Naoyuki Ii

 is a noted Japanese author and professor of creative writing at Tokai University's Shonan campus.
Biography.
A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Ii graduated in 1978 from Keio University with a degree in history (archaeology and ethnology). His first novel, "Kusa no kanmuri" (The Grass Radical), was published in 1983, and received the Gunzo Prize for New Writers. Subsequent prizes include: