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Jun Uchiyama

うちやま じゅん

Uchiyama Jun

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1963 （Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Mystery writer
Active Years
2014-
Influenced By
Isaac Asimov, Jeffrey Archer, E. S. Gardner

Education

Rikkyo University
Faculty of Sociology
Country: Japan

Awards

Ayukawa Tetsuya Award
2014
Work: B (Billiards): Welcome to Hanabusa
Organization: Tokyo Sogensha
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Ayukawa Tetsuya Award 1 appearances
  1. Edition 24 (2014) award
    Work: B（ビリヤード）ハナブサへようこそ

    An armchair-detective mystery in which graduate student Chuo works at a billiards hall run by a former world champion and gets drawn into the arguments and a suspicious death that occupy the regulars.

    Idle talk at a billiards hall becomes the key to solving the case.

    320 pages
    armchair detectivebilliardseveryday mysterydetective talkorthodox mystery

Works

Major Works

B (Billiards): Welcome to Hanabusa

2014 Mystery fiction

A linked short-story collection set around a billiard hall, depicting mysteries and human relationships among the shop, its patrons, and regulars.

everyday mysteriescommunity dynamicsdetective elements

Saturdays at Café Tivoli

2016 Mystery fiction

A collection of interconnected stories set in a small café, quietly exploring mysteries hidden in everyday scenes.

caféshuman dramasmall-scale mysteries

Leave It to Tunohazu Home Rental Section 2

2017 Mystery fiction

A linked short-story collection set in a real estate office, portraying mysteries and human stories surrounding tenants and landlords. Later republished under a new title.

urban mysteriesreal estatecommunity

Variations on Guiding

2022 Mystery fiction

A collection of short stories told from varied perspectives, thematically centered on guidance, betrayal, and mysteries of memory.

memoryguidancebetrayal

Retro Café Oodokei

2023 Mystery fiction

A short-story collection set in a retro café where past and present intersect and small mysteries are unraveled.

nostalgiacaféspast and present

The Witches' Afternoon Tea

2024 Mystery fiction

A short-story collection themed around the uncanny in everyday life, depicting interrelated characters and their stories.

fantastical elementseveryday anomalieshuman relationships

Backtracking Café Oodokei

2025 Mystery fiction

A series entry focusing on mysteries surrounding the pasts of people who gather at a café.

mysteries of the pastcaféshuman dynamics

Bibliography

  • B (Billiards): Welcome to Hanabusa
  • Saturdays at Café Tivoli
  • Leave It to Tunohazu Home Rental Section 2
  • Shinjuku Mystery-Solving Real Estate
  • Variations on Guiding
  • Retro Café Oodokei
  • The Witches' Afternoon Tea
  • Backtracking Café Oodokei

Style & Themes

Literary Style
calm, quotidian narrative voicerealistic prose emphasizing character depiction
Recurring Motifs
cafésbilliard hallssmall-town/urban mysteriespast and memory

Legacy

Recognized for carefully portraying small mysteries hidden in everyday life; gained wider recognition in the contemporary mystery scene after winning the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award.

Trivia

  • Debuted after winning the 24th Ayukawa Tetsuya Award in 2014.
  • Graduated from Rikkyo University, Faculty of Sociology.
  • Has cited Isaac Asimov and Jeffrey Archer among favorite authors.