Otsuichi

is the pen name of , a Japanese writer and filmmaker. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

He made his debut with Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse while still in high school. Major works include the novel Goth, which was adapted into a comic and a feature film (Goth: Love of Death) and the Zoo short story collections which were also adapted into a feature film. Goth won the 2003 Honkaku Mystery Award.

Tokyopop has published English-language translations of his short story collection Calling You, the novel Goth and the comic adaptations of both. Another short story, "F-Sensei's Pocket", appears in the English edition of the literary magazine Faust.

Career Otsuichi was born on October 21, 1978, in Tanushimaru (now part of Kurume), Fukuoka Prefecture, the eldest son of a family of four with his parents and two older sisters. He attended Kawai Elementary School For the next year and a half, Otsuichi read as many light novels as he could get his hands on either from friends or his older sisters, while also encountering mystery novels such as Takemaru Abiko's Satsuriku ni taru Yamai, Yukito Ayatsuji's The Decagon House Murders and Sōji Shimada's Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai series. making his official debut at only 17 years old. At university, he belonged to a science fiction research group.

In 2002, Otsuichi graduated from Toyohashi University. and heartwarming light novels. However, Goth, one of the work he is most known for, was a highly acclaimed mystery novel, even winning the Honkaku Mystery Award. and many of his works are divide into four or even sixteen parts. Otsuichi himself says that he "just enjoys working on his works as they take shape." This is connected to how light novels are perceived as lesser compared to other forms of literature, a fact which Otsuichi only learned after becoming active in the publishing industry. When he debuted, there were no awards for light novels.

Otsuichi wrote and published Goth as a light novel to introduce people who only read light novels to the mystery genre in the hope of expanding the horizons of readers to other forms of literature.

Works in English translation Calling You (original title: Kimi ni shika kikoenai: Kōringu Yū), trans. Agnes Yoshida (TokyoPop, 2007) Calling You Kiz/Kids Flower Song Goth (original title: Gosu: Risutokatto jiken), trans. Andrew Cunningham (TokyoPop, 2008 / VIZ Media, 2015) Zoo (original title: Zū), trans. Terry Gallagher (VIZ Media, 2009 / Shueisha English Edition, 2013) Zoo In a Falling Airplane The White House in the Cold Forest Find the Blood! In a Park at Twlilight, a Long Time Ago Wardrobe Song of the Sunny Spot Kazari and Yoko SO-Far Words of God Seven Rooms Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse (original title: Natsu to hanabi to watashi no shitai), trans. Nathan Collins (VIZ Media, 2010) Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse Yuko Black Fairy Tale Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse (original title: Natsu to hanabi to watashi no shitai), trans. Nathan Collins (Shueisha English Edition, 2013)