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Kei Nakamura

なかむら けい

Nakamura Kei

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Reporter

Awards

'This Mystery is Amazing!' Grand Prize (7th) — Excellence Award
Work: The Reporter Who Disappeared into the Sea of Trees: Reigan
Organization: Takarajimasha ('This Mystery is Amazing!' Grand Prize)
Result: 優秀賞
Web Readers' Award ('This Mystery is Amazing!' Grand Prize)
Work: The Reporter Who Disappeared into the Sea of Trees: Reigan
Organization: Takarajimasha ('This Mystery is Amazing!' Grand Prize)
Result: 読者投票1位（WEB読者賞）

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Reporter Who Disappeared into the Sea of Trees: Reigan

Mystery / Horror

A mystery-horror novel in which a reporter's investigation into Aokigahara (the Sea of Trees) leads to supernatural phenomena and a baffling disappearance, blending investigative reportage with speculative dread.

supernaturalAokigahara (Sea of Trees)investigative reportingdeath and rebirth

Bibliography

  • The Reporter Who Disappeared into the Sea of Trees: Reigan

Style & Themes

Literary Style
reportage-style investigative prose blended with fictiontense narration and detailed description
Recurring Motifs
dark forest / sea of treesgaze / spiritual visionthe solitude of seeking truth

Legacy

As a work awarded the Excellence Award and the Web Readers' Award in the 'This Mystery is Amazing!' Grand Prize, the novel has attracted attention from mystery and horror readers. Available source material is limited, so assessments remain provisional.

Trivia

  • One of the works awarded the Excellence Award in the 7th 'This Mystery is Amazing!' Grand Prize, it shared the Excellence Award with Ikku Tayama's 'The Classroom of the Poisoner'.
  • The work also won the Web Readers' Award (1st place in reader voting).