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Chiworu Katase

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Katase Chiworu

Pen Names: chiorunn（Handle used on Note (chiorunn)）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1990-10-17 （Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Obihiro, Hokkaido (birthplace) → Tokyo (attended Meiji University)

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2012-

Education

Hokkaido Obihiro Hakuyo High School
Period: 2006-2009
Year of Graduation: 2009
Country: Japan
Meiji University
Faculty of Letters
Period: 2009-
Country: Japan
Recorded as having entered the university; graduation year not specified

Awards

Gunzo New Writers' Award
2012
Work: The Mermaid Who Breaks Bubbles
Category: 優秀作
Organization: Gunzo (Kodansha)
Result: Selected as 'Excellent Work' (優秀作)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Mermaid Who Breaks Bubbles

2012 Short fiction

First appeared in Gunzo magazine (June 2012). Selected as an 'Excellent Work' in the 55th Gunzo New Writers' Award, serving as the author's debut.

Chikokuma Chronicle (Novel Project)

2018 Fiction

Published as part of a KADOKAWA novel project; original concept credited to 'レイターズ'. Released May 2018.

Cappuccino Coast

2022 Fiction

First appeared in Gunzo magazine (October 2022). The book was published by Kodansha in December 2022.

Bibliography

  • The Mermaid Who Breaks Bubbles (Kodansha, 2012)
  • Chikokuma Chronicle (KADOKAWA, 2018)
  • Cappuccino Coast (Kodansha, 2022)
  • 'Slug Chocolate' — included in '12 Homages to Haruki Murakami: To You Now' (NHK Publishing, 2014)
  • 'Komekobito' — Gunzo (April 2013)
  • 'Kusa no Konyaku' — Gunzo (February 2016)
  • 'Kawaii Kemono' — Gunzo (May 2024)
  • 'Soko de Hi o Taku' — Gunzo (April 2025)
  • Essay: 'Stairs to the Heroine' — Subaru (October 2012)
  • Essay: 'Author's Eyes: The Defenseless Umbrella' — Bungakukai (February 2023)
  • Writing collaboration: 'Cinderella Nine in August: Sunflowers Swaying in the North Wind' (Famitsu Bunko, April 2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary literatureShort-story oriented prose
Recurring Motifs
Psychology of youthSubtle dissonances in everyday life

Legacy

A young writer who debuted after being selected as an 'Excellent Work' in the Gunzo New Writers' Award. Publishes mainly short fiction and is regarded as a noteworthy contemporary literary author.

Trivia

  • Debuted in 2012 after being selected as an 'Excellent Work' in the 55th Gunzo New Writers' Award.
  • Active on Note under the handle 'chiorunn'.
  • Born in Obihiro, Hokkaido.
  • 'The Mermaid Who Breaks Bubbles' first appeared in Gunzo magazine (June 2012).