Background
Muramatsu was born in Tokyo, but was raised in Shimizu, Shizuoka. His grandfather was the noted writer Muramatsu Shofu, and both his father and his mother worked for the literary magazine Chūōkōron.
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Tomomi Muramatsu
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Education
Muramatsu Tomomi attended Keio University"s Literature Department, and on graduation went to work for Chūōkōron himself as an editors
Career
His first published work, a collection of essays, Watashi puroresu no kyomi desu ("I am a Professional Wrestling Fan"), published in 1980, was a best seller and established him as a mainstream writer As the name implied, Muramatsu is a great fan of professional wrestling, and has written a number of novels with wrestling as a theme. After Muramatsu appeared on television commercials for Suntory whiskey, and his line of “One Finger – Two Fingers” became a popular phrase in Japanese bars.
