Yoshio Aramaki (荒巻義雄, Aramaki Yoshio, born 12 April 1933) is a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer, critic and art collector. His original given name was Kunio Aramaki (荒巻邦夫, Aramaki Kunio). He has changed his name to Yoshimasa Aramaki (荒巻義雅).[1] Aramaki is well known by his so-called "Meta-SF" works which are characterized by their speculative and fantastic themes and depictions.[1][2] He is also famous for his various series of "imaginary battle" novels and alternate history novels such as Konpeki no Kantai series. He is a member of the Japan Writers’ Association, and of the SFWJ (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan),[3] and of the Contemporary Haiku Association. He was also a professor in the Seishū Women's University [4] (now, Sapporo International University) from 1993 to 1997.[5]