Akio Nakamori
Akio Nakamori, real name Ansaku Shibahara, is a columnist and editor born on January 1, 1960, in Mie Prefecture, Japan. He is credited as popularizing the term "otaku" in its modern colloquial usage. After dropping out of Meiji University's Nakano Junior and Senior High Schools, he graduated from Wako University. Along with Yūichi Endō, he launched the Tokyo Otona Club in 1982.
He is most well known for his study of serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki, The Age of M, published in 1989.
