Kato Norihiro is a literary critic from Yamagata Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo University and began his career with the essay “Amerika no kage” (The American Shadow, 1985). He has worked for the National Diet Library and as a professor at Meiji University and Waseda University. A regular publisher of criticism, he serves as a member of the selection committee for two literary awards.
Historical dictionary of modern Japanese literature and theater. J. Scott Miller. 2009.