Dengeki Novel Grand Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (2020) grand prize
Kikuishi Mareho
きくいし まれほ
Kikuishi Mareho
Pen Names:
Kikuishi Mareho（Pen name (author)）
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Resident of Aichi Prefecture
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Light novel author, SF writer, Mystery writer
- Active Years
- 2021-
- Influenced By
- Hikaru Sugii, Isuna Hasekura, Hiroshi Mori, Yoko Taro, Isaac Asimov
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dengeki Novel Prize | Your Forma (Electronic Crime Investigation Bureau) | — | Dengeki Novel Prize (organizers) | 大賞 (Grand Prize) |
Dengeki Novel Prize
2020
Work:
Your Forma (Electronic Crime Investigation Bureau)
Organization:
Dengeki Novel Prize (organizers)
Result:
大賞 (Grand Prize)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Your Forma: Etika, the Cyber-Detective, and the Mechanical Partner
2021 Light novel; Science fiction; Mystery elementsA series centered on "cyber-detectives" who infiltrate electronic information terminals and networks to investigate crimes, and their mechanical partners. The work explores electronic crime investigations, AI and robot ethics, and partnership dynamics.
Artificial intelligenceRobot ethicsPartnership dynamicsElectronic crime investigation
Adaptations
- [Manga] Your Forma (2021)
Bibliography
- Your Forma (Dengeki Bunko, 2021 - , 7 vols as of article)
- "Kono Hikari ga Ochinai You ni" - published in Genesis (Tokyo Sogensha), September 2022
- Essay "Himitsu no Oyatsu: Kashipan" - Shimi no Techou vol.04 APRIL 2022 (Tokyo Sogensha)
Adaptations
- Your Forma (manga adaptation by Yoshinori Kisaragi, serialized in Young Ace 2021 - )
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed worldbuildingDialogue-driven, brisk proseBlend of SF concepts with mystery-style plotting
- Recurring Motifs
- Partnership between charactersEthics of machines and humansNetworks / electronic space
Legacy
A rising author who debuted after winning the Dengeki Novel Prize Grand Prize. Noted for SF-leaning light novels focusing on AI and robot ethics; the series has drawn attention and seen media adaptations such as manga.
In Popular Culture
- Has media exposure in light-novel-related outlets, including a manga adaptation in Young Ace
Trivia
- Began writing through fanfiction during junior high school.
- Won the 27th Dengeki Novel Prize Grand Prize and debuted after revising and retitling the winning work.
- Influenced by games and SF works (Yoko Taro titles, Bloodborne, Nier, Interstellar, Asimov, etc.).
- Resident of Aichi Prefecture.