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Shun Uchida

うちだ しゅん

Uchida Shun

Pen Names: Pen name used when submitting to the 2nd Megami Novel Award (used at time of award), Yasuda ToshiyaPen name used when submitting to the 1st Square Enix Light Novel Award (used at time of selection)

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1986-01-01 (Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Light novel author, Novelist
Active Years
2010-

Awards

Megami Novel Award (Gold Prize)
2010
Work: Tosaku Cross Fight (submission)
Organization: Gakken Publishing
Result: 受賞(金賞)
Square Enix Light Novel Award (Selected)
2010
Work: Orakuru☆Himiko-san (submission)
Organization: Square Enix
Result: 入選
MF Bunko J Newcomer Award (Excellence Award)
2010
Work: Shokushin (published later as 'Kuu')
Organization: Media Factory
Result: 優秀賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kuu

2010 Light novel

Debut work published by MF Bunko J. Originally submitted and awarded under the title 'Shokushin', later retitled 'Kuu' for publication.

foodfantasylight-novel tropes

Orakuru☆Himiko-san

2011 Light novel

Published by Square Enix (Gangan Novels). A submission that was later published as a book.

comedyschooloccult elements
Adaptations
  • [Comic] Orakuru☆Himiko-san (comic) (2011)

Hymns to a Withered God

2013 Light novel

Published as part of a series containing mythic and fantastical elements.

mythfantasyadventure

Sengoku Yawoyorozu

2014 Light novel

A light novel work incorporating historical flavors and tactics.

war talealternate history

I Am an Orc. The Female Knight Is Not Yet Here.

2016 Light novel

A humorous isekai/fantasy work.

isekaicomedy

Aoharu

2012 Light novel

One of the works themed around youth.

youthromance

Tosaku Cross Fight

2011 Light novel

The submission that won the Gold Prize at the 2nd Megami Novel Award.

perversionshowdown

Bibliography

  • Kuu
  • Orakuru☆Himiko-san
  • Tosaku Cross Fight
  • Aoharu
  • Hymns to a Withered God
  • Sengoku Yawoyorozu
  • I Am an Orc. The Female Knight Is Not Yet Here.

Adaptations

  • Orakuru☆Himiko-san (comic adaptation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Light-novel style, dialogue-driven narrationA mix of humor and seriousness
Recurring Motifs
food-related imagerymythic and fantastical elementsyouth and coming-of-age

Legacy

A young light novel author who won multiple newcomer awards around 2010 and published several light novels with labels such as MF Bunko J. Known for the commercial debut 'Kuu' and related works.

Trivia

  • Used multiple pen names at time of awards (e.g., やすだ柿, 安田俊也).
  • 'Kuu' was originally submitted under the title 'Shokushin' and retitled for publication.
  • One of the representative works, 'Orakuru☆Himiko-san', received a comic adaptation.