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Edition 2 (1977) honorable mention
Shinjiro Shimotsuki
しもつき しんじろう
Shimotsuki Shinjiro
Pen Names:
Nobuo Hara（birth name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-01-01 （Nagoya, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- mystery writer
- Active Years
- 1977-
- Memberships
- Kage no Kai
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keio University | Faculty of Economics | — | — | 入学年不明 - 1969 (中退) | Japan |
Keio University
Faculty of Economics
Period:
入学年不明 - 1969 (中退)
Country:
Japan
Left Keio University (Faculty of Economics) in 1969 without graduating
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Phantom Castle Newcomer Prize (Honorable Mention) | Crystal of Flame | — | Gen'eijo (Phantom Castle) editorial | 佳作 |
| 1979 | Edogawa Rampo Prize (Finalist) | The Woman of the Hexagonal Crystal | — | Edogawa Rampo Prize Committee | 最終候補 |
Phantom Castle Newcomer Prize (Honorable Mention)
1977
Work:
Crystal of Flame
Organization:
Gen'eijo (Phantom Castle) editorial
Result:
佳作
Edogawa Rampo Prize (Finalist)
1979
Work:
The Woman of the Hexagonal Crystal
Organization:
Edogawa Rampo Prize Committee
Result:
最終候補
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Shinjiro Shimotsuki: Selected Detective Stories
2021 Mystery short story collectionThe author's first single-volume print collection, compiling short stories mainly published in Gen'eijo. Includes the debut "Flame's Crystal" and stories from the female detective Emiko Shirakawa series.
locked-roomclassic puzzle tricksdetective investigation
Crystal of Flame
1977 short mysteryThe debut short story that earned an honorable mention in the Gen'eijo Newcomer Prize. Features locked-room elements and logical deduction.
locked-roomgimmick/trickcrystal
Bibliography
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki: Selected Detective Stories (Ronso Mystery Series, 2021)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (1) Crystal of Flame / Soenfu (e-book, 2019)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (2) The Casebook of Detective Emiko Shirakawa (e-book, 2019)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (3) The Casebook of Detective Emiko Shirakawa (e-book, 2019)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (4) The Casebook of Detective Emiko Shirakawa (e-book, 2019)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (5) The Casebook of Detective Emiko Shirakawa (e-book, 2020)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (6) The Casebook of Detective Emiko Shirakawa (e-book, 2020)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (7) The Casebook of Detective Emiko Shirakawa (e-book, 2021)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (8) The Casebook of Detective Emiko Shirakawa (e-book, 2021)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (9) The Casebook of Detective Emiko Shirakawa (e-book, 2021)
- Shinjiro Shimotsuki Collected Works (10) The Casebook of Detective Emiko Shirakawa (e-book, 2021)
- Selected short stories: Crystal of Flame; Soenfu; Chopin in a Locked Room; The Golden Little Finger; The Missing Manuscript; The Delivered Corpse; Murder Behind a Mask; Road; Cap; Change; Aun; Doppelganger; Blind Spot; The Vanished Locked Room; Strange Case; Hometown; Ghost
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Logical, puzzle-centered prose emphasizing classical locked-room tricksConcise style that layers deductive reasoning
- Recurring Motifs
- locked-roomgimmicks/tricksmasks and disguiseslogical deduction
Legacy
A mystery writer who emerged in the late 1970s, known for short stories in Gen'eijo and for classical locked-room puzzles and technical tricks. Since 2019 he has reissued works and published new pieces as e-books, and in 2021 his first single-volume print collection was released.
Trivia
- Real name: Nobuo Hara.
- Debuted with the short story "Crystal of Flame," which received an honorable mention in the Gen'eijo Newcomer Prize (1977).
- Dropped out of Keio University Faculty of Economics in 1969.