is a Japanese

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ist best known for his series ''

Kure-nai is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. A manga adaptation started serialization in the first issue of ''Jump Square'' magazine and had its last chapter published in the June 2012 issu ...

'', which has been adapted into a manga in Jump SQ. and an

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. ''Kure-nai'' has three individual books illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto. Katayama won an honorable mention at the Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Awards in 2003 for his story '' Denpa teki na Kanojo''.

Novels

*'' Denpateki na Kanojo'' *''Denpateki na Kanojo ~Orokamono no Sentaku~'' *''Denpateki na Kanojo ~Kōfuku Gēmu~'' *''

'' *''Kure-nai ~Guillotine~'' *''Kure-nai ~Shūakusai 1~'' *''Kure-nai ~Shūakusai 2~''

References

* 1973 births Living people 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Light novelists {{japan-writer-stub