Natsuhiko Kyogoku
| Natsuhiko Kyogoku | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 March 1963 Hokkaido, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Period | 1994–present |
| Genre | Fiction, mystery, horror |
| Notable works | The Summer of the Ubume, Requiem from the Darkness |
| Notable awards |
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1996) Naoki Prize (2004) |
Natsuhiko Kyogoku (京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko?, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.
Kyogoku was born in Otaru, Hokkaido. After dropping out of Kuwasawa Design School, he worked as a publicity agent and established a design company. In 1994, Kodansha published his first novel The Summer of the Ubume (姑獲鳥の夏 Ubume no Natsu?). He has since written many novels, and received two Japanese literary prizes; Kyogoku won the 16th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize for Nozoki Koheiji (覘き小平次) in 2003, and won the 130th Naoki Prize for Nochi no Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari (後巷説百物語) in 2004.
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