Thiago Furukawa Lucas (born 10 November 1984), who goes by his pen name , is a Brazilian-Japanese novelist, illustrator, . He worked on Takaya Kagami's light novel adaptation of A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives. In 2013, he then worked on writing and illustrating his own light novel series No Game No Life which has been adapted into anime, was listed as one of the top-selling light novels in 2014 and was one of ten light novel series to receive a Yomiuri Shimbun Sugoi Japan Award. In 2015, his newer light novel and manga series Clockwork Planet was greenlit for an anime adaptation. In 2011, he married Mashiro Hiiragi, who would work on the manga adaptation of No Game No Life. Career Kamiya is of Japanese, Portuguese and Italian descent. He was born in Brazil, spent his childhood in the United States, and moved to Japan at the age of 7 where he lives currently. His legal nationality is Brazilian. In elementary school, he was bullied due to being a foreigner, and in junior high school he did not go to school and played video games instead. In high school, he started drawing and began working in dо̄jin, but for his first dо̄jinshi sales event, he sold zero copies. However, at the request of an industry insider who saw his dо̄jin magazine, his color illustrations and manga were published in the 3rd volume of the MELTY BLOOD Anthology, making his commercial debut while still in high school. In November 2005, Kamiya appeared in Dengeki Comic Gao! with his series E.A.r.T.h, making his official mangaka debut. This series finished with 4 volumes in April 2008. In February 2008, he began publishing Gurīdo Paketto ∞ in ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Maoh magazine. Gurīdo Paketto ∞ has been in an indefinite hiatus since August 2011 since Kamiya was diagnosed with stomach cancer in May of the same year. In November 2008, he started illustrating for the light novel series A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives by Takaya Kagami. This series became a hit and was made into an anime in July 2011. In April 2012, Kamiya started publishing the light novel series No Game, No Life which he wrote and illustrated himself. The series was a success and an anime adaptation was announced in July 2013, which aired from April to June 2014. In April 2013, Kamiya's second light novel series Clockwork Planet,