Ayukawa Tetsuya Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2006) honorable mention
Matsushita Mario
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Matsushita Mario
Pen Names:
Matsushita Mario（A shared pen name used by two women, one born in Tokyo and one born in Fukuoka）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Tokyo; Fukuoka, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Resident of Tokyo (noted at time of award)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, mystery writer
- Active Years
- 2006-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Woman's Christian University | Department of Psychology | Psychology | — | — | Japan |
Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Department of Psychology
/ Psychology
Country:
Japan
Graduated in the same cohort
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Yokomizo Masashi Mystery Award (TV Tokyo Prize) | Gosan (Miscount) | — | Yokomizo Masashi Mystery Award Committee / TV Tokyo | テレビ東京賞受賞 (TV Tokyo Prize) |
| 2006 | Ayukawa Tetsuya Award (Honorable Mention) | Poison Club (Dokusatsu Club / Poison Club) | — | Ayukawa Tetsuya Award Committee | 佳作 (Honorable Mention) |
Yokomizo Masashi Mystery Award (TV Tokyo Prize)
2007
Work:
Gosan (Miscount)
Organization:
Yokomizo Masashi Mystery Award Committee / TV Tokyo
Result:
テレビ東京賞受賞 (TV Tokyo Prize)
Ayukawa Tetsuya Award (Honorable Mention)
2006
Work:
Poison Club (Dokusatsu Club / Poison Club)
Organization:
Ayukawa Tetsuya Award Committee
Result:
佳作 (Honorable Mention)
Awards & Nominations
Yokomizo Seishi Mystery & Horror Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (2007) TV Tokyo Award
Works
Major Works
Gosan (Miscount)
2007 mystery
crimehuman relationships
Ruten no Onna
2011 mystery
fatesecrets
Tenraku (Retitled from Ruten no Onna)
2019 mystery
downfallthe past
Poison Club
2019 mysteryA work that won an honorable mention in the 2006 Ayukawa Tetsuya Award. Remained unpublished for 13 years after the award and was released in 2019.
poisoncommunityconspiracy
Fake Painting
2020 mystery
artforgery
Absentee: Family Court Investigator Satoko Kagami
2020 mystery
judiciaryinvestigation
Bibliography
- Gosan (Miscount)
- Ruten no Onna
- Poison Club
- Fake Painting
- Absentee: Family Court Investigator Satoko Kagami
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- precise mystery plottingpsychological characterization
- Recurring Motifs
- family secretspast sins
Legacy
As a shared pen name, the authors drew attention to the activity of middle-aged female writers. Noted for receiving the TV Tokyo Prize in the Yokomizo Masashi Mystery Award and for the 2006 honorable-mention work Poison Club being published 13 years after its award.
Trivia
- Matsushita Mario is a shared pen name used by two women, one from Tokyo and one from Fukuoka.
- Poison Club won an honorable mention in the 2006 Ayukawa Tetsuya Award but remained unpublished for 13 years until its 2019 release.