Rikoshi
| Rikoshi Kisaragi | |
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| Born | 1979 |
| Profession or hobby | Author |
| Species | Red Fox/Skunk |
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Rikoshi (born July 25, 1979)[1] is a furry writer from Weymouth, Massachusetts who currently lives in Santa Clara, California.
Until recently, his fursona was a short-statured red fox who also served as a personal furry. In January 2011, after months of thought and consideration, he changed his species to a skunk, but made clear that he would maintain the fox character and noted, "I do still feel like I have my fox half kicking around inside me somewhere; it's just not the big prominent part of me anymore".[2] His skunk fursona often retains his original character's distinctive red hair.
Rikoshi entered the furry fandom in Summer 2001, just prior to moving to Aomori, Japan, where he spent a year teaching English. Upon returning to the United States, he moved to Northern California, becoming ingrained in the furry social scene there.
An avid writer, Rikoshi has a small selection of stories on FurRag, and has written several short stories that have been published in various furry fiction anthologies, including Bad Dog Books' ROAR and Sofawolf Press' New Fables. He has also written two novels. The first, Thousand Leaves, also published by Sofawolf Press, debuted at Anthrocon 2008. His second novel, The Seventh Chakra, was released at Further Confusion 2010.
Along with Kyell Gold and foozzzball, he is one three authors behind the Cupcakes brand of novellas published by FurPlanet. His first entry into the series, The Peculiar Quandary of Simon Canopus Artyle, was released at Anthrocon 2010.
In addition to writing, Rikoshi has also served as assistant editor to both New Fables and Heat.
[edit] Awards and Honors
Thousand Leaves was nominated for Best Anthropomorphic Novel in the 2008 Ursa Major Awards, and The Seventh Chakra was nominated for Best Anthropomorphic Novel for 2010.
His short story "Trading Wishes" was also nominated for an Ursa Major Award for Best Short Fiction in 2009. The Peculiar Quandary of Simon Canopus Artyle was nominated in the same category for 2010.
Rikoshi also appeared at Feral! 2011 as Guest of Honour alongside furry artist Black Teagan[3].
[edit] References
- ↑ Rikoshi's profile on LiveJournal. Retrieved July 18, 2008
- ↑ Rikoshi's LiveJournal Identity Realignment. January 26, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ↑ Camp Feral website Retrieved March 15, 2011.
[edit] External links
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- Rikoshi Kusakki, Writer-Skunk - Rikoshi on LiveJournal
- Rikoshi Writes - Rikoshi's writing blog
- [1] - Rikoshi's FurAffinity gallery
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