Akiyuki Nosaka

was a Japanese novelist, journalist, singer, lyricist, and member of the House of Councillors. As a broadcasting writer he used the name and his alias as a chanson singer was . He wrote the short story "Grave of the Fireflies" based off of his experiences in the wake of American bombing during the Second World War; the short story has been adapted into both an animated film and a live-action film. Provided by Wikipedia