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Nao Okashino

おかしの なお

Okashino Nao

Pen Names:

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Light novel author
Active Years
2005-

Awards

Novel Award (Readers' Award)
2005
Work: Sora no Su
Organization: Novel Award Organization
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sora no Su

2005 Light novel

Debut work that won the readers' prize in a novel contest. A light novel depicting interactions and growth among young characters.

romancemystery

Hanasa Keru Niwa: Advice for the Young Lady and the Bride

Girls' novel / Romance

A girls' romance novel that carefully depicts feelings surrounding family and marriage.

romancefamily

Naniwa Furafura Mysterious Journal

Historical novel

A historical series set in Osaka, featuring mystery-solving elements.

period dramamystery-solving

Bibliography

  • Tsukiiro Kōju series
  • Hana Musubi no Musume
  • The Flute That Calls the Gods
  • The Glass Scales
  • The Glass Dancer
  • The Glass Dreamship
  • Hanasa Keru Niwa: Advice for the Young Lady and the Bride
  • Naniwa Furafura Mysterious Journal series
  • The Unseen Tenjin
  • Snow Dawn
  • The Theatre Tour
  • The Floral Footbridge
  • Matchmaking on the Rooftop
  • Sunday Ghost
  • Spring Rain
  • Summer Storm
  • Ashley the Antique Shop and the White Cat

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Accessible, reader-friendly proseBlend of light-novel pacing with emotional depth
Recurring Motifs
flowers (especially sakura)old townscapes and community tiesmysteries and the unraveling of relationships

Legacy

After debuting as a light novel author, she expanded into historical fiction. She is appreciated for a reader-friendly style and for blending light-novel elements into period pieces.

Archives

  • National Diet Library (catalogued under author's name)

Trivia

  • Birthday is September 21 (year not publicized)
  • Blood type: O
  • Debuted in 2005 after winning the readers' prize for 'Sora no Su'