Sogen Mystery Short Story Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (2000) honorable mention
Takayo Ikami
いかみ たかよ
Ikami Takayo
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1975-01-01 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Mystery writer, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 2000-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | First Faculty of Letters | — | 学士 | 1994-1998 | Japan |
Waseda University
First Faculty of Letters
Degree:
学士
Period:
1994-1998
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sogen Mystery Short Story Prize (Honorable Mention) | Shakespeare Madness: To the Thirteenth Ghost | — | Tokyo Sogensha | 佳作 (Honorable Mention) |
Sogen Mystery Short Story Prize (Honorable Mention)
2000
Work:
Shakespeare Madness: To the Thirteenth Ghost
Organization:
Tokyo Sogensha
Result:
佳作 (Honorable Mention)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Isolde's Garden
2002 NovelHer first single-volume novel. Features a lyrical style with subtle fantastical elements and mystery-driven plotting.
fantasymysteryhuman relationships
Shakespeare Madness: To the Thirteenth Ghost
2000 Mystery short story (play form)A mystery short story written in the form of a play. Won an honorable mention in the Sogen Mystery Short Story Prize and marked her debut.
dramatic formghostsdetective fiction
Bibliography
- Isolde's Garden (Hakusensha My Bunko, 2002)
- Short story 'Shakespeare Madness: To the Thirteenth Ghost' (Sogen Mystery No.20, 2000)
- Short story 'The Man Who Was Too Well Known' (Sogen Mystery No.21, 2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- play-like dialoguecareful mystery plottingdelicate psychological depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- theatreghosts/occultloneliness and rebirth
Legacy
Debuted with a short mystery story and has worked across novels and anime screenwriting. Known for mystery techniques and recognized for contributions to anime scripts.
Trivia
- Debuted in 2000 with an honorable mention in the Sogen Mystery Short Story Prize.
- Graduated from Waseda University's First Faculty of Letters.
- Has worked on numerous TV anime as scriptwriter and series composer.