, mainly known by his pseudonym , is a Japanese
mystery
Mystery, The Mystery, Mysteries or The Mysteries may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
*Mystery, a cat character in ''Emily the Strange''
Films
* ''Mystery'' (2012 film), a 2012 Chinese drama film
* ''Mystery'' ( ...
writer. He is one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing and was the first president of the
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan is a Japan-based organization for mystery writers who write ''honkaku'' (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery.
The organization was founded on 3 November 2000 by Yukito Ayatsuji, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Hiroko Minagawa, Kaoru Kitamura, Tetsuya Ayukawa ...
from 2000 to 2005. He has also served as part of the selection committee for various literary awards, most notably the
Ayukawa Tetsuya Award The is an annual Japanese literary award for unpublished mystery novels. It was established in 1990 by Tokyo Sogensha, a Japanese publisher mainly publishing genre fiction books. The winning novel is published by the publisher and the winner recei ...
from 1996 to 1999 and
Edogawa Rampo Prize The , named after Edogawa Rampo, is a Japanese literary award which has been presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan since 1955.Fukue, Nastuko,Literary awards run spectrum, ''Japan Times'', 14 February 2012, p. 3.
Though its name is si ...
from 2014 to 2017.
Works in English translation
*''
The Moai Island Puzzle'' (original title: ''Kotō Pazuru''), trans. Ho-Ling Wong (Locked Room International, 2016)
Awards and nominations
* 1996 – Nominee for 49th
Mystery Writers of Japan Award The are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan. They honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year.
MWJ Award for Best Novel winners (1948–1951, 1976–present)
MWJ Award for Best ...
for Best Short Story: "Chocho ga Habataku"
* 2003 – 56th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: ''Mare Tetsudo no Nazo'' (''The Malayan Railway Mystery'')
* 2003 – Nominee for 3rd
Honkaku Mystery Award The are presented every year by the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. They honor the best in honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery fiction and critical works published in the previous year.
Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction winners ...
for Best Fiction: ''Mare Tetsudo no Nazo'' (''The Malayan Railway Mystery'')
* 2004 – Nominee for 4th Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: ''Suisu-dokei no Nazo'' (''The Swiss Watch Mystery'')
* 2007 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (
2007 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): ''Ran'a no Shima''
* 2008 – 8th Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: ''Jookoku no Shiro'' (''The Castle of the Queendom'')
* 2008 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (
2008 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): ''Jookoku no Shiro'' (''The Castle of the Queendom'')
*2016 – 5th Osaka Honma Book Award: ''Maboroshi-zaka''
* 2018 – 3rd Yoshikawa Eiji Collection Award: ''Himura Hideo Series''
Bibliography
Student Alice series (Amateur Detective Egami series)
Novels
* , 1989 (''The Moonlight Game: The Tragedy of Y 1988'')
* , 1989 (''
The Moai Island Puzzle''. Locked Room International. 2016)
* , 1992 (''Double-Headed Devil'')
* , 2007 (''The Castle of the Queendom'')
Short story collection
* , 2012
Writer Alice series (Criminology Professor Himura series)
Novels
* , 1992
* , 1993
* , 1995
* , 1995 (''The Swedish House Mystery'')
* , 1997
* , 2002 (''The Malayan Railway Mystery'')
* , 2006
* , 2015
* , 2017
* , 2018 (''The Indian Club Mystery'')
* , 2022
Short story collections
* , 1994 (''The Russian Tea Mystery'')
* , 1996 (''The Brazilian Butterfly Mystery'')
* , 1997 (''The English Garden Mystery'')
* , 1999 (''The Persian Cat Mystery'')
* , 2001
* , 2001
* , 2003 (''The Swiss Watch Mystery'')
* , 2003
* , 2005 (''The Moroccan Crystal Mystery'')
* , 2008
* , 2008
* , 2010
* , 2012
* , 2013
* , 2014
* , 2019 (''The Canadian Coin Mystery'')
Sora series (Sorashizu Jun series)
* , 2010
* , 2011
* , 2012
Hamaji Kenzaburou series
* , 2017
* , 2020
Standalone novels
* , 1990
* , 1996
* , 2000
* , 2002
* , 2003
Short story collections
* , 1996
* , 1998
* , 2001
* , 2008
* , 2009
* , 2013
* , 2019
See also
*
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan is a Japan-based organization for mystery writers who write ''honkaku'' (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery.
The organization was founded on 3 November 2000 by Yukito Ayatsuji, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Hiroko Minagawa, Kaoru Kitamura, Tetsuya Ayukawa ...
*
Japanese detective fiction
, is a popular genre of Japanese literature.
History
Name
When Western detective fiction spread to Japan, it created a new genre called detective fiction () in Japanese literature. After World War II the genre was renamed deductive reasoning fi ...
References
External links
Profileat J'Lit Books from Japan
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1959 births
20th-century Japanese novelists
21st-century Japanese novelists
Japanese male short story writers
Japanese mystery writers
Japanese crime fiction writers
Japanese horror writers
Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners
Honkaku Mystery Award winners
Living people
Writers from Osaka
Doshisha University alumni
20th-century Japanese short story writers
21st-century Japanese short story writers
20th-century Japanese male writers
21st-century male writers