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Madoka Takadono

たかどの まどか

Takadono Madoka

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1976-04-01 （Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2000-
Affiliations
Mystery Writers of Japan
Memberships
Mystery Writers of Japan

Education

Mukogawa Women's University
Faculty of Letters
Country: Japan

Awards

Kadokawa Gakuen Novel Prize (Encouragement Prize)
2000
Work: Magdamilia: The Three Stars
Organization: Kadokawa Gakuen / Kadokawa
Result: 奨励賞
Ekinaka Bookstore Award
2013
Work: Coming Out
Organization: Ekinaka Bookstore Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Osaka Honma Book Award
2023
Work: Grand Chateau
Organization: Osaka Honma Book Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Sense of Gender Award
2024
Work: Forgotten Tales
Organization: Sense of Gender Award Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Magdamilia: The Three Stars

2000 Light novel / Fantasy

A fantasy novel about court intrigue, knights and the struggle for the crown. This was her debut work.

monarchyloyaltyadventure

Gun Princess

2006 Light novel / Fantasy

A series blending firearms and supernatural elements in a fantasy setting.

weaponrycombatfate

Coming Out

2006 Contemporary fiction

A contemporary novel dealing with interpersonal relationships and identity. A later edition won a bookstore award in 2013.

identityhuman relationships

Grand Chateau

2019 Literary fiction

A novel portraying urban life and relationships; winner of the Osaka Honma Book Award.

urban lifesocial classhuman drama

Forgotten Tales

2023 Literary fiction

A work focusing on memory, records and narrative; recipient of the Sense of Gender Award.

memorynarrativegender

Messiah: Special Public Security Division

2010 Mystery / Science fiction

A series about incidents involving individuals with special abilities. It spawned film, stage and TV adaptations.

special abilitiespublic securitymystery solving
Adaptations
  • [Film] Messiah / 金子修介 (2011)
  • [Stage play] Messiah - Bronze Chapter - (2013)

Tokkan: Special Tax Collection Officer

2010 Social novel / Mystery

A socially themed mystery/entertainment novel about taxation and bureaucracy; adapted into a TV drama.

taxationjusticesociety
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] Tokkan - Special Tax Collection Officer - (2012)

Bibliography

  • Magdamilia: The Three Stars
  • The Expedition King series (multiple volumes)
  • Gun Princess series
  • Coming Out
  • Messiah: Special Public Security Division
  • Tokkan: Special Tax Collection Officer
  • Grand Chateau
  • Forgotten Tales

Adaptations

  • Messiah (film, stage and TV adaptations)
  • Tokkan (TV drama)
  • Joryu Kaikyuu (adapted for TV)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Accessible, light-novel style narration with layered worldbuildingIn mainstream works, careful exploration of social detail and character psychology
Recurring Motifs
monarchy, knights and armscities and classmemory and storytelling

Legacy

She began as a light-novel writer and has since been recognized in mainstream literary and mystery fields. Multiple awards and adaptations (film, stage, TV) have broadened her readership.

Academic Societies

  • Mystery Writers of Japan

In Popular Culture

  • Messiah series adapted to film, stage and TV
  • Tokkan adapted as a TV drama (starring Mao Inoue)

Trivia

  • Debuted with 'Magdamilia: The Three Stars' (2000).
  • Has experience working at a medical clinic.
  • Maintains an official account on X (formerly Twitter).