Morioka Hiroyuki (森岡浩之: 1962-) is a Japanese sci-fi novelist. In 1992 his first novel Yume no ki ga tsugeta nara ("If we can plant a dream-tree") appeared in Hayakawa Shobo (Tokyo)'s S-F Magazine. His characteristics include a deep interest for linguistics (specially for conlangs), artificial intelligence, bitter humor, and well-designed world settings. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The modern skyline of Tokyo is highly decentralized. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ... An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose vocabulary and grammar were specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture as with natural languages. ... Artificial intelligence (also known as machine intelligence and often abbreviated as AI) is intelligence exhibited by any manufactured (i. ...

In 1996 he published his first long novel in three volumes, Seikai no Monshou (Seikai no Monshō/Crest of the Stars). In the next year 1997 Seikai no Monsho was awarded with Seiun Award from Japan SF Convenion. He released its sequel Seikai no Senki (Banner of the Stars), where he said that Seikai no Monsho was actually an overture to Seikai no Senki. Morioka had already suggested in Seikai no Monshou 2 that the entire series should narrate the life of Princess Lamhirh (aka Lafiel), from her birth to her eventual ascention to the imperial throne. Three volumes of Seikai no Senki are now available and Morioka named them "Diahoc Trilogy" but the series itself has not yet finished. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Seikai no Monshou or Seikai no Monshō (1999, Japanese: 星界の紋章) is an anime science fiction (space opera (some parts could classify as military science fiction/military space opera)) series based on the same title Japanese science fiction novel published in 1996 written by Morioka Hiroyuki. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seikai no Senki (Battle Flag of the Stars), better known in English as Banner of the Stars, are a series of novels written by Morioka Hiroyuki which serve as the sequel for the Seikai no Monshō (Crest of the Stars) Trilogy. ...

Aside from the Seikai series, he published another Senki in 4 volumes, based on Japanese mythology. Japanese mythology is an extremely complex system of beliefs. ...