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Naotoshi Ooyama

おおやま なおとし

Ooyama Naotoshi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1974-01-01 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Horror writer
Active Years
2005-

Education

Wako University
Faculty of Humanities
Country: Japan
Graduated from Wako University, Faculty of Humanities

Awards

Japan Horror Novel Award (Long Novel Prize)
2005
Work: Chewing Bone
Category: 長編賞
Organization: Japan Horror Novel Award
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Chewing Bone

2005 Horror

Debut novel and winner of the 12th Japan Horror Novel Award (Long Novel Prize). A horror story exploring bodily fear and grotesque imagery.

bodily transformationfear

On the Cradle

2007 Horror

Published by Kadokawa; a collection including short and mid-length works. Horror that depicts loneliness and domestic darkness.

domestic darknessisolation

1g Giant

2009 Horror

Published by Futabasha. A novel with strong horror elements portraying distorted human psychology and the uncanny.

the uncannypsychological distortion

Goodnight, Robin

2010 Horror

Published by Kadokawa Horror Bunko. A work with a calm narrative voice that harbors unease.

quiet uneasememory

The Rest of the Lion

2011 Horror

Published by Futabasha. A novel that depicts strangeness lurking in the continuation of everyday life.

gaps in everyday lifethe bizarre

Crossmatch: The Unstoppable Heart

2012 Horror

Published by Kodansha. A work that incorporates horror ideas centered on medicine and the body.

medical themesthe body

Paper Eyes

2013 Horror

Published by Kodansha Novels. A fantastical horror about matter, records, and memory.

records and memorymateriality

Black Radio

2014 Horror

Published by Hayakawa Bunko JA. A collection of unsettling stories related to broadcasting and sound.

soundbroadcasting

Bibliography

  • Chewing Bone (2005, Kadokawa Horror Bunko)
  • On the Cradle (2007, Kadokawa)
  • 1g Giant (2009, Futabasha)
  • Goodnight, Robin (2010, Kadokawa Horror Bunko)
  • The Rest of the Lion (2011, Futabasha)
  • Crossmatch: The Unstoppable Heart (2012, Kodansha)
  • Paper Eyes (2013, Kodansha Novels)
  • Black Radio (2014, Hayakawa Bunko JA)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
A horror style combining calm narration with unsettling imageryRealistic fantastic elements using concrete bodily descriptions
Recurring Motifs
bodily transformationisolation and domestic spacesmemory and records

Legacy

Debuted in 2005 after winning the Japan Horror Novel Award (Long Novel Prize). He has published multiple horror works and is considered one of the contributors to contemporary Japanese horror fiction.

Archives

  • National Diet Library holdings / authority
  • VIAF (identifier available)

Trivia

  • Debuted in 2005 after winning the 12th Japan Horror Novel Award (Long Novel Prize) with 'Chewing Bone'.
  • Graduated from Wako University, Faculty of Humanities.