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Fumihiro Ueda

うえだ ふみひろ

Ueda Fumihiro

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1975 （Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Mystery writer
Active Years
2014-

Awards

Bara no Machi Fukuyama Mystery Newcomer Award
2013
Work: Frontal Robe
Organization: Bara no Machi Fukuyama Mystery Award Committee
Result: Winner
Mystery ga Yomitai! (Newcomer ranking)
2015
Category: 新人部門
Organization: Hayakawa Publishing
Result: 第3位

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Keiganka-shiki

2014 Mystery

Debut novel. A suspenseful mystery that links the medical procedure of lobotomy (transorbital approach) with poverty-related business, simulating tragic consequences in contemporary society.

medicalpovertysocial issuessuspense

Eight Hundred

2015 Mystery

A 2015 novel featuring interwoven characters and incidents, delivering a tense narrative.

crimehuman dramasuspense

Harajuku Coop Babylonia — As Important as a Heart

2017 Mystery

A multi-character urban mystery. Revised and retitled in 2019 as "99 Sheep and 20,000 Murders" for paperback release.

urban lifeapartment communityviolencehuman relationships

99 Sheep and 20,000 Murders

2019 Mystery

Paperback retitling and revision of "Harajuku Coop Babylonia," exploring collective psychology and chain violence.

group psychologyviolencesociety

Bibliography

  • Keiganka-shiki (2014)
  • Eight Hundred (2015)
  • Harajuku Coop Babylonia — As Important as a Heart (2017)
  • 99 Sheep and 20,000 Murders (revised retitle, 2019)
  • "This Is My Story" (in the anthology "Mike-neko Holmes and Seven Companions", 2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
socially conscious mysteryrealistic descriptive stylesuspense-driven
Recurring Motifs
medical procedures (lobotomy)poverty tied to businessurban darkness

Legacy

As an emerging mystery writer, he has attracted attention for focusing on social issues such as medical practice and poverty. His debut work received acclaim and he has continued to publish socially minded mysteries.

Quotes

  • The novel's strength lies in its rare insight: linking a procedure (lobotomy), thought to be obsolete in public view, with the contemporary topic of 'poverty business,' and simulating the various tragedies that would arise in real society.
    Source: Soji Shimada (final selection commentary, 6th Bara no Machi Fukuyama Mystery Newcomer Award) (2013)

Trivia

  • Won the 6th Bara no Machi Fukuyama Mystery Newcomer Award in 2013 for "Frontal Robe".
  • Debut book "Keiganka-shiki" is a retitled and revised version of the award-winning "Frontal Robe."
  • Ranked 3rd in the newcomer category of Mystery ga Yomitai! 2015.