Mephisto Award
1回登壇
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第60回（2019年 第2回開催） award
Haruo Yuuki
ゆうき はるお
Yuuki Haruo
プロフィール
- 性別
- 不明
- 生誕
- 1993
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- Mystery writer, Novelist
- 活動期間
- 2019年〜
- ノミネート
- Candidate for the 44th Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award, Candidate for the 20th Booksellers Award, Candidate for the 23rd Honkaku Mystery Award (Novel category), Candidate for the 25th Honkaku Mystery Award (Novel category)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mephisto Prize | Gallows Company (revised/retitled from 'Successor of the Hanging Company') | — | Kodansha (Mephisto editorial department) | Winner |
| 2022 | Shukan Bunshun Mystery Best 10 (Domestic) | Ark | — | Shukan Bunshun | 1st place |
| 2022 | MRC Grand Prize (ranking) | Ark | — | MRC | 1st place |
| 2023 | This Mystery Is Amazing! (annual ranking) | Ark | — | Takarajimasha | 4th place |
| 2023 | Honkaku Mystery Best 10 | Ark | — | Honkaku Mystery Writers Club | 2nd place |
| 2023 | Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award | Ark | — | Yoshikawa Eiji Award Selection Committee | Nominated |
| 2023 | Booksellers Award | Ark | — | Honya Taisho Executive Committee | Nominated |
| 2023 | Honkaku Mystery Award (Novel category) | Ark | 小説部門 | Honkaku Mystery Writers Club | Nominated |
| 2023 | Shukan Bunshun Mystery Best 10 (Domestic) | Ten Commandments | — | Shukan Bunshun | 6th place |
| 2023 | MRC Grand Prize (ranking) | Ten Commandments | — | MRC | 2nd place |
| 2024 | MRC Grand Prize (ranking) | Salome's Guillotine | — | MRC | 7th place |
| 2025 | Honkaku Mystery Best 10 | Salome's Guillotine | — | Honkaku Mystery Writers Club | 6th place |
Mephisto Prize
2019
対象作品:
Gallows Company (revised/retitled from 'Successor of the Hanging Company')
主催:
Kodansha (Mephisto editorial department)
結果:
Winner
Shukan Bunshun Mystery Best 10 (Domestic)
2022
対象作品:
Ark
主催:
Shukan Bunshun
結果:
1st place
MRC Grand Prize (ranking)
2022
対象作品:
Ark
主催:
MRC
結果:
1st place
This Mystery Is Amazing! (annual ranking)
2023
対象作品:
Ark
主催:
Takarajimasha
結果:
4th place
Honkaku Mystery Best 10
2023
対象作品:
Ark
主催:
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
結果:
2nd place
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award
2023
対象作品:
Ark
主催:
Yoshikawa Eiji Award Selection Committee
結果:
Nominated
Booksellers Award
2023
対象作品:
Ark
主催:
Honya Taisho Executive Committee
結果:
Nominated
Honkaku Mystery Award (Novel category)
2023
対象作品:
Ark
部門:
小説部門
主催:
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
結果:
Nominated
Shukan Bunshun Mystery Best 10 (Domestic)
2023
対象作品:
Ten Commandments
主催:
Shukan Bunshun
結果:
6th place
MRC Grand Prize (ranking)
2023
対象作品:
Ten Commandments
主催:
MRC
結果:
2nd place
MRC Grand Prize (ranking)
2024
対象作品:
Salome's Guillotine
主催:
MRC
結果:
7th place
Honkaku Mystery Best 10
2025
対象作品:
Salome's Guillotine
主催:
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
結果:
6th place
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Gallows Company
2019年 Mystery novelMephisto Prize-winning debut novel. Revised and retitled from the unpublished work 'Successor of the Hanging Company', it is a mystery that revolves around crime, interpersonal ties, and hidden secrets.
Religion and faithFamily secretsAtonement
The Emissary from the Circus
2021年 Mystery novelA work incorporating circus-like motifs in which multiple characters and incidents intertwine. Noted for clever tricks and an unsettling atmosphere.
Fantasy vs. realityIdentityTrick construction
Ark
2022年 Mystery novelA long-form mystery that explores community, faith, alienation, and responsibility. After publication it placed highly in several year-end rankings and drew wide attention.
CommunityFaith and religionAlienation and responsibility
映像化・舞台化
- [Manga adaptation] Ark / 作画：悠木星人／構成：木場健介
The Clock Thief and the Villains
2023年 Mystery novelA work that uses time and clocks as motifs to depict crime and human relationships. Features varied character portrayals and constructed devices.
TimeSin and punishmentHuman relationships
Ten Commandments
2023年 Mystery novelA work that deals with themes of ethics and commandments, strongly questioning the relationship between norms and wrongdoing.
EthicsCommandmentsJustice
Salome's Guillotine
2024年 Mystery novelA long novel incorporating biblical and classical motifs with shocking subject matter; symbolic imagery and mystery elements intersect throughout.
Biblical motifsViolence and revengeSymbolic expression
全著作
- Gallows Company (Kodansha, 2019)
- The Emissary from the Circus (Kodansha, 2021)
- Ark (Kodansha, 2022)
- The Clock Thief and the Villains (Kodansha, 2023)
- Ten Commandments (Kodansha, 2023)
- Salome's Guillotine (Kodansha, 2024)
- "Yuketsu Kakumei" in This Will Be My Last Job (Kodansha, 2024)
- "The Mystery of Hating Arisu Arisu" in Seven Mysteries Dedicated to Arisu Arisu (Bunshun Bunko, 2024)
- "The Thrown Letter" in Because I Told You to Throw It Away (Kodansha, 2025)
- "The Tower" in Choose, Talk, Reading Group Vol.2 (Sogen Mystery Bunko, 2025)
- Magazine short stories (e.g., "Live Broadcast of April 6" in Shosetsu Gendai 2022; "Grave Pit" in Mephisto 2022)
翻案
- Manga adaptation of 'Ark' (art: Yuuki Seijin; composition: Kiba Kensuke; Square Enix Gangan Comics Online; 3 volumes)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Tense narrative voiceMeticulous trick constructionEmphasis on psychological depiction
- 頻出モチーフ
- Religion and faithClosed communitiesFamily secretsAtonement
評価・遺産
A notable young author in contemporary Japanese mystery fiction. Particularly acclaimed for 'Ark', which placed highly in several annual rankings and drew broad attention.
大衆文化への影響
- Manga adaptation of 'Ark' (Gangan Comics Online)
引用
-
Where does the responsibility for not being loved lie?
出典: Interview in Asahi Shimbun's 'Koshodokini' (Good Books Good Day) (2024年)
豆知識
- Reportedly did not attend high school or university
- Grew up as a second-generation member of a cult-like religious household
- Debuted after winning the Mephisto Prize in 2019
- 'Ark' placed highly in several annual mystery rankings
- 'Ark' has been adapted into a manga