Kaoru KurimotoKaoru Kurimoto.

Kaoru Kurimoto (栗本 薫, Kurimoto Kaoru; February 13, 1953, May 26, 2009) was the pen name of Sumiyo Imaoka (今岡 純代, Imaoka Sumiyo), a Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name Azusa Nakajima (中島 梓, Nakajima Azusa) to write criticism and music. She was known for her record-breaking 130-volume Guin Saga series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Russian.