Novel Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (1994, held 2 times in year) honorable mention
Minami Honzawa
ホンザワ ミナミ
Honzawa Minami
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1974-04-27 （Saitama Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Light novel author
- Active Years
- 1994-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jissen Women's University | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Jissen Women's University
Faculty of Letters
Country:
Japan
Graduated from Faculty of Letters; specific year not provided
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Cobalt Novel Award (second half) | Going My Way | — | Shueisha (Cobalt imprint) | 佳作入選 |
Cobalt Novel Award (second half)
1994
Work:
Going My Way
Organization:
Shueisha (Cobalt imprint)
Result:
佳作入選
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tokyo ANGEL - Shoot the Boys' Midnight!
Action / Light novelAn action series featuring high-school students who work as assassins. It depicts conflicts with the underworld, bonds among peers, and coming-of-age elements.
youthassassinationfriendshipconflictaction
New World (series)
Fantasy / Light novelA fantasy series with elements of another world. The stories revolve around royalty, war, and adventure in a multi-volume narrative.
other worldadventureroyaltygrowth
Bibliography
- Tokyo ANGEL - Shoot the Boys' Midnight!
- Running Memories
- Eternal Selene
- Rain Vanishing in Bullets
- Drifting Boy
- Maria's Cross
- The World Where You Appear
- The Sea I Want to Return To
- Forest of Light
- Until the Summer Returns
- Red Shadow
- The Third Assassin
- Dance in This Darkness
- Future Photograph
- Counting Yesterday
- Sleeping Canary
- Knife and Sun
- A Letter from 'K'
- Client 'K'
- Limit Stage 1 & 2
- The Ice Doll Does Not Smile
- 24-Hour Sonata
- Black Sniper
- Start Line
- The Girl Who Opens the Key and the Prince's Azure Gem
- The Empire Where Two Suns Rise
- The Mercenary Who Embraces a Sword and the Blood-Stained Royal Castle
- A Miracle Shining on the Southern Sea and the Northern Priestess
- Barcode Children
- Cycling Round and Round (in Confessions — Pureful Anthology)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Light-novel pacing with snappy dialogue and descriptionDynamic action-focused narration
- Recurring Motifs
- intersection of youth and violencebonds among comradesunderworld and conspiraciesother-world/royalty elements (New World)
Legacy
Minami Honzawa is a light-novel author active since the 1990s, known for the Tokyo ANGEL and New World series. Her work combines juvenile coming-of-age ensembles with action elements and was popular among readers of the Cobalt imprint.
Trivia
- Born April 27, 1974 (from Saitama Prefecture).
- Reported to have graduated from Jissen Women's University, Faculty of Letters.
- Selected for an Honorable Mention in the second half of the 1994 Cobalt Novel Award for 'Going My Way'.
- Notable works include the 'Tokyo ANGEL' series and the 'New World' series.