Fujimi Young Mystery Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (2003) honorable mention
Mizuchi Shiki
みずち しき
Mizuchi Shiki
Pen Names:
Kono-uta Ei（Former pen name. Used until 2007.）
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Resident in the Konan region, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, light novel author
- Active Years
- 2005-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiga Prefectural Hikone Higashi High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Unknown (Faculty of Engineering) | Faculty of Engineering | — | — | — | Japan |
Shiga Prefectural Hikone Higashi High School
Country:
Japan
Classmate of Miyama Rei
Unknown (Faculty of Engineering)
Faculty of Engineering
Country:
Japan
Dropped out of university engineering faculty
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Fujimi Young Mystery Award (4th) | Formant Blue | — | Fujimi Shobo (Fujimi Young Mystery Award) | 佳作 |
| — | New YJ Original Work Award (1st) | — | — | Weekly Young Jump (YJ) | 大賞 |
| — | Tokuma Novels Edge Newcomer Award (5th) | — | — | Tokuma Novels (Tokuma Shoten) | 特別賞 |
Fujimi Young Mystery Award (4th)
2004
Work:
Formant Blue
Organization:
Fujimi Shobo (Fujimi Young Mystery Award)
Result:
佳作
New YJ Original Work Award (1st)
Organization:
Weekly Young Jump (YJ)
Result:
大賞
Tokuma Novels Edge Newcomer Award (5th)
Organization:
Tokuma Novels (Tokuma Shoten)
Result:
特別賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Formant Blue: To the Hollow Me, You Sing.
2005 Light novel / MysteryA light novel mixing youth, emotion and mystery. Originally written as 'Formant Blue', it won an honorable mention at the Fujimi Young Mystery Award and was later published under this title.
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Seikoku no Dragonar (Star-Engraved Dragoon)
2010 Light novel / FantasyA fantasy series centered on an academy and dragons. Published across 20 volumes, it is one of the author's best-known works among light novel readers.
dragonsacademycoming-of-age
Adaptations
- [TV anime] Seikoku no Dragonar (2014)
The Ghost Train and Konpeito: Memory of Rigaya
2007 Light novelA work containing fantastical short and mid-length stories about a ghost train. A new edition was later published.
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Living Dead Fastener Rock
2009 Light novelA series themed around the dead and uncanny. Published in two volumes.
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Bibliography
- Formant Blue: To the Hollow Me, You Sing. (2005)
- Five Minutes After the Seraphim. (2005)
- The Ghost Train and Konpeito: Memory of Rigaya (2007)
- Battlefield Lyrups (2009)
- Amagami Emmental (2009)
- Living Dead Fastener Rock (2009)
- Akane-iro Sinfonia (2009)
- Battlefield Lovers (2009)
- Seikoku no Dragonar (2010–2015)
- Tenshi Shoujo Ningyokan (2011)
- In My Second Round, I Fall in Love with You (2017)
- Mugen Senbukyoku (2017–)
- How to Date My Ideal Girlfriend Unhealthily (2018–)
- Level 0 Demon Lord Starts Adventuring in Another World (2019–)
- Life Is Short, Love, Demon Lord: Before the Hero Self-Destructs (2023, short story)
Adaptations
- Seikoku no Dragonar - TV anime adaptation (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Light-novel style with brisk, accessible proseMixes fantasy and mystery elements in description
- Recurring Motifs
- dragons / isekai motifsacademy settingsloneliness and personal growthghosts and surreal imagery
Legacy
An author who gained recognition within the light novel field. The flagship series 'Seikoku no Dragonar' was serialized and adapted into an anime, achieving commercial success and influencing younger readers.
In Popular Culture
- Increased recognition through the anime adaptation of Seikoku no Dragonar
Trivia
- Former pen name was 'Kono-uta Ei'. He changed to the current pen name in 2007.
- Graduated from Shiga Prefectural Hikone Higashi High School; classmate of author Miyama Rei.