for Taiwanese Animated Films – Deus Ex Baryon
Thoughts on the Read&Joy Short Wuxia-Themed Gathering
Manga Artist Yuichi Hasegawa's 40th Anniversary Brand New Work: Man Bite
Metaphor: ReFantazio – May All Fantasies Become "Your" Power
Afterthoughts on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Flow: Where Everything is Up to the Audience to Decide Where the Cat Ultimately Drifts To
Introducing "Jimbocho Nyanko-do", a Bookstore Specializing in Cat Books
Activities & Event Experience
- Author and editor of "A Book a Year” (2018–Present)
- Photographer of Neiwan Street Cat Photography Exhibition "Happy Times of Street Cats" (2019)
- Producer and Host of Podcast program "Big Black Cat, Little Wild Boar, and the Passing Chameleon" (2022–Present)
- Presenter of Nihon SF Taikai (Japan SF Convention) "Chinese-speaking SF Room" Project – Presented topics on "Between Sci-Fi and Fantasy: Characteristics of Taiwanese Sci-Fi" and "Development of Taiwanese Sci-Fi from 2019–2024" (2019, 2024)
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