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Tomoki Morikawa

もりかわ ともき

Morikawa Tomoki

ペンネーム: Toi Yozora（Pen name used when submitting to the Kodansha BOX新人賞）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1984-01-01 （Kagawa Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist, Mystery writer
活動期間
2010年〜
所属
Kyoto University Mystery Club (alumnus)
所属団体
The Mystery Writers of Japan

学歴

Kyoto University
Faculty of Science (Graduate School of Science) / Physics
学位: 修士
国: Japan
Completed master's program in physics at Kyoto University. Member of Kyoto University Mystery Club.

受賞歴

Honkaku Mystery Award (Novel)
2014
対象作品: Snow White: Detective Ryo Sanzukawa and the Girl's Mirror with a Thousand Eyes
部門: 小説部門
主催: Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
結果: 受賞
Kodansha BOX Newcomer Award "Ashita no Sho"
2008
対象作品: Magical Lamp: Detective Ryo Sanzukawa and the Spell of Magic for Magic
主催: Kodansha BOX
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Cat Food: Detective Ryo Sanzukawa and the Murder in the House of Many Orders

2010年 Mystery novel

Debut novel featuring Detective Ryo Sanzukawa. A classic-style mystery novel mixing humor and intricate tricks.

Classic mysteryDetectiveLocked-room/Manor mystery

Snow White: Detective Ryo Sanzukawa and the Girl's Mirror with a Thousand Eyes

2013年 Mystery novel

Winner of the 14th Honkaku Mystery Award (Novel). Features sealed-room tricks and clever narrative involving mirrors and a girl.

Trick-based puzzlesNarrative twistMirrors

Dancing Doll: Detective Ryo Sanzukawa and the Golem's E is the True E

2013年 Mystery novel

A volume in the Ryo Sanzukawa series dealing with mysteries surrounding dolls and a golem.

DollsGolemPuzzle solving

Detectives Under One Roof

2013年 Mystery novel

A work featuring multiple detectives living under the same roof tackling cases; has elements of a linked short-story collection.

Linked short storiesEnsemble of detectives

The Undefined Adventures of Semiconductor Detective Makina

2014年 Sci-fi mystery

A mystery novel incorporating sci-fi elements; blends scientific motifs with detective work.

Sci-fiScientific motifsDetective

全著作

  • Cat Food: Detective Ryo Sanzukawa and the Murder in the House of Many Orders (2010)
  • Snow White: Detective Ryo Sanzukawa and the Girl's Mirror with a Thousand Eyes (2013)
  • Dancing Doll: Detective Ryo Sanzukawa and the Golem's E is the True E (2013)
  • Detectives Under One Roof (2013)
  • The Undefined Adventures of Semiconductor Detective Makina (2014)
  • Because It Was Raining (2014)
  • Future Detective Ado's Twisted Casebook (2014)
  • Torimonote (2016)
  • A Dream Called Remini (2016)
  • You Can't Kill with That Knife (2019)
  • Do Not Exchange Words with the Dead (2020)
  • The Corpse That Shouldn't Move: Tomoki Morikawa Short Stories (2023)

作風・主題

文体
Adopts classic honkaku mystery techniques with a light, readable proseA narrative tone that often incorporates humor
頻出モチーフ
Detective Ryo Sanzukawa (protagonist)Mirrors, dolls, cats, rainNarrative tricks and locked-room puzzles

評価・遺産

Although published on imprints close to light novels, he received the Honkaku Mystery Award, marking notable cross-genre recognition. A Kyoto University-trained scientist-turned-writer, he often employs scientific motifs in his work.

関連学会

  • The Mystery Writers of Japan

豆知識

  • Debuted in 2010 with "Cat Food" published by Kodansha BOX.
  • Won the 2008 Kodansha BOX newcomer prize ("Ashita no Sho") under the pen name Toi Yozora.
  • He was the first to win the Honkaku Mystery Award with a second work and with a title originating from a light-novel-oriented imprint.