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第10回（2011年） dark horse
Yagi Jun
やぎ じゅん
Yagi Jun
別名:
加藤山羊
ペンネーム:
Kato Yagi（Shared joint pen name used with younger sister (Kato Kan); used on early manga works.）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1976-12-04 （Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- manga writer, novelist
- 活動期間
- 2002年〜
- 所属
- The Appleseed Agency Ltd. (contract writer)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirosaki University | Faculty of Humanities | Department of Humanities | — | — | Japan |
Hirosaki University
Faculty of Humanities
/ Department of Humanities
国:
Japan
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | This Mystery Is Great! Grand Prize (Hidden Gem) | Memo for S: The Kagomesou Serial Murders | — | Takarajimasha | 隠し玉 |
| 2020 | Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (Short Story) | The Husband's Bone | 短編部門 | Japan Mystery Writers Association | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Hosoya Masamitsu Award (Critics' Prize) | Mother Murder | — | Selected by critic Masamitsu Hosoya | 受賞 |
This Mystery Is Great! Grand Prize (Hidden Gem)
2011
対象作品:
Memo for S: The Kagomesou Serial Murders
主催:
Takarajimasha
結果:
隠し玉
Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (Short Story)
2020
対象作品:
The Husband's Bone
部門:
短編部門
主催:
Japan Mystery Writers Association
結果:
受賞
Hosoya Masamitsu Award (Critics' Prize)
2022
対象作品:
Mother Murder
主催:
Selected by critic Masamitsu Hosoya
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第73回（2020年） short story category
作品
代表作
Memo for S: The Kagomesou Serial Murders
2012年 mysteryA long-form mystery in the Sakuragi series. Centers on a series of murders in an apartment complex and the intertwined human relationships and enigmas surrounding them.
serial murderhuman relationshipsexposure of dark secretsisolation
The Husband's Bone
2019年 mystery short storiesA collection of nine mystery short stories. The title piece "The Husband's Bone" won the Short Story category of the 73rd Japan Mystery Writers Association Award.
domestic darknessmystery of disappearance/deathmemory and guilt
Ai's Marriage Agency
2010年 manga (marriage-hunting mystery)A manga that mixes marriage-hunting (konkatsu) themes with mystery elements. Yagi served as original author; the work was adapted into a TV drama.
marriage-huntingdeceptionhuman drama
映像化・舞台化
- [TV drama] Ai's Marriage Agency (2017)
全著作
- Memo for S: The Kagomesou Serial Murders
- The Junk Girl and the Man-Eating Chimney
- A Certain Hamlet's ● (Maru)
- My Irreplaceable You
- The Husband's Bone
- My Wife Doesn't Forget
- Mother Murder
- Embracing the Remaining Star
- Judge Shiranui's Peerless Defendant Questioning
- The Murder Case of the Land of Happiness
- Bloody Decay
- The House You Must Not Photograph
- Their Fangs and Tongues
翻案
- Joshurei (film)
- Ai's Marriage Agency (TV drama)
作風・主題
- 文体
- direct, tension-driven descriptionsblend of horror and mystery narrativepsychological characterization focusing on inner life
- 頻出モチーフ
- family secretspast sinsisolated settings (apartment complexes, closed spaces)blood and corporeality
評価・遺産
Known for work that crosses horror and mystery, she has been recognized both as a manga original author and as a novelist, with awards and TV/film adaptations. Her short fiction has earned critical acclaim, establishing her as a noted contemporary Japanese mystery-horror writer.
関連学会
- Japan Mystery Writers Association
資料所蔵先
- National Diet Library, Japan (holdings/authority)
大衆文化への影響
- TV drama adaptation of 'Ai's Marriage Agency' (2017)
- Film adaptation of 'Joshurei' (2023)
豆知識
- Initially worked under a joint pen name with her sister Kato Kan (Kato Yagi).
- Began practicing judo in 2014; earned 1st dan in 2016 and 2nd dan in 2019.
- Won the 73rd Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (Short Story) for 'The Husband's Bone'.
- Some self-published Kindle works were later taken down or absorbed into later print editions.