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Yusuke Miyauchi

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Miyauchi Yusuke

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1979-01-18 （Tokyo, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tokyo, Japan (birthplace) → New York, USA (lived until 1992) → India (traveled) → Afghanistan (traveled) → Japan (residence)

経歴

職業
Novelist, SF writer, Mystery writer, Translator
活動期間
2010年〜
所属
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, Mystery Writers of Japan, Waseda Mystery Club (alumnus)
所属団体
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, Mystery Writers of Japan
ノミネート
147th Naoki Prize nominee (Night on the Board), 149th Naoki Prize nominee (Angels of Johannesburg), 33rd/related Japan SF Award reference candidate (Night on the Board), 66th Mystery Writers of Japan Award nominee (Short Story: Aoba no Ban), 156th Akutagawa Prize nominee (The Garden of Kabul), 29th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize nominee (America's Last Experiment), 157th Naoki Prize nominee (Ato wa No to Nare Yamato Nadeshiko), 40th Oda Sakunosuke Award nominee (Searching for Lauri Kuusk), 170th Naoki Prize nominee (Searching for Lauri Kuusk)

学歴

Waseda University, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences
School of Letters, Arts and Sciences / Department of English
国: Japan
Member of Waseda Mystery Club while at university
Waseda University Senior High School
国: Japan

受賞歴

Sogen SF Short Story Award (Yamada Masaki Prize: Special Jury Prize)
2010
対象作品: Night on the Board (short story)
主催: Tokyo Sogensha
結果: 受賞
Japan SF Award (33rd)
2012
対象作品: Night on the Board
主催: Japan SF Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Ikeda Akiko Memorial 'Watakushi, Tsumari Nobody' Award (6th)
2013
結果: 受賞
Japan SF Award, Special Prize (34th)
2013
対象作品: Angels of Johannesburg
主催: Japan SF Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer's Award (38th)
2017
対象作品: When She Was an Esper
主催: Yoshikawa Eiji Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Mishima Yukio Prize (30th)
2017
対象作品: The Garden of Kabul
主催: Mishima Yukio Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Seiun Award (Japanese Long Work, 49th)
2018
対象作品: Let the Rest Be Field, Yamato Nadeshiko
部門: 日本長編部門
主催: Seiun Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (Newcomer), Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (70th)
2020
対象作品: He Suddenly Dies in a Far Foreign Land
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 受賞
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story Category, 77th)
2024
対象作品: Dionysus Plan
部門: 短編部門
主催: Mystery Writers of Japan
結果: 受賞
High School Naoki Prize (11th)
2024
対象作品: Searching for Lauri Kuusk
主催: High School Naoki Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Kaga Otohiko Commemorative Special Literary Award (4th)
2024
対象作品: Searching for Lauri Kuusk
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Night on the Board

2012年 Short story collection (SF; board-game themed)

A collection of linked short stories themed around board games such as go and shogi. Through games the stories explore human relationships, ethics, and extreme situations; this was his debut book.

board gamesethicscompetition

Angels of Johannesburg

2013年 Novel/linked novellas (SF)

A linked set of stories/novellas with SF elements set in Africa. From perspectives that traverse regions, it reexamines society, violence, and memory.

international affairsviolencememory

America's Last Experiment

2016年 Novel (cross-genre SF and literary)

A large-scale narrative concerning the United States, interweaving scientific experiments and historical perspectives to depict the relationship between nation and individual.

experimentationstate and individualhistory

When She Was an Esper

2016年 Novel (contemporary literature × SF)

A novel that mixes psychic elements with a focus on human drama; it sensitively portrays inner lives and relationships.

psychic phenomenainner lifehuman relationships

The Garden of Kabul

2017年 Novella / literary fiction

Through a story concerning Afghanistan, it depicts encounters with others and fragments of history; its literary style was highly regarded.

war and civiliansencountersmemory

Let the Rest Be Field, Yamato Nadeshiko

2017年 Novel (cross-genre SF and literary)

A cross-genre novel that develops while weaving social issues, gender, and historical contexts into the narrative.

genderhistorysocial critique

Delay Effect

2018年 Short story collection (leaning toward contemporary literature)

A short story collection including themes of delay and time; each piece reflects temporal perception and human choices.

timechoicememory

He Suddenly Dies in a Far Foreign Land

2019年 Novel (literary)

A novel about events in a foreign land; its style, which highlights individual fate and contingency, was well received.

foreign landsfatecontingency

Yellow Night

2020年 Novel (contemporary fiction)

A work dealing with contemporary society, including short and mid-length pieces that portray human frailty and hope.

contemporary societyhuman frailtyhope

Searching for Lauri Kuusk

2023年 Novel (literary)

A novel with an international perspective dealing with themes of search, loss, and memory. Winner of the High School Naoki Prize among others.

searchlossmemory

全著作

  • Night on the Board
  • Angels of Johannesburg
  • Exodus Syndrome
  • America's Last Experiment
  • When She Was an Esper
  • Space Keizai-dō
  • The Board of Moon and Sun: Go-Board Master Yoshii Risento's Casebook
  • The Garden of Kabul
  • Let the Rest Be Field, Yamato Nadeshiko
  • Delay Effect
  • At the Super-Moving House (short stories)
  • Sacred Place of Coincidence
  • He Suddenly Dies in a Far Foreign Land
  • Yellow Night
  • Thus She Speaks at the Banquet: Meiji Decadent Mystery Tales
  • Searching for Lauri Kuusk
  • The Man Who Wrote a National Anthem
  • The Cipher Child

作家による翻訳

  • The First Terrorist Karakozov — The Man Who Inspired Dostoevsky (translation)

作風・主題

文体
a cross-genre style blending SF and literary fictionmeticulous description with ethical and philosophical questioningplot structures that employ game-like frameworks
頻出モチーフ
board games (go, shogi, etc.)travel and wanderingborders and movementmemory and lossgambling and contests

評価・遺産

A contemporary Japanese writer highly regarded for crossing the boundaries between SF and literary fiction, recipient of multiple major literary awards. Known for works that cross genres and raise questions through games and international themes.

関連学会

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan
  • Mystery Writers of Japan

大衆文化への影響

  • Appeared in a reader special project of 'C.M.B.: Shinra Museum Case Records' (appeared with a line)

引用

  • It's just right to have a little regret...
    出典: C.M.B.: Shinra Museum Case Records Vol.31 (reader special project) (2013年)

豆知識

  • Spent childhood (ages 4–11) in New York as a returnee child.
  • Mahjong enthusiast; won the celebrity brain battle in Mahjong Saikyosen 2020.
  • His father is writer Katsunori Miyauchi.
  • Spouse listed as Pippo (described as a promoter of modern poetry).