Tsuji Hitonari is a Tokyo-born Japanese writer, composer, and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the name Tsuji Jinsei, an alternative reading of the Japanese writing of his name.

He debuted as a vocalist of the rock band ECHOS in 1985 and the original song "ZOO" reached over a million sales. He debuted as a writer in 1989. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as overseas, with his work being translated into 20 languages and selling over ten million copies.

He was a professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design from 2007 to 2016.
He launched the web magazine Design Stories and became its chief editor in October 2016.

He married actress Minami Kaho in 1995 and they divorced in 2000.
He married singer and actress Miho Nakayama in 2002 and they moved to Paris, France, before she gave birth to their son a year later. They divorced in 2014, and Nakayama moved back to Japan, with Tsuji retaining custody of their son.

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