is a pseudonymous Japanese novelist. Her debut novel and representative work, The Apothecary Diaries, has been adapted into a novel, a light novel series, multiple manga series, and a TV anime.
Biography
She was born in Fukuoka Prefecture and currently resides there.
Hyūganatsu first published The Apothecary Diaries under the pen name on the novel submission website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2011. At the suggestion of her editor, she then changed her pen name to Hyūganatsu, the name of her favorite fruit (). She confirmed that it is rendered as a single word, "Hyūganatsu", rather than as "Hyūga Natsu", with no distinction made between a given name and a family name.
Hyūganatsu does not show her face in public. For fan events, she dresses in a boar costume based on her online avatar, .
Works Novels
(2012, RayBooks; ) – only published 1 volume, "Harem" (2014–present, Hero Bunko) – 16 volumes published so far (2013–2014, Hero Bunko) – 2 volumes total (2013, Ichijinsha Bunko Iris; ) – 1 volume total (2014, Ichijinsha Bunko Iris; ) – 1 volume total (2016–2018, Mynavi Shuppan Fan Bunko) – 2 volumes total (2017, Fujimi L Bunko; ) – 1 volume total (2018–2019, Shogakukan Bunko Charabun!) – 3 volumes total (2018, Seikaisha FICTIONS; ) – 1 volume total (2021–present, MF Bunko J) – 1 volume published so far (2021–present, Hero Bunko) – 1 volume published so far (2022–present, Seikaisha FICTIONS) – 5 volumes published so far (2022, Arian Rose; ) – 1 volume total
Anthologies (2017, Fujimi L Bunko; ) – contributed (2020, Seikaisha FICTIONS; ) – contributed (2020, Poplar Bunko; ) – contributed (2020, Seikaisha FICTIONS; ) – contributed (2020, Seikaisha FICTIONS; ) – contributed (2020, Hero Bunko Official Website) – contributed
Reading dramas (2020, PLATTO) – scriptwriter
Manga
(2017–present, Square Enix) – 38 volumes published so far (2017–present, Shogakukan) – 20 volumes published so far (2021–present, Hakusensha) – 11 volumes published so far (2022, Kodansha) – 5 volumes published so far
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