is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
Awards and nominations 2001 – Asahi Award for New Writers: Gansaku "Botchan" Satsujin Jiken (A "Botchan" Parody Murder Mystery) 2007 – Nominee for Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel or Linked Short Stories: Tokyo Prison 2009 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel or Linked Short Stories: Joker Game 2009 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Joker Game 2009 – Nominee for Haruhiko Oyabu Prize: Joker Game 2014 – Nominee for Yamada Futaro Prize: Knight and Shadow
Bibliography
Joker Game series (aka D Agency series)
Each book includes three to six short stories.
, 2008J'Lit | Publications : Joker Game | Books from Japan , 2009 , 2012 , 2015
Standalone novels , 2001 (The Golden Ash) , 2001 (A "Botchan" Parody Murder Mystery) , 2001 (Symposium: The Last Case of Socrates) , 2002 (The First Island) , 2003 (New World) , 2004 (Xavier's Head) , 2005 (I am Sherlock Holmes) , 2006 (Tokyo Prizon) , 2009 (Tiger and the Moon) , 2010 (Kind and Queen) , 2010 (The First Philosopher) , 2011 (Romance) , 2013 (Butterfly in Paradise) , 2014 (Knight and Shadow) , 2014 (The Wife of Socrates)
Short story collections , 2004 (Parthenon) , 2006 (Detective Seton Animal Chronicles) , 2007 (Marco The Million) , 2007 (The Case-Book of Soseki) , 2011 (Kaidan)
See also
Japanese detective fiction
References Profile at J'Lit Books from Japan