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Namiya Fujiishi

ふじいし なみや

Fujiishi Namiya

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1988-01-01 (Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Script collaborator, Author of novelizations
Active Years
2014-

Education

Tochigi Prefectural Kanuma Higashi High School
Country: Japan
Taisho University
Faculty of Letters, Department of Expression and Culture, Creative Writing Course (now Faculty of Expression, Department of Expression and Culture, Creative Writing Course) / Department of Expression and Culture
Country: Japan
Completed the Creative Writing course
Tokyo Visual Arts
Department of Film / Department of Film
Country: Japan
Studied film production and visual expression

Awards

1st Da Vinci "Book Story" Grand Prize
Work: First Love Beyond the Hill
Organization: Da Vinci (magazine)
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

First Love Beyond the Hill

2014 Romance
first loveyouthcoming-of-age

Yesterday, You Were Only Mine

2015 Romance
lovememorycharacter-driven drama

The After School Says "Try to Save Me"

2016 Youth novel / Mystery
friendshipresponsibilitycrisis in everyday life

I'll Start Threatening You Now

2016 Mystery / Suspense
blackmailjustice and revengemysteries hidden in everyday life
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] I'll Start Threatening You Now (2017)

I'll Start Threatening You Now: The Transparent Murderer

2017 Mystery
murdermystery solving

I'll Start Threatening You Now: Intersection of Black and White

2017 Mystery
conflictboundaries of justice

Don't Stop the Shooting Set! Production-Department Girl Mari's Mystery

2017 Mystery / Workplace fiction
production setworkplace relationshipsmystery solving

Time Pretends to Have Stopped

2018 Contemporary fiction
timememoryrelationships

Runway (Novel)

2020 Novelization

A novelization related to the work "Runway" (original poetry collection by Shinichiro Hagihara); the author handled the novelization release.

novelizationmedia tie-in
Adaptations
  • [Film] Runway

Nemesis II

2021 Novelization / Tie-in
mysterytie-in work

Bibliography

  • First Love Beyond the Hill (hardcover, KADOKAWA / Media Factory) — 2014
  • First Love Beyond the Hill (paperback, KADOKAWA) — 2017
  • Yesterday, You Were Only Mine (paperback, Gentosha) — 2015
  • The After School Says "Try to Save Me" (hardcover, KADOKAWA) — 2016
  • I'll Start Threatening You Now (paperback, Kodansha Taiga) — 2016
  • I'll Start Threatening You Now: The Transparent Murderer (paperback, Kodansha Taiga) — 2017
  • I'll Start Threatening You Now: Intersection of Black and White (paperback, Kodansha Taiga) — 2017
  • Don't Stop the Shooting Set! Production-Department Girl Mari's Mystery (paperback, KADOKAWA) — 2017
  • Time Pretends to Have Stopped (paperback, Shincho Bunko nex) — 2018
  • Runway (Novel) (hardcover, KADOKAWA) — 2020
  • Nemesis II (paperback, Kodansha Taiga) — 2021

Adaptations

  • I'll Start Threatening You Now (TV drama adaptation, 2017)
  • Nemesis (TV drama) — script collaboration (2021)
  • Novelization related to the poetry collection 'Runway' and its film project (2020)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Accessible narrationEntertainment-oriented plottingCharacter-driven descriptions
Recurring Motifs
young lovemysteries hidden in everyday lifeworkplace/production relationships

Legacy

Debuted after winning the 1st Da Vinci 'Book Story' Grand Prize and has published entertainment-oriented works combining romance and mystery elements. One of her notable works was adapted for television, increasing her presence in media tie-ins.

In Popular Culture

  • TV drama 'I'll Start Threatening You Now'
  • Script collaboration on the TV drama 'Nemesis'

Trivia

  • Debuted after winning the 1st Da Vinci 'Book Story' Grand Prize.
  • Born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
  • Graduated from Taisho University (Creative Writing course) and Tokyo Visual Arts (Department of Film).
  • One of her notable works, 'I'll Start Threatening You Now', was adapted as a TV drama in 2017.
  • Handled the novelization related to Shinichiro Hagihara's poetry collection 'Runway', with the novel released on 2020-09-24.
  • Official X (formerly Twitter) account: @fuji_h2o