Shotaro Ikenami

Born January 25, 1923· Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

† Died May 3, 1990

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Emerging from a modest Tokyo upbringing, Ikenami spent his youth moving between neighborhoods before entering the National Labor Training Institute in 1942, where he acquired technical skills as a lathe mechanic and simultaneously began publishing short stories in magazines such as Ladies Pictorial. His wartime experience, including service in the Yokosuka Marine Corps, deepened his literary inter… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources