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name: "Yasutaka Tsutsui"
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born: "24 September 1934"
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updated: "2026-09-17T06:41:13.868199+00:00"
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# Yasutaka Tsutsui

Actor and novelist. Born 24 September 1934 in Osaka, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Novelist
- **Born:** 24 September 1934, Osaka, Japan
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40334

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Paprika*](https://film.one/film/paprika.md) (80)

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## Biography

Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author and actor. Born in Osaka on 24 September 1934, he graduated from Doshisha University and is known for works including the novel *Paprika* (1993) and *The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* (1967).

His novel *Paprika* was adapted into a 2006 animated film directed by Satoshi Kon, in which Tsutsui voiced the character Kuga. Other adaptations of his work include the films *The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* (2006) and *Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* (2010), and the series *The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED* (2020).

Tsutsui has received several literary awards, including the Izumi Kyoka award in 1981, the Tanizaki Prize in 1987 for *Yumenokizaka bunkiten*, the Kawabata Yasunari award in 1989, and the Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1992.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, anime-planet.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Paprika* (2006), Fi1m 80, as Kuga (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/paprika.md)

## Also known for

- *The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* (2006), Novel
- *The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED* (2020), Novel
- *Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* (2010), Novel

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