Andrey Zamilov studied Japanese and Japanese literature at the Far Eastern National University in Vladivostok. After working at the Vladivostok city office, he moved to Japan, and worked for 3 years in Niigata, then moved to trading companies. Since 2006, he has worked as a Japanese-Russian translator and translated many of Haruki Murakami's works such as Ghost in Lexington, Norwegian Wood, and Underground.