Kan Kikuchi
Japanese writer
Died when: 59 years 71 days (710 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Hiroshi Kikuchi (?? ?, Kikuchi Hiroshi, December 26, 1888 – March 6, 1948), known by his pen name Kan Kikuchi (which uses the same kanji as his real name), was a Japanese author.
He established the publishing company Bungeishunju, the monthly magazine of the same name, the and both the Akutagawa and Naoki Prize for popular literature.
He came to prominence for the plays "Madame Pearl" and "Father Returns", but his ample support for the Imperial Japanese war effort led to his marginalization in the postwar period.
He was also the head of Daiei Motion Picture Company (currently Kadokawa Pictures).He is known to have been an avid player of Mahjong.
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