Sogen Mystery Short Story Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2010) award
Miwako Daira
だいら みわこ
Daira Miwako
Aliases:
美輪和音
Pen Names:
Miwa Sora（Used as a pen name when submitting to the 'This Mystery Is Amazing!' Prize）,
Miwa Kazune（Pen name used for short mystery fiction (won the Mysteries! Newcomer Prize with 'The Greedy Sheep')）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Tokyo, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- screenwriter, novelist (mystery), teleplay writer
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- Japan Writers' Guild (Scriptwriters Association)
- Memberships
- Japan Writers' Guild (Scriptwriters Association)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aoyama Gakuin University | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
| Scenario Center (Tokyo school) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Aoyama Gakuin University
Faculty of Letters
Country:
Japan
Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University's Faculty of Letters. Worked as an office worker for seven years before becoming a screenwriter.
Scenario Center (Tokyo school)
Country:
Japan
Alumnus of the Scenario Center, Tokyo campus.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mysteries! Newcomer Prize (7th) | The Greedy Sheep | — | Tokyo Sogen Sha (Mysteries!) | 受賞 |
Mysteries! Newcomer Prize (7th)
2010
Work:
The Greedy Sheep
Organization:
Tokyo Sogen Sha (Mysteries!)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Greedy Sheep
2012 Short story collection (mystery)A collection of short mystery stories. The title story 'The Greedy Sheep' won the 7th Mysteries! Newcomer Prize.
human greedmorality and crimepsychological characterization
The Prayer of the Flower Mantis
2013 Novel (mystery)A full-length novel developed from an earlier submitted work; later republished under a different title.
memorytransformationsin and atonement
The Eighth Maria
2014 Weird fiction / horror (paperback)A novel with horror elements, combining eerie atmosphere with human drama.
fearisolationthe supernatural
Ghostphobia
2016 Mystery / HorrorA work dealing with ghosts and phobic responses to the supernatural.
ghostsphobiasmental instability
Wendy's Mistake
2018 Novel (mystery)A mystery novel where intertwined relationships and past incidents converge.
breakdown of relationshipssecretsrevelation of the past
The Dark Sheep
2020 Short story collection (mystery)A collection continuing themes from the 'Sheep' series, portraying dark human relationships.
betrayaldesireviolence
One Missed Call (series)
2004 Film (horror/thriller)She wrote screenplays for the One Missed Call film series, contributing original scripts and sequels.
phone-mediated horrorrevengetemporal chain
Adaptations
- [Film] One Missed Call / 中田秀夫 (2004)
- [Film] One Missed Call 2 (2005)
- [Film] One Missed Call Final (2006)
- [Film] One Missed Call (Japanese) (2008)
Representative TV dramas
1998 Television dramaDebuted as a screenwriter with the 1998 drama 'Bishoujo H'. Subsequently wrote many TV dramas including 'The Rule of Smiles'.
human relationshipssocial issuessuspense elements
Bibliography
- The Greedy Sheep (2012)
- The Prayer of the Flower Mantis (2013)
- The Eighth Maria (2014)
- Ghostphobia (2016)
- Wendy's Mistake (2018)
- The Dark Sheep (2020)
- Screenplays (One Missed Call series etc., 1998–)
Adaptations
- One Missed Call (film series)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- meticulous plot constructionpsychologically oriented prosemix of horror elements and quotidian detail
- Recurring Motifs
- desire and guilttechnology-mediated fear (e.g., phones)isolated protagonists
Legacy
A writer active in both film screenwriting and mystery fiction. Known for scripts for the One Missed Call series and respected for both short and long-form mystery works.
Academic Societies
- Japan Writers' Guild (Scriptwriters Association)
In Popular Culture
- Contributed to making phone-mediated horror a recurrent motif in contemporary Japanese horror cinema through the One Missed Call series.
Trivia
- After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University's Faculty of Letters, she worked as an office worker for seven years before becoming a screenwriter.
- Debuted as a screenwriter in 1998 with the TV drama 'Bishoujo H'.
- Uses multiple pen names; 'The Greedy Sheep' won the Mysteries! Newcomer Prize under the name Miwa Kazune.
- Member of the Japan Writers' Guild (Scriptwriters Association).