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Akira Hyuga

ひゅうが あきら

Hyūga Akira

Pen Names: Yusuke ShinomiyaPen name used when submitting to the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1955-01-01 (Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Company employee
Active Years
2005-

Education

Doshisha University
Faculty of Law
Country: Japan
Graduated from the Faculty of Law

Awards

Ayukawa Tetsuya Award
2005
Work: June's Snow
Organization: Tokyo Sogensha
Result: 佳作 (Honorable Mention)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Seikimatsu Grand Bazaar: June's Snow

2006 Mystery novel

A long-form mystery novel. Submitted under the pen name "Yusuke Shinomiya" it received an honorable mention in the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award (2005) and was published by Tokyo Sogensha in 2006.

MysteryDistortion of everyday life

Bibliography

  • Seikimatsu Grand Bazaar: June's Snow (Tokyo Sogensha, 2006)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Style aligned with traditional mystery fictionClear plotting
Recurring Motifs
Distortion of everyday life

Legacy

Received an honorable mention in the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award and published one novel; no new publications have appeared since 2006. Recorded as an example of a writer who produced a noted debut but few subsequent works.

Archives

  • National Diet Library: Bibliographic records for Akira Hyuga (NDL identifier available)

Trivia

  • Received an honorable mention in the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award in 2005 under the pen name Yusuke Shinomiya.
  • Graduated from Doshisha University's Faculty of Law and wrote while working as a company employee.