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Yutaka Maya

まや ゆたか

Maya Yutaka

ペンネーム: Yoshihiko Horii（Birth/legal name）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1969-05-29 （Ueno, Mie Prefecture (now Iga)）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist, Mystery writer
活動期間
1991年〜
所属団体
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club (Chair)
影響を受けた人物
Ellery Queen, Peter Dickinson, Mushitaro Oguri (homage/influence)

学歴

Mie Prefectural Ueno High School
国: Japan
Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
国: Japan
Belonged to a mystery-fiction study group and began writing short stories while enrolled

受賞歴

Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (64th)
2011
対象作品: The One-Eyed Girl
主催: Japan Mystery Writers Association
結果: 受賞
Honkaku Mystery Award (11th)
2011
対象作品: The One-Eyed Girl
主催: Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
結果: 受賞
Honkaku Mystery Award (15th)
2015
対象作品: Goodbye, Gods
主催: Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Darkness with Wings: The Last Case of Mercator Ayu

1991年 Mystery

Debut work featuring the detective Mercator Ayu. Contains elements and homages that exemplify the author's characteristic approach.

Honkaku mysteryHomageLogical puzzle-solving
翻訳
  • Youyi zhi an (Chinese edition)

The One-Eyed Girl

2010年 Mystery

A challenging work that questions the role of the detective and logic; recipient of major mystery awards in 2011.

Reexamination of detective archetypeLogic vs. uncertainty
映像化・舞台化
翻訳
  • The One-Eyed Girl (Chinese edition)

The Aristocratic Detective

2010年 Detective fiction (short stories)

One of his notable works. The titular aristocratic detective has others do the deductions; adapted into a TV drama in 2017.

Antithesis to armchair detectiveBlack humor
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV drama] Kizoku Tantei (The Aristocratic Detective) (2017)
翻訳
  • The Aristocratic Detective (Chinese edition)

Thus Spoke Mercator

2011年 Mystery

A short-story collection that deeply pursues logicality and the structure of honkaku mysteries.

LogicalismQuestioning narrative structure
翻訳
  • Thus Spoke Mercator (Chinese edition)

全著作

  • Darkness with Wings: The Last Case of Mercator Ayu
  • Sonata of Summer and Winter
  • Crow
  • The Wooden Prince
  • The One-Eyed Girl
  • The Aristocratic Detective
  • Goodbye, Gods
  • Fossil Girl
  • Thus Spoke Mercator

翻案

  • Kizoku Tantei (TV drama adaptation, 2017)
  • The One-Eyed Girl (manga adaptation)

作品の翻訳

  • The Aristocratic Detective → Guizu zhendian (Chinese)
  • The One-Eyed Girl → Du yan shao nu (Chinese/Taiwanese)
  • Crow → Ya (Chinese)

作風・主題

文体
Honkaku-oriented, logic-driven proseIntricate devices and multilayered foreshadowingFrequent cult/obscure references favored by enthusiasts
頻出モチーフ
Quotations from classical musicReferences to anime, manga and tokusatsuClues embedded in names and lines of dialogueExaggerated, non-daily settings

評価・遺産

A novelist noted for unique logical puzzles and niche, cult appeal; award-winning and influential in contemporary Japanese mystery fiction, with TV adaptations and overseas translations.

関連学会

  • Honkaku Mystery Writers Club

大衆文化への影響

  • Kizoku Tantei adapted into a Fuji TV drama in 2017

豆知識

  • Legal name: Horii Yoshihiko.
  • In 2011 he won both the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award and the Honkaku Mystery Award for '隻眼の少女'.
  • Since 2022 he has served as chair of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club (incumbent).