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Junichi Aman

あまん じゅんいち

Aman Junichi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1964
Nationality
Japanese
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Mystery writer
Active Years
2010-

Education

Tokyo Dental University
Country: Japan
Alumnus (graduation year not specified)

Awards

Ayukawa Tetsuya Award (20th)
2010
Work: Body Message
Organization: Tokyo Sogensha
Result: Winner
Selected for Golden Honkaku Mystery
2011
Work: Body Message
Organization: Honkaku Mystery World (editorial selection)
Result: Selected

Awards & Nominations

Ayukawa Tetsuya Award 1 appearances
  1. Edition 20 (2010) award
    Work: ボディ・メッセージ

    Two detectives receive a strange request to spend the night in a certain house. The morning after they fall asleep drunk, the scene is left with the traces of an inexplicable murder, and the case takes an unexpected turn.

    A simple overnight request leads into the mystery of a gruesome crime.

    289 pages
    classic mysterylocked-room setupdetectivesstrange crimepuzzle solving

Works

Major Works

Body Message

2010 Mystery (honkaku/locked-room)

Debut novel featuring locked-room elements and technical puzzles. Submitted under the title 'Body Meta'.

locked-roompuzzlecrime resolution

Glass Target

2011 Mystery

A Pete Koji (detective) series entry containing intricately plotted stories.

detectivetrickcrime

Pocket Globe: Detective-Writer Aman and the Locked-Room Demon

2012 Short story collection (mystery)

A short-story collection collecting multiple locked-room mysteries featuring the detective-writer Aman.

short storieslocked-roomdetective fiction

Moguri

2013 Novel (mystery)

A standalone novel in the mystery genre exploring mysteries hidden in everyday life.

everyday mysteriescrime

The Locked Room of the Bronze Dragon

2014 Mystery

Published by Nagumondō; focuses on locked-room trickery.

locked-roomsolution

Whose Is the Kingdom?

2015 Crime novel

Published in the Sogen Crime Club line; a crime novel with social elements.

crimesocial issues

Law of Ruin — Locked-Room Ninja Scroll

2019 Historical mystery

Published by Nagumondō; combines period-drama aspects with locked-room tricks.

period fictionlocked-room

Palette in the Starry Sky

2021 Short story collection (mystery)

A short-story collection from Sogen Mystery Bunko, containing multiple short pieces.

short storiesmystery

Bibliography

  • Body Message (2010)
  • Glass Target (2011)
  • Pocket Globe: Detective-Writer Aman and the Locked-Room Demon (2012)
  • Moguri (2013)
  • The Locked Room of the Bronze Dragon (2014)
  • Whose Is the Kingdom? (2015)
  • Law of Ruin — Locked-Room Ninja Scroll (2019)
  • Palette in the Starry Sky (2021)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Honkaku (fair-play) mysterytechnical tricksintricate plotting
Recurring Motifs
locked-roomtricksdetective (Pete Koji)

Legacy

Debuted in 2010 after winning the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award. Known for honkaku locked-room tricks and respected for both short and long works.

Trivia

  • Alumnus of Tokyo Dental University.
  • Debuted in 2010 after winning the 20th Ayukawa Tetsuya Award (submitted under the title 'Body Meta').
  • Noted for locked-room and honkaku-style detective fiction, including the Pete Koji series.