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Sakazaki Kaoru

さかさき かおる

Sakasaki Kaoru

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1984 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2020-

Awards

Kaguya SF Contest Judges' Special Prize
2020
Work: Remote
Organization: Kaguya SF Contest
Result: 受賞
3rd Yuri Literary Novel Contest — SF Magazine Prize
2021
Work: From the Utility Pole
Organization: Yuri Literary Novel Contest
Result: 受賞
Japan SF Writers Club Prize (Small Novel Contest)
2021
Work: Farside
Organization: Japan SF Writers Club
Result: 受賞
28th Mita Bungaku New Writers' Prize (Honorable Mention)
2022
Work: Atau
Category: 佳作
Organization: Mita Bungaku
Result: 受賞
4th Yuri Literary Novel Contest — Grand Prize
2022
Work: The Lying Princess
Category: 大賞
Organization: Yuri Literary Novel Contest
Result: 受賞
1st Fantasy & Weird Short-Short Contest — Excellence Award
2023
Work: My Typewriter
Organization: Fantasy & Weird Short-Short Contest
Result: 受賞
6th Awa Shirasagi Literary Prize
2023
Work: Whorls and Coriolis
Organization: Awa Shirasagi Literary Prize
Result: 受賞辞退
77th Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story)
2024
Work: Ring the Bell
Category: 短編
Organization: Mystery Writers of Japan
Result: 受賞
Akutagawa Prize nominee (171st)
2024
Work: Seaside Street
Organization: Akutagawa Prize Committee
Result: 候補
46th Eiji Yoshikawa New Author Prize
2025
Work: Hakoniwa Chronicle
Organization: Eiji Yoshikawa New Author Prize Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Lying Princess

2024 Fiction (short story collection)

A debut single-author book made up mainly of short stories that blend the fantastic with subtle everyday disquiet.

fantasy/strangenesshuman relationshipsidentity

Seaside Street

2024 Short fiction / Literary

A longer piece published as a single volume that traces memory and relationships around the sea and port towns.

memorythe sealoss

Hakoniwa Chronicle

2024 Fiction (linked stories / novella)

A linked-story collection in which small constructed worlds (miniature gardens) intersect with reality; contains award-winning pieces.

fiction vs realityminiature worldsboundaries

Bibliography

  • The Lying Princess
  • Seaside Street
  • Hakoniwa Chronicle
  • Short story 'Remote'
  • Short story 'From the Utility Pole'
  • Short story 'Ring the Bell'

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical, subtly fantastic prosecontemporary fiction blending SF and mystery elements
Recurring Motifs
coastal imagerymemory and fragmentationminiature constructed worlds (hakoniwa)

Legacy

Since her debut she has published mainly short fiction and gained recognition across SF, yuri, and mystery contexts. She has multiple awards and nominations, and several works have appeared in anthologies and yearly bests.

Trivia

  • Active on pixiv, note and X (formerly Twitter).
  • Declined the Awa Shirasagi Literary Prize after it was awarded.