Eiji Yoshikawa
He married Yasu Akazawa in 1923, the year of the Great Kantō earthquake. His experiences in the earthquake strengthened his resolve to make writing his career. In the following years he published stories in various periodicals published by Kodansha, who recognized him as their number one author. He used 19 pen names before settling on Eiji Yoshikawa. He first used this pen name with the serialization of "Sword Trouble, Woman Trouble". His name became a household word after "Secret Record of Naruto" was serialized in the "Osaka Mainichi Shimbun"; from then on his writing became much more popular.