新田次郎，Jirô Nitta was born on June 6, 1912 in Suwa, Nagano, Japan as Hiroto Fujiwara. He was a writer, known for Tsurugidake: Ten no ki (2009), Hakkodasan (1977) and Arasuka monogatari (1977). He died on February 15, 1980 in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan.