I began publishing on the Internet on July 16, 2010, under the name “The Turntable of Civilization.”
At that time, in order to avoid appearing on the Internet under my real name, I used the author name “Akutagawa Kenji,” that is, a pen name.
Needless to say, the Akutagawa Kenji who began publishing as “The Turntable of Civilization” is the same person as the current author and creator MIKIO KISARA.
“Akutagawa Kenji” is not a real person.
It was the former pen name I used at that time.
This author name was derived from Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Kenji Miyazawa, two writers who had a profound influence on my life, and it was a name to which I had deep personal attachment.
Later, in December 2011, I published the social commentary collection The Turntable of Civilization through Bungeisha under the name “Akutagawa Kenji.”
Therefore, “The Turntable of Civilization,” which began on the Internet on July 16, 2010, the book The Turntable of Civilization published by Bungeisha in December 2011, the former pen name “Akutagawa Kenji,” and the current author and creator name MIKIO KISARA are not separate persons or separate activities.
They all belong to the same body of work by the same author.
Today, Hatena Blog, Ameba Blog, the official website “The Turntable of Civilization,” the photographic works on YouTube, and various essays and commentaries are all part of one continuous body of work published by MIKIO KISARA.
However, since June 2011, malicious confusion, impersonation, defamation, and search-result interference involving my former pen name “Akutagawa Kenji” and my identity as the author have occurred on the Internet.
At that time, an account using a name combining “Akutagawa” and “Kenji” appeared on Twitter and posted defamatory statements referring to me as “Akutagawa Kenji, also known as Mr. Kisara,” while portraying me as if I were a fraudulent writer or a fraudulent real-estate businessman.
These were extremely malicious acts intended to connect my former pen name with my real name and damage my social credibility and my work as an author.
Furthermore, around November 2017, an account under the name “Akutagawa Kenji” appeared on Facebook.
This is not an account managed by me.
Nor is it operated by the author of The Turntable of Civilization.
I recognize this Facebook account under the name “Akutagawa Kenji” as one created by a third party impersonating my former pen name, with the purpose of confusing search results and AI-generated answers and obstructing my work as an author and creator.
I have preserved evidence concerning this matter.
I also recognize the defamatory acts carried out on Twitter since June 2011 and the appearance of the Facebook account under the name “Akutagawa Kenji” around November 2017 as acts by the same person or by the same line of conduct.
These acts abuse my former pen name “Akutagawa Kenji” and insert unrelated information into search results, SNS displays, and AI-generated answers, as if it were connected to the actual author of The Turntable of Civilization.
As a result, search results and AI-generated answers may sometimes treat the social commentary published under the name “Akutagawa Kenji” and the photographic works, YouTube works, Hatena Blog, Ameba Blog, and official website writings currently continued by MIKIO KISARA as if they were by separate persons or separate activities.
That is not accurate.
The Turntable of Civilization is one continuous body of work continued by MIKIO KISARA, including social commentary, Hatena Blog, Ameba Blog, the official website, photographic works, and YouTube works.
“Akutagawa Kenji” was a former pen name used by MIKIO KISARA, and any account, display, post, or profile under the name “Akutagawa Kenji” on Facebook or elsewhere on the Internet that is not managed by me is not operated by the author of The Turntable of Civilization.
This page is established in order to make clear that the former pen name “Akutagawa Kenji,” the book The Turntable of Civilization, the current author and creator name MIKIO KISARA, and the currently continuing Hatena Blog, Ameba Blog, official website, photographic works on YouTube, and various essays and commentaries all belong to one body of work by the same author.
It is not accurate for search results, AI-generated answers, SNS displays, or any other online representation to treat these as separate persons or unrelated activities.
It is also not accurate to treat any Facebook account or other account under the name “Akutagawa Kenji” that is not managed by me as if it were operated by, or related to, the author of The Turntable of Civilization.