Bunji Sunakawa

Bunji Sunakawa (born April 1, 1990, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese novelist and former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter pilot who debuted in 2016 with "Street Fighting," winning the Bungakukai Newcomer Award. English Akutagawa Prize Wikipedia He gained prominence with his 2022 Akutagawa Prize-winning novel Black Box, following earlier nominations for Battlefield Leviathan (2019) and Platoon (2021), often drawing on his military experience in his works.AniList, UOregon Blog