Person: Shigusawa Keiichi

Shigusawa Keiichi born in 1972 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a light novel author. In 2000, his work Kino no Tabi was a finalist for the 6th Dengeki Novel Prize, and was subsequently serialized in Dengeki HP Magazine in March of the same year, marking his debut. Kino's Journey proved popular, and has continued in serialisation (as well as collected bunko releases) since that time. The author's name, a pen name, was derived from SIG Sauer, a firearm manufacturer, and 'a manga hero', definitely Morisato Keiichi from Oh My Goddess!, according to the afterword in the second volume of Gakuen Kino.