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Inujun

いぬじゅん

Inujun

Pen Names: Inujun（Pen name used for literary activities）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Nara Prefecture (birth) → Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan (residence)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Care manager (chief), Care worker (certified), Radio personality, YouTuber
Active Years
2010-

Education

Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University
Faculty of Foreign Languages
Country: Japan
After graduation, entered welfare/care field

Awards

8th Japan Keitai Novel Award (Grand Prize)
2013
Work: Someday, the Day I Fall Asleep
Category: 大賞・進研ゼミ中学講座賞
Organization: Japan Keitai Novel Award Committee
Result: 受賞
1st SongNovels Award (DREAMS COME TRUE edition)
2015
Work: Kitakami Syndrome
Category: 入賞
Organization: SongNovels Organization
Result: 入賞
8th Shizuoka Bookstores Award (Want-to-adapt-for-screen category)
2019
Work: To You Who Will Disappear This Winter
Category: 映像化したい部門
Organization: Shizuoka Bookstores Award Committee
Result: 大賞（受賞）
10th Shizuoka Bookstores Award (Want-to-adapt-for-screen category)
2022
Work: If This Love Could Come True
Category: 映像化したい部門
Organization: Shizuoka Bookstores Award Committee
Result: 大賞（受賞）

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Someday, the Day I Fall Asleep

2014 Light literature / Youth

A bittersweet youth romance about parting and growth. Originally a keitai novel that became the author's major debut.

youthpartingpersonal growthbittersweetness
Adaptations
  • [Internet drama] Someday, the Day I Fall Asleep (FOD original drama) (2019)
  • [Manga adaptation] Someday, the Day I Fall Asleep (Comic REX serialization) (2021)

Kitakami Syndrome

2015 Youth fiction

A prize-winning SongNovels entry tied to DREAMS COME TRUE. Portrays youth ensemble and emotional turbulence.

friendshipyouthloss

To You Who Will Disappear This Winter

2019 Youth / Romance

A romance praised as desirable for screen adaptation. A bittersweet story that also carries warmth.

lovepartingtime

Bibliography

  • Someday, the Day I Fall Asleep (2014)
  • 444: The Cursed Number (2015)
  • Kitakami Syndrome (2015)
  • At the End of Dreams, I Want to See You (2016)
  • March Snow Is Your Lie (2017)
  • To You Who Will Disappear This Winter (2019)
  • If This Love Could Come True (2022)
  • Waiting for You at the Unmanned Station (2019)
  • The Night You See the Aurora (2020)
  • Someday, the Day I Fall Asleep 3 (2021)
  • Until Your Blue Melts into the Sea (2023)
  • Until I Become the Heroine (2025)

Adaptations

  • Someday, the Day I Fall Asleep (FOD original drama / 2019)
  • Teppen!!! (TV anime original concept / 2022)
  • Waiting for You at the Unmanned Station (朗読劇 / 2022-2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
bittersweet tonelight literatureaccessible contemporary Japanese
Recurring Motifs
unmanned stationsyouthpartingtime and memory

Legacy

A light literature author who debuted from keitai novels and achieved mainstream success. Known for youth and romance works that have reached a large readership and spawned screen adaptations and stage readings.

Trivia

  • He is a big fan of DREAMS COME TRUE and has said meeting the band is his dream.
  • He once appeared as an extra in a drama starring Satomi Ishihara.
  • He often says he generates ideas at unmanned stations on the Tenryu Hamanako Railway.
  • Held a 10th-anniversary debut event at Sun Street Hamakita in 2024.