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Masami Morokuchi

もろくち まさみ

Morokuchi Masami

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Hokkaido, Japan
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Resident of Hokkaido, Japan

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Light novel author
Active Years
2005-2020

Awards

Genro (Genro Award) — Encouragement Prize (Novel Division)
2011
Work: Clump,Clump
Category: 小説部門
Organization: Genro Award Committee
Result: 奨励賞
Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest — Special Prize
2016
Work: Toyo no Kuni no Amaterasu
Category: Web小説コンテスト
Organization: Kakuyomu Contest Committee
Result: 特別賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Scorpion (Legend Hunting series)

2005 Light novel / Fantasy

The first volume of an action-oriented light novel series dealing with legends and strange phenomena.

fantasyactionlegends

Antares

2006 Light novel / with SF elements

A longer work emphasizing worldbuilding, containing elements akin to doujin-style creativity.

worldbuildingsci-fidrama

Toyo no Kuni no Amaterasu

2017 Light novel / Fantasy

A work awarded a special prize in the Kakuyomu contest and later published; noted for its distinctive world and character depiction.

fantasyhuman drama

Higyaku no Noel Movement1 vow revenge

2017 Light novel / Dark fantasy

The first volume of a dark-themed series with consistently tense developments.

revengedark fantasy

Are you Alice? The World You Turn (contributing work)

2010 Light novel / Fantasy

An example of involvement in the Bunko editions of an original work by Ninomiya Ai; part of a collaboratively produced series.

Alice motiffantasy

Bibliography

  • Scorpion (Legend Hunting series)
  • Antares
  • Kurokamakiri: Steel Kin
  • Faceless
  • Alloy Miniscope
  • Immortal Fujimi - Satsujinki Kanjou
  • Until the New Moon 1 - The Ashen Knights
  • Until the New Moon 2 - The Iron Girl
  • Until the New Moon 3 - Black Serpent of Dawn
  • Mushiao Forest, Magpie's Sword
  • World Clock and the Dream of Needles (Vol. 1 & 2)
  • Sing, Canary
  • Kyohaku no Yume
  • Toyo no Kuni no Amaterasu
  • Higyaku no Noel Movements 1-4

Style & Themes

Literary Style
light-novel style narrationemphasis on scene description and atmosphere
Recurring Motifs
nightmechanical elementscombatrevenge

Legacy

An author active in the light novel field who earned contest recognition and published multiple series. Declared an indefinite hiatus from writing in 2020, putting activities on pause.

Quotes

  • The fact that I receive no responses to my recent works is proof that I can no longer write something that resonates with readers. I don't want to embarrass myself any further. I was possessed by a need for approval and wrote simply to be fawned over by many people.
    Source: pixivFANBOX (Announcement of indefinite hiatus from writing, 2020) (2020)

Trivia

  • Author born in and resident of Hokkaido.
  • Began publishing works around 2005; often described as having a major debut in 2006.
  • Received an encouragement prize in the 2011 Genro Award (novel division), work not published as a book.
  • Won a special prize in the 2016 Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest, resulting in a published work.
  • Announced an indefinite hiatus from writing in 2020.