Tsogen SF Short Story Award
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2015) award
Iori Miyazawa
みやざわ いおり
Miyazawa Iori
Pen Names:
Uokeri（Used for tabletop RPG replays and scenario writing）
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- Akita Prefecture, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Akita Prefecture, Japan → Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Light novel author, Science fiction writer, Tabletop RPG writer
- Active Years
- 2011-
- Affiliations
- Boken Kikaku-kyoku (Adventure Planning Agency)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sogen SF Short Story Award (6th) | The Gait of the Gods | — | Tokyo Sogensha | winner |
Sogen SF Short Story Award (6th)
2015
Work:
The Gait of the Gods
Organization:
Tokyo Sogensha
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
About My Noisy Demon Sword
2011 Light novel / FantasyA long-form light novel series in which demon swords named after SF works (and similar motifs) appear and fight; blends humor and SF elements in an adventure-fantasy setting.
weapon anthropomorphismadventurehumor
Otherside Picnic — Two Weird Explorers' Files
2017 SF / Urban weird (urban horror/occult)A series following a pair of explorers who investigate 'otherside' spaces and internet-born strange phenomena; combines SF settings with Japanese uncanny tales and yuri-tinged character dynamics.
exploration of otherworldsinternet-based uncanny phenomenafriendship / yurighost stories
Adaptations
- [Anime] Otherside Picnic (2021)
U is for 'Universe is Crazy'! ~Five Seconds Before the World's End~
2013 Science fiction / ComedyA humorous SF novel characterized by unique conceits and a lively narrative voice.
spacehumorapocalypse
The Gait of the Gods
2022 Science fiction (short story)A short story first appearing in 2015 and winning the 6th Sogen SF Short Story Award; later published in book form in 2022.
mythic motifsSF ideas
Bibliography
- About My Noisy Demon Sword (Vol.1)
- About My Noisy Demon Sword (Vol.2)
- About My Noisy Demon Sword (Vol.3)
- About My Noisy Demon Sword (Vol.4)
- U is for 'Universe is Crazy'! ~Five Seconds Before the World's End~
- An Unwilling Mage
- Highly Developed Romcom Indistinguishable from Magic
- Love and the Devouring Black Dread Sword (Cordlix)
- Otherside Picnic — Two Weird Explorers' Files (1)
- Soinē Dreamer
- Labyrinth Kingdom (original work participation)
- The Gait of the Gods
- Tokitoki Channel: I Tried Drinking the Universe
Adaptations
- Otherside Picnic (anime adaptation)
- BNA (participated as planning cooperation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- light, witty narrationfusion of SF ideas and uncanny talescoexistence of humor and darkness
- Recurring Motifs
- otherside/alternate spacesinternet-born uncanny phenomenaanthropomorphized weapons or toolsyuri-tinged relationships
Legacy
Known for blending SF concepts with Japanese uncanny tales, Miyazawa is regarded as a younger writer of contemporary weird fiction. The Otherside Picnic series has been serialized and attracted attention domestically and abroad.
In Popular Culture
- Otherside Picnic (media expansion / anime adaptation)
- BNA (participation as planning cooperation)
Trivia
- Writes tabletop RPG settings and replays under the pen name 'Uokeri'.
- Has expressed interests in martial arts, ghosts, and paleontology.
- Favorite weapons include the Japanese sword and African throwing knives.
- Born in Akita Prefecture and reported to live in Nerima, Tokyo.